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[Request]: Make using external Drives more convenient #4541

@wankelbauer

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@wankelbauer

Tell us the problem or your need

Use Case: Bottles installed via Flatpak (on arch linux), try to install a game on an external HDD

Problem: Since Flatpak is sandboxed, it is not possible to select the external HDD or create a directory through bottles on it.

Solution: Set permissions manually:
flatpak override --user --filesystem=/media/Toshiba_3TB/HDD_Spiele com.usebottles.bottles

Then recreate the Bottle through the GUI and select the external drive path

Describe the solution you'd like

It should give me some feedback to if iam using the flatpak version and try to install on a external drive.. It should say smth like "u are using flatpak sandboxed verison of bottles, use override command to legitimate external hard drive access"
flatpak override --user --filesystem=/media/Toshiba_3TB/HDD_Spiele com.usebottles.bottles

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