2. Installation and Set Up Process - wtlnetwork/muon GitHub Wiki

Installing Decky-Loader on Steam Deck

Once your on the Steam deck, hit the steam button the left side of the device, Select the power option and switch to desktop mode.

Once your in the desktop, open your browser of choice and type in the URL https://decky.xyz

On the front page, hit the download button

Decky-loader

You'll get a file from your web-browser, make sure NOT to run the file through the web-browser.

The file will be in your Downloads folder. It'll look like this:

download file

Click the file and input the sudo password.

Note: if you haven't yet. Open the Konsole and type in "sudo passwd" Then set your preferred password for sudo commands

You'll get a popup, check "release"

release

Once the Konsole is finished installing, close the program.


Next grab the latest version of Muon.

To download the official release builds go to the releases tab on the github page. Open up assets and select the CUBE symbol with a .zip link. You'll download a .zip file, keep it in your downloads.

muon_release_4

Once that is all done, switch back to GameMode.


Installing Muon

Once your back into GameMode Press the "..." button to bring up the side bar.

You'll now see an extra button on the sidebar

decky-sidebar

Here you'll see your plugin menu, but first we'll have to enable decky-loader to import .zip file plugins. To do this, go to the settings tab:

settings tab_1

Once here, enable developer mode in the general tab

settings tab_2 settings tab_3

There will be more tabs on the left side of the screen, enter the developer tab and hit browse

Then import the Muon .zip file you've downloaded in the downloads folder.

settings tab_4 settings tab_5

Hit the "Install" button when prompted.

Muon will now appear on your plugin menu bar.

settings tab_6

You're all done with the set up process!

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