Steam installer

[nzaircraftfan]

Hi
I used to use steam games a lot until one day it crashed my PC and I had to reinstall everything. Now I can't install steam again. It won't work how ever many times I try. Steam are no help they just say it is up to Linux Mint to fix this issue.

[mikeflan]

Plenty of LM users use Steam, but I don't.
Type this in a terminal:

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inxi -Fxxxrz

Post the output in "Code" tags. The button that inserts these tags is marked </>

[rene]

"It won't work" is too little information. Can say that Steam as installed from (through...) the repositories works well out of the box on 20.1 for me. I.e.,

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sudo apt-get install steam

and start it to "really" install it directly from Valve. What does not work for you?

[nzaircraftfan]

The steam launcher always comes up with the error message "Package operation failed". I have tried downloading it from the software manager with the same results. It's very frustrating I have feeling it's some thing steam needs to fix but they don't seem to care. I don't how using terminal can fix this error. Thanks for the reply

[motoryzen]

The steam launcher always comes up with the error message "Package operation failed". I have tried downloading it from the software manager with the same results. It's very frustrating I have feeling it's some thing steam needs to fix but they don't seem to care. I don't how using terminal can fix this error. Thanks for the reply

I don't how using terminal can fix this error.

It can be applicable to helping you fix the problem because there are a decent chunk of Linux veterans here who have great troubleshooting skills using the terminal to get far more info much faster

So post the results of that command without quotes " inxi -Fxxxrz " after left clicking on that </> button ( 5th from the left just above the message window) so they can know how to begin. Sometimes it's a hardware issue or involve drivers or other things..and sometimes it's only a software or nuking-packages issue.

They wont' know until you post more detail info.

It's no different than going to a doctor and telling the doc " doc...I'm hurting..help me" and you're not holding any particular part of your body. Then the doc must ask questions like " well how are you hurting? Where are you hurting? Is it a dull pain, or is it a sharp stabbing pain? How often has it happened and under what situations...waking you up out of sleep? Or does it only happen when you bend a certain way, or eating certain foods?"

Details matter man.

p.s. Steam in linux works flawlessly for me

Here's my inxi -Fxxxrz

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System:
  Kernel: 5.11.16-051116-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 wm: muffin 4.8.1 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: X570 Taichi serial: <filter> 
  BIOS: American Megatrends v: P4.10 date: 03/08/2021 
CPU:
  Topology: 12-Core model: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Zen 3 L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 177595 
  Speed: 4119 MHz min/max: 2200/3700 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 4119 2: 4134 3: 4383 4: 4037 5: 4513 6: 4420 7: 4272 8: 4391 9: 4422 
  10: 4350 11: 4342 12: 3945 13: 4514 14: 4558 15: 4268 16: 4490 17: 3759 
  18: 4479 19: 4417 20: 4557 21: 4319 22: 4124 23: 4467 24: 4454 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] 
  vendor: Sapphire Limited Nitro+ driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus ID: 0b:00.0 
  chip ID: 1002:67df 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: amdgpu,ati 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa tty: N/A 
  OpenGL: renderer: Radeon RX 580 Series (POLARIS10 DRM 3.40.0 
  5.11.16-051116-generic LLVM 12.0.0) 
  v: 4.6 Mesa 21.1.0 - kisak-mesa PPA direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590] 
  vendor: Sapphire Limited driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 0b:00.1 
  chip ID: 1002:aaf0 
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASRock 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 0e:00.4 chip ID: 1022:1487 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.11.16-051116-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASRock driver: igb v: kernel 
  port: f000 bus ID: 06:00.0 chip ID: 8086:1539 
  IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 14.37 TiB used: 5.67 TiB (39.4%) 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEDMW800G4 size: 745.21 GiB 
  speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> rev: 8EV10174 scheme: MBR 
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: HDWR11A size: 9.10 TiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 0603 
  ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 4TB size: 3.64 TiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 4B6Q scheme: GPT 
  ID-4: /dev/sdc vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 3B6Q scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 732.02 GiB used: 71.49 GiB (9.8%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 74.1 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 45 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 835 
Repos:
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list 
  1: deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/caldas-lopes-ppa-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/caldas-lopes/ppa/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cappelikan-ppa-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cappelikan/ppa/ubuntu focal main
  2: deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/cappelikan/ppa/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kisak-kisak-mesa-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kisak/kisak-mesa/ubuntu focal main
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/lunarg-vulkan-1.2.162-focal.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/lutris-team-lutris-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/lutris-team/lutris/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyssa main upstream import backport
  2: deb http://mirror.brightridge.com/ubuntuarchive focal main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://mirror.brightridge.com/ubuntuarchive focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://mirror.brightridge.com/ubuntuarchive focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openshot_developers-ppa-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu focal main
Info:
  Processes: 437 Uptime: 15h 13m Memory: 125.73 GiB used: 38.67 GiB (30.8%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38 

[nzaircraftfan]

ystem:
Kernel: 5.4.0-73-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 wm: muffin 4.8.1 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: 970 Pro3 R2.0 serial: <filter>
UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: P2.80 date: 05/31/2016
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard
serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: Discharging
CPU:
Topology: 6-Core model: AMD FX-6300 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Bulldozer
L2 cache: 2048 KiB
flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
bogomips: 45151
Speed: 1505 MHz min/max: 1400/3500 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz):
1: 1505 2: 1504 3: 1501 4: 1504 5: 1504 6: 1504
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GK208B [GeForce GT 710] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 460.73.01 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:128b
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GT 710/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.73.01
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 00:14.2 chip ID: 1002:4383
Device-2: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0e0f
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-73-generic
Network:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k
v: kernel port: e000 bus ID: 04:00.0 chip ID: 168c:002e
IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASRock driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus ID: 05:00.0
chip ID: 10ec:8168
IF: enp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 36.65 GiB (3.9%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DX001-1CM162 size: 931.51 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> rev: CC43 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 914.90 GiB used: 36.65 GiB (4.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 7.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 45 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyssa main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
1: deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free
Info:
Processes: 215 Uptime: 8m Memory: 15.60 GiB used: 1.64 GiB (10.5%)
Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash
v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38
glen@glen-desktop:~$

Thanks for you help. I do have steam installed on my PC but I will won't work as in go any further than updating steam which comes on to the screen for about a second and then the is gone and goes no further than that. It used to work fine months ago but I think steam has done something and they just don't seem to want to fix the error.

[mikeflan]

I used to use steam games a lot until one day it crashed my PC and I had to reinstall everything.

So you reinstalled the operating system at that point?
If so, what version of LM were you using when Steam crashed your PC?

You might want to try this:
Shutdown Steam. Make a backup copy of the /home/glen/.steam/ directory. Then remove that directory:

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rm -rf ~/.steam

Then restart Steam.

[nzaircraftfan]

Thanks, but I have been told that Steam no longer supports Linux Mint. Which I find annoying having paid good money to get X plane installed on my PC. I guess I need to get another version of Linux. And do a dual boot as I still like Linux mint.

[rene]

It's not a matter of "no more": Steam has never supported, in a technical-support sense, anything other than Ubuntu. Mint is on the lower levels almost the same thing though and any problem you are having will not be due to specifically it: it's just that Valve's support won't even touch anything that is not Ubuntu (and, probably, not anything that is in a more than token sense still, but anyways). If you aim to investigate things note what mikeflan said.