Installing Steam Linux Beta

[Xilanaz]

on 12.2 64bit, this is how I done it:

download media.steampowered.com/client/installer/steam.deb
open the .deb with ark
open the data.tar.gz with ark
extract the /lib/steam/bootstraplinux_ubuntu12_32.tar.xz file to any directory where you want, lets say Steam for now
execute ./steam.sh from that directory and let it update
enter your login

and that is it

[Hyperz]

Hmm, I tried installing it following your steps. It ran the updater and updated successfully but when i try to run steam.sh now it exits with this message:

> ./steam.sh
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1352224866_client)
>

Do i need any other 32 bit packages besides libX11? I'm running openSUSE 12.2 x64 w/ KDE 4.9.
Edit: also I noticed the font in the updater window was really ugly, don't know if that's a clue or not.

[Tanshaydar]

Same here, I'll try to solve it and see if I can help. (Looks like lots of problems are in x64 versions of Linux)

[Tanshaydar]

Alright, it runs:
openSUSE 12.2 x64 Gnome 3.4

[Xilanaz]

Hmm, I tried installing it following your steps. It ran the updater and updated successfully but when i try to run steam.sh now it exits with this message:

> ./steam.sh
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1352224866_client)
>

Do i need any other 32 bit packages besides libX11? I'm running openSUSE 12.2 x64 w/ KDE 4.9.
Edit: also I noticed the font in the updater window was really ugly, don't know if that's a clue or not.

On Gaming for Linux someone posted he was a Bumblebee user and had to run it with optirun... not sure that helps you, else maybe Tanshaydar can say what he did as he got same error

[ant6]

I have a similar problem. After launching "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt". error appears in my terminal and then small Steam updater (similar to the one from windows), but with ugly fonts. Even those in wine are better.
Then the updater extracts some files (png, tar etc. ) to the directory with steam.sh and disappears with the second line printed in my terminal (the one with 1352224866_client error).
Another thing is it created new and empty folder called 'Steam' in my home directory. (my steam.sh is in /home/programs/steam_beta/steam.sh)

> ./steam.sh 
ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1352224866_client)
> echo $?
255

//Running 12.2 (64) + Gnome 3.4

[Xilanaz]

I have a similar problem. After launching "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt". error appears in my terminal and then small Steam updater (similar to the one from windows), but with ugly fonts. Even those in wine are better.
Then the updater extracts some files (png, tar etc. ) to the directory with steam.sh and disappears with the second line printed in my terminal (the one with 1352224866_client error).
Another thing is it created new and empty folder called 'Steam' in my home directory. (my steam.sh is in /home/programs/steam_beta/steam.sh)

> ./steam.sh 
ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1352224866_client)
> echo $?
255

//Running 12.2 (64) + Gnome 3.4

that sort of sounds like the patcher/updater did not get all ?

[zpintar]

Alright, it runs:
openSUSE 12.2 x64 Gnome 3.4

OK, how?

I'm running openSUSE with KDE (12.2 - x64). Maybe the reason is GNOME instead of KDE?

[kikisli]

OK, how?

I'm running openSUSE with KDE (12.2 - x64). Maybe the reason is GNOME instead of KDE?

going from 12.10 - Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam) while trying to run Steam - Ask Ubuntu
I ran

strace -E LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/Steam/ubuntu12_32/ -e trace=open ~/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam

to figure out what packages it was wanting. The last line should tell you what library it was looking for.
Last thing I installed was libpng12-0-32bit. Not sure what others were required. I was installing a bunch of 32bit libs before that, so not sure what else it needed, but that strace command should let you figure it out.
I used the output of that and ran

zypper se 32bit|grep [libname]

for example

zypper se 32bit|grep png

and saw libpng12-0-32bit which matched up with the output of the strace.
kept doing this until it ran.

Hope that helps.

[zpintar]

Thanks! I will.