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Failed to install steam via Ubuntu Software Center (ubuntu 12.04.2 full updated)

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#2757 · opened 2013-08-02 by ghost · updated 2017-08-30 · 7 comments · github
?ghost 2013-08-02 github

Hello.
I want install skype ONLY via Ubuntu Software Center, I follow instructions :
"The Steam Client is available through the Ubuntu Software Center (USC). Run the USC, search for Steam, and install it"
Source : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Valve

USC failed and show always this message :
W:Failed to fetch https://private-ppa.launchpad.net/commercial-ppa-uploaders/steam/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-amd64/Packages The requested URL returned error: 401
, W:Failed to fetch https://private-ppa.launchpad.net/commercial-ppa-uploaders/steam/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-i386/Packages The requested URL returned error: 401
, E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

I think than
Added by software-center; credentials stored in /etc/apt/auth.conf
https://private-ppa.launchpad.net/commercial-ppa-uploaders/steam/ubuntu

is dead/broken !

Steam can resolve this ??

Ggdrewb-valve maintainer 2013-08-02 github

That's USC's issue, isn't it? The file request against their server is failing?

?ghost 2013-08-03 github

Yes

Ggdrewb-valve maintainer 2013-08-05 github

You should report the issue to Canonical and see if they know what's going on.

?ghost 2013-08-06 github

No, because The wiki :
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Valve
no say to report problem at Canonical.
Launchpad say :
Please do not report bugs about software in PPAs on Launchpad. This is because software in PPAs are not provided by the official Ubuntu repositories. Instead, the PPA homepage would have a contact point and preference of the PPA provider.

Ggdrewb-valve maintainer 2013-08-06 github

The problem is not with the PPA, it's that you can't retrieve the PPA. Valve hasn't removed it as far as I know.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2017-08-30 github

Closing as the Ubuntu Software Center has been discontinued.

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