synergy3-beta-steamdeck

Run Synergy 3 Beta on Steam Deck

Symless have launched their beta version of Synergy 3 available on several different distros, with a missing one being Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

• You have beta access to Synergy 3.
• SteamOS readonly mode is turned off using sudo steamos-readonly disable
• If you have not set a sudo password, you should set one now.
• You have up-to-date pacman keys, as well as the archlinux keys. To do this, run the following commands:

  # sudo pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring
  # sudo pacman-key --init
  # sudo pacman-key --refresh-keys
  

Installing on Steam Deck

1. Boot into Desktop Mode on Steam Deck
2. Download the synergy 3 zip from the releases in this repo.
3. Extract the zip to a folder of your choice.
4. Open the zip in your terminal.
5. Copy the .so.3 files to /usr/lib:

   sudo cp *.3 /usr/lib
   

6. Install Synergy

   sudo pacman -U synergy-3-beta.pkg.tar.zst
   

   Import any requested PGP keys.
7. Launch Synergy 3.
8. Set steamos readonly filesystem to enabled

   sudo steamos-readonly enable
   

Removing Synergy

You can uninstall Synergy by running: sudo pacman -R synergy

Troubleshooting

You may find that when you initially boot up Synergy, that it fails to load the background service. If this happens it should only show for a few seconds and then you should see a green tick appear, with the option to continue into the application.

If you see an error similar to the one below, this can be safely ignored. Synergy will run without issues after clicking 'Dismiss'.