Can't install steam on Debian (32-bit libraries problem)

steamclosed Distro Family: DebianDistro-provided steam package

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#10371 · opened 2024-01-11 by tomcass240 · updated 2024-02-05 · 3 comments · github

Ttomcass240 2024-01-11 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): Latest stable
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Debian
Opted into Steam client beta?: [No]
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
GPU: Nvidia

Can't install steam on Debian 12 (Bookworm) using apt install steam-installer. Running that gives a warning that 32-bit libraries need to be installed, but they're not available for bookworm. Therefore running steam-installer eventually throws up an error that it can't install without the 32-bit libraries.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2024-01-11 github

Hello @tomcass240, you need to be more specific as to what packages claim to be unavailable.

Iipr 2024-01-19 github

Did you add 32-bit arch first? sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

See: https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/

Ttomcass240 2024-02-05 github

Hey I managed to get it installed. Not sure why it wasn't installing before and not entirely sure what I did to fix it, I run a few commands and it seemed to install fine after running:

sudo apt-get upgrade steam -f
sudo apt install nvidia-driver-libs:i386

Nothing extracted yet.