Missing `libpulsecommon-1.1.so`

steamclosed runtimeDistro Family: Ubuntu

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#5144 · opened 2017-08-26 by 5731la · updated 2020-05-08 · 3 comments · github

55731la 2017-08-26 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): Newest (how to check?)
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Ubuntu 17.04
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:

It says I have a missing lib, when I run steam I get

gido5731@gido-desk:~$ steam
Running Steam on ubuntu 17.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Error: You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run:
libpulsecommon-1.1.so
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1500335472)
libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast

and at it has a popup saying to press enter, then it freezes until ^C.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Install steam
Run it
Profit (..?)

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2017-08-26 github

Hello @gidoBOSSftw5731, is this a new install? Did you install steam with the distro-provided steam package or the valve-provided steam package?

You might be able to workaround this issue by running sudo apt install libpulse0:i386 in a terminal.

55731la 2017-08-26 github

Aha! that fixed it it seems! I wish it did that for me on install but ¯_(ツ)_/¯

EDIT: I realised I didnt say what I did, I just ran sudo apt install libpulse0:i386 and it didnt error

EDIT2: I believe the last one I did was via GDEBI and the stiff in the readme, not the ppa

Kkorenmic 2020-05-08 github

I'm having roughly the same issue:

$ steam
Running Steam on ubuntu 18.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins up-to-date!
Error: You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run:
libpulsecommon-11.1.so
Steam client's requirements are satisfied
~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1588032389)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1588032389)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1588032389)
Failed to load steamui.so - dlerror(): libpulsecommon-11.1.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1588032389)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1588032389)
[2020-05-08 14:34:42] Startup - updater built Apr 27 2020 21:53:21
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
[2020-05-08 14:34:42] Checking for update on startup
[2020-05-08 14:34:42] Checking for available updates...
[2020-05-08 14:34:42] Downloading manifest: client-download.steampowered.com/client/steam_client_ubuntu12
[2020-05-08 14:34:42] Download skipped: /client/steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1588032389, installed version 1588032389
[2020-05-08 14:34:42] Nothing to do
[2020-05-08 14:34:42] Verifying installation...
[2020-05-08 14:34:42] Performing checksum verification of executable files
[2020-05-08 14:34:43] Verification complete
[2020-05-08 14:34:46] Shutdown

I did sudo apt purge pulseaudio; sudo apt install pulseaudio and I verified that this file actually exists: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pulseaudio/libpulsecommon-11.1.so yet the issue persists. Its there, it is literally right there!

I even tried to reinstall steam by uninstalling the steam launcher and then manually removing ~/.local/share/Steam and ~/.steam* and then reinstalling from steam launcher but the error persist.

Steam is failing to see that this existing file exists.
I have no idea how to proceed with this other than reinstalling the entire OS.
shrugs

Nothing extracted yet.