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Steam launcher scripting to install 32 bit opengl drivers is broken on KDE Neon (Ubuntu 16.04)

steamclosed Distro Family: Ubuntu
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#5052 · opened 2017-06-30 by 200Puls · updated 2020-02-20 · 3 comments · github
2200Puls 2017-06-30 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date):
    current version
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu):
    KDE Neon (Ubuntu 16.04 64 bit with up-to-date kde)
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No]
    no
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No]
    yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Describe what you expected should happen and what did happen. Please link any large code pastes as a Github Gist
I downloaded the steam client from the website and it wouldnt start. It always said that it failing to find a driver.

Then I tried installing from mulltiverse. This also didnt work. Failed to load steamui.so. I finnaly got it running by manually installing dependencies:
sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-utopic:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-utopic:i386
sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-utopic:i386

I read that steam is supposed to open a console to install these. This didnt happen. I found this thread (https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/154643795212078209/)

"you may want to bring this to Steam's attention. Preliminary investigation suggests that steam's installer attempts to call konsole with a --nofork option which hasn't existed in quite a while. Calling with an unsupported option makes konsole not start which in turn prevents the automatic installation of dependencies."

Maybe its related?

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-02-14 github

Hello @200Puls, are you still experiencing this issue on an up to date system?

2200Puls 2020-02-20 github

Hi @200Puls,

on my current setup (Kubuntu 19.10) I'm not experiencing these issues anymore.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-02-20 github

Thanks for the follow up, closing.

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