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Steam gaming platform is working on Ubuntu and Lubuntu, but I cannot install it on Easy. Does it mean it won't work on Easy or am I doing something not right? If Easy is not ready for Steam are there any plans for it?
Or maybe any other popular Linux' games?
Have you tried the steam flatpak?
https://flathub.org/apps/com.valvesoftware.Steam
In flapi, a custom entry can be created.
Thanks!
I added the website and description to Flatpack installer, it is on the list now, but first it told me that I already have Steam in another form - I installed it via .deb file, but when I tried to run it I was getting a notification that it won't run as root or something like that (not sure if I asked is that something I can fix). When I removed that and tried to install the flat pack it's stuck on the screen below and later fails. It goes forward, but stuck again and again and fails.
I reverted all that - didn't save session, so I'm back with Steam.deb installed. Maybe there's a way to fix this?
@BarryK could you please comment on my last post about Cannot run as root user error? I mean I wasn't sure if I asked you before is that intentional that Steam from deb isn't working (it works fine on Lubuntu) and I have to get it through flatpak or something alternative or maybe it it possible to get it working? I didn't like the flatpak idea for Steam as it seems to be very large (over 2GB while I think the Steam itself should be only few hundred MB max).
what is the name of the executable?
say it is /usr/bin/steam, then do this in a terminal:
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# setup-client steam=true
# steamthat will run "steam" as user "steam".
Sorry, not sure which one would be executable...
This is the outcome.
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# setup-client steam=true
# steam
localuser:steam being added to access control list
bin_steam.sh[24676]: Unknown Steam package 'steam.bin0'Now when I start Steam from menu start nothing happens - no dialog window at all.