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Steam on Linux Mint 22.3 suddenly missing dependencies

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#12926 · opened 2026-02-20 by bouncytorch · updated 2026-02-21 · 4 comments · github
Bbouncytorch 2026-02-20 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 20 Feb 2026
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
  • Steam Logs: steam-logs.tar.gz
  • GPU: Nvidia RTX 4070 Laptop

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Steam on Mint 22.3 started to ask for 32 bit dependencies of multiple libraries that are not included in the dependency list. Those that I could collect were:

  • libxtst6
  • libpipewire-0.3-0t64
  • libxcb-res0
  • libxrandr2
  • libxi6

Some of them I could get manually (which isn't ideal, I'd love for those to be included in steam-installer/steam-launcher), but the last two ones are not readily available in the package manager. They are:

  • libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
  • libvpx.so.6

Steam didn't require these before and now, all of a sudden it fails to run. This may be a problem of the package maintainers, but I wouldn't know. Sorry if it is.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Install steam-installer or the official steam_latest.deb from steamcommunity.com on Mint 22.3

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2026-02-20 github

Hello @bouncytorch, this reads like the Steam runtime folder is damaged or incomplete for some reason. Can you try moving/removing the steam-runtime folder in ~/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32 and see what happens? Steam should regenerate that folder the next time it's started.

Bbouncytorch 2026-02-20 github

Hello @bouncytorch, this reads like the Steam runtime folder is damaged or incomplete for some reason. Can you try moving/removing the steam-runtime folder in ~/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32 and see what happens? Steam should regenerate that folder the next time it's started.

Hello! I have removed the .steam folder multiple times, unfortunately nothing seems to have changed. Here are the logs again, after wiping the steam-runtime: steam-logs.tar.gz
Also I didn't include the other 4 missing packages it reported, let me check the apt history really quick and I'll update the issue body.

Bbouncytorch 2026-02-20 github

Those that I could collect were:

  • libxtst6
  • libpipewire-0.3-0t64
  • libxcb-res0
  • libxrandr2
  • libxi6

Fairly certain that's all the packages I had to install manually. And, of course the other two that I couldn't resolve from apt.

Bbouncytorch 2026-02-21 github

Not entirely sure why, but after a reboot everything suddenly works again. I haven't installed anything different or updated any significant packages. The latest update I've performed was to install a few flatpak runtimes, unrelated to the natively installed Steam. The client may have been updated, but I wouldn't know how to check.

Either way, thank you. Not sure what happened in the first place but I'll close this for now.

Nothing extracted yet.