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Couldn't set up the Steam Runtime. Running low on disk space?

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#3899 · opened 2015-06-23 by orglce · updated 2026-05-27 · 3 comments · github
Oorglce 2015-06-23 github

Hello.

Recently when I was trying to open Steam I got this message. "Couldn't set up the Steam Runtime. Are you running low on disk space?". Just this, no logs or anything.
Before this, Steam was working just fine. And no, I am not running low on space. I have 90 Gb of free storage on my SSD.
I have tried some things I could find on other forums but nothing has helped. I have ubuntu 15.04 64bit.

These are the solutions I tried:

Thanks in advance!

Oorglce 2015-06-26 github

I have resolved the problem. I didn't realize that i have installed Steam on my secondary hard drive. So, i just deleted the folder and run steam again. It asked me if i want to reinstall into ~/.local/share/Steam. And now everything works great.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2018-10-26 github

Closing per the last comment.

KKotTheKitty 2025-11-13 · hidden on GitHub github

Getting this error after having added games to an external folder that's no longer accessible. Currently trying to figure out the fix without completely nuking the Steam folder.

❯ steam /usr/lib/steam/steam: ligne 105: /home/(user)/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/usr/libexec/steam-runtime-tools-0/logger-0.bash: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce nom bin_steam.sh[6656]: Couldn't set up srt-logger, not logging to console-linux.txt /usr/lib/steam/steam: ligne 105: /home/(user)/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/usr/libexec/steam-runtime-tools-0/logger-0.bash: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce nom bin_steam.sh[6656]: Couldn't set up srt-logger, not logging to console-linux.txt /usr/lib/steam/steam: ligne 105: /home/(user)/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/usr/libexec/steam-runtime-tools-0/logger-0.bash: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce nom bin_steam.sh[6656]: Couldn't set up srt-logger, not logging to console-linux.txt steam.sh[6656]: Running Steam on cachyos rolling 64-bit steam.sh[6656]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically steam.sh[6656]: Unpack runtime failed, error code 1 steam.sh[6656]: Error: Couldn't set up the Steam Runtime. Are you running low on disk space? /home/(user)/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: ligne 89: LD_LIBRARY_PATH : variable sans liaison

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