Can't install on Linux Mint 18.3 XFCE

steamclosed Distro Family: Ubuntu

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#5382 · opened 2018-02-13 by AnthonyLELUYER · updated 2018-02-14 · 6 comments · github

AAnthonyLELUYER 2018-02-13 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date):
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Linux Mint 18.3 XFCE
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:

Tried to install Steam, went well with gdebi. Then, Steam tried to install libgl1-mesa-dri:i386, libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 and libc6:i386:

Tried a sudo apt-get update:


Reading package lists... Done 
W: The repository 'http://repo.steampowered.com/steam precise Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: Failed to fetch http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/dists/precise/steam/source/Sources  503  Service Unavailable [IP: 195.167.195.42 80]
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2018-02-13 github

Hello @LikoV2, the server-sided 503 error code shouldn't block apt from adding 32 bit mesa and glibc.

What's the output of sudo apt install libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-glx:i386?

AAnthonyLELUYER 2018-02-13 github

Hello @kisak-valve, thanks for your answer.

The installation fails every time with E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2018-02-13 github

Can you post your /etc/apt/sources.list and apt policy libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-glx:i386. Something's not healthy and it's outside of steam. What we're looking for is for the 32 bit and 64 bit variants to have the same version available.

AAnthonyLELUYER 2018-02-13 github

cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# #deb cdrom:[Linux Mint 18.3 _Sylvia_ - Release amd64 20171213]/ xenial contrib main non-free

apt policy libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-glx:i386
libgl1-mesa-glx:
  Installed: 17.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
  Candidate: 17.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
  Version table:
 *** 17.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 500
        500 http://ftp.oleane.net/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
     11.2.0-1ubuntu2 500
        500 http://ftp.oleane.net/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
libgl1-mesa-glx:i386:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  Version table:
     12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 500
        500 http://ftp.oleane.net/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 Packages
     11.2.0-1ubuntu2 500
        500 http://ftp.oleane.net/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages

cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list 
deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam
deb-src [arch=amd64,i386] http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2018-02-13 github

That spells out the issue pretty clearly. For 64 bit, mesa 17.0.7 is installed with no update source, and there's no source for apt to match it with 32 bit.

I suspect http://ftp.oleane.net/ is a bad package mirror, give a different mirror a try.

AAnthonyLELUYER 2018-02-14 github

It worked perfectly, thanks a lot for your help.

I'm sorry if it was obvious, I didn't know where to look for. From now on I will know, thanks again.

Nothing extracted yet.