Manual Installation (Linux)

GoldenEye: Source is unofficially playable on Linux via Proton (after making a few tweaks)

Install Steam

Steam must be installed and the user must have a Steam account. Download Steam here.

Install Source SDK Base 2007

You will need to install Source SDK Base 2007 and configure it to run via an appropriate version of Proton.

  1. Search your Steam library for “Source SDK Base 2007”
  2. Right-click it, then choose Properties
  3. Click the Compatibility tab
  4. Choose Proton 10.0
  5. Close the properties window
  6. In the Steam library window, click Install

Install GoldenEye: Source

  1. Download the zip archive from the Alternative Downloads page.
  2. Navigate to Steam/steamapps/sourcemods and create the gesource folder
  3. Extract the contents of the zip archive to gesource
    • For reference: your gesource folder should contain a file named gameinfo.txt. That’s how you know you extracted it to the right place.

Steam Auth Fix

If you want to play online, you need to install an addon to fix the Steam account error when joining servers:

  1. Download release.zip
    • SHA256 sum (for verification purposes): c44d29fced2144aff0c180d69e9e30cff4ed528dc10a33bda7eda9d351caaecc
  2. Extract the addons folder to Steam/steamapps/sourcemods/gesource
  3. Restart GE:S and try to join a server

Special thanks to witch a.k.a. eepycats for the fix.

Restart Steam

For GoldenEye: Source to appear in your games library, Steam must be restarted after the installation is completed.

Fixes / Troubleshooting

Incorrect Fonts

If you’re missing the Verdana fonts, you’ll see the wrong fonts on the menu, chat window, and kill feed.

These fonts are copyrighted so we won’t distribute them here, but we’ll tell you where to get them:

  1. Download this EXE file
  2. Extract the file using a compatible archival tool such as File Roller, Ark, p7zip, etc…
  3. Copy the TTF files to Steam/steamapps/compatdata/218/pfx/drive_c/windows/Fonts