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steamcmd installation crashes on Debian 13 during Arma Reforger installation

steamclosed SteamCMDDistro Family: DebianProton
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#13099 · opened 2026-04-19 by coolLimpan · updated 2026-04-25 · 2 comments · github
CcoolLimpan 2026-04-19 github

Hi steam
I installed the Arma Reforger game via the steamcmd client on a Debian 13 OS.
It causes a segmentation fault during end of installation.

Steam>app_update 1874880 validate
roaming config store loaded successfully - 399 bytes.
...
Update state (0x81) verifying update, progress: 5.39 (1608343662 / 29813091044)
...
Update state (0x101) committing, progress: 51.11 (1141627329 / 2233662118)
Running install script evaluator for AppID 1874880, 2 step(s) /home/arma/.local/share/Steam/steamcmd/linux32/steam-launch-wrapper -- /home/arma/.local/share/Steam/steamcmd/linux32/reaper SteamLaunch AppId=1874880 Install=1 -- '/home/arma/reforger/server_files'/_v2-entry-point --verb=run -- '/home/arma/reforger/server_files'/proton run '/home/arma/.local/share/Steam/steamcmd/legacycompat/iscriptevaluator.exe' 'legacycompat\evaluatorscript_1874880.vdf'src/clientdll/installscript_posix.cpp (522) : Assertion Failed: Standalone evaluator returned error code for app 1874880
/home/arma/.local/share/Steam/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh: line 74: 67976 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $DEBUGGER "$STEAMEXE" "$@"

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system information

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  • Steam client version (build number or date):
  • Distribution (Debian 13): Linux GameServer 6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.74-2 (2026-03-08) x86_64 GNU/Linux
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [No]
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes]
  • Steam Logs: [generate by running this command in a terminal tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs]
  • GPU: Nvidia : 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU117GLM [T1200 Laptop GPU] (rev a1)

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

I tried to install the Arma Reforger game via steamcmd. It crashes at the end of the installation during verification step.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Install Debian 13 on x64 hardware
  2. Install the steamcmd client
  3. Install the Arma Reforger game via the steamcmd -> ..
CcoolLimpan 2026-04-19 github

Added logs

steam-logs.tar.gz

CcoolLimpan 2026-04-25 github

Found the issue. I was still missing some of the i386 files that should have been installed. I re-installed the files:

run proper update with i386 architecture

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt update

install necessary tools and libs

sudo apt install lib32gcc-s1 lib32stdc++6 lib32z1 curl tar -y

A clean install of steamcmd and arma reforger app solved the issue.

Nothing extracted yet.