Problem with user data directory

[mrminer]

I am on Linux Mint, using Minetest 5.5.1.
I have tried to install games and mods, putting them in /home/<my name>/.minetest/mods and /home/<my name>/.minetest/games. But I don't see them in Minetest.

[Festus1965]

does files exist in
* /usr/local/share/minetest (better one I think) or
* /share/minetest
... like this ?

[rubenwardy]

How did you install Minetest? Through apt or flatpak?

You can open the user data dir by clicking the button in the about tab of the main menu.

You could instead use the main menus content installer (Content > "Browse online content") to install stuff without worrying about folders

does files exist in
* /usr/local/share/minetest (better one I think) or
* /share/minetest
... like this ?

The share folders are for resources shared among all users, I wouldn't recommend it for installing games and mods there

[mrminer]

does files exist in
* /usr/local/share/minetest (better one I think) or
* /share/minetest
... like this ?

nope, none of them

How did you install Minetest? Through apt or flatpak?

You can open the user data dir by clicking the button in the about tab of the main menu.

You could instead use the main menus content installer (Content > "Browse online content") to install stuff without worrying about folders

does files exist in
* /usr/local/share/minetest (better one I think) or
* /share/minetest
... like this ?

The share folders are for resources shared among all users, I wouldn't recommend it for installing games and mods there

Flatpak, the button doesnt work for some reason, and I also wana install the mods I wrote(I haven't released them on COntentDB).

[rubenwardy]

The user data dir when using flatpak can be found at /home/user/.var/app/net.minetest.Minetest/.minetest/

[mrminer]

The user data dir when using flatpak can be found at /home/user/.var/app/net.minetest.Minetest/.minetest/

Thanks, that works.