[Ubuntu 18.04] Vanilla install. Received error: There is no data folder

[aftersox]

I have had an itch to play KSP again. I have nearly 1,000 hours in the game at this point. I've played quite a bit before. I reinstalled the game (after I uninstalled from Steam, deleted the directory). No mods (yet) and totally vanilla. It won't start. From Steam I click play and it is preparing, then it just crashes and shows nothing and says nothing.

I tried to launch the game from the command line and it tells me this:

me@mycomputer:~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Kerbal Space Program$ ./KSP.x86_64 
Set current directory to /home/me/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Kerbal Space Program
Found path: /home/me/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Kerbal Space Program/KSP.x86_64
There is no data folder

"There is no data folder" - I've searched around Google but I haven't found any clear way of dealing with this issue.

I'm running Ubuntu 18.04.

 

--- My search on Google:

The problem seemed related to case sensitive directories in Linux. https://steamcommunity.com/app/233610/discussions/3/1458455461487758388/

Something about Unity development, not sure how this related: https://forum.unity.com/threads/solved-there-is-no-data-folder.364065/

 

Anyone have any thoughts on it?

 

 

 

 

[Geonovast]

It might be Steam, there's been issues lately.  Try running the "Verify File Integrity" option on the game.

[aftersox]

Thanks to everyone who read. I have verified file integrity many times, and reinstalled many time.

After everything I attempted I have managed to get everything to work. My last attempt involved installing KSP to a completely different location - /home/myname/ksp/ and everything seems to be running well. If anyone else with Linux seems to have this issue, try installing the game to another location in the install dialogue in Steam.