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Steam doesn't turn on on ubuntu 18.04 lts

steamclosed Distro Family: UbuntuDistro-provided steam package
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#5760 · opened 2018-09-14 by ghost · updated 2019-07-18 · 4 comments · github
?ghost 2018-09-14 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): no idea
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Ubuntu 18.04 lts
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: Not yet
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

tar: To nie wygląda jak archiwum tar
xz: (stdin): Nieznany format pliku
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
find: ‘/home/j/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime’: Nie ma takiego pliku ani katalogu

Can't launch steam

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Install ubuntu 18.04.
  2. Update ubuntu and install nvidia driver.
  3. Install steam.
  4. Try to launch steam.
Kkisak-valve maintainer 2018-09-14 github

Hello @kubast2, I read this as steam failing to download all the bootstrap files, then falling over an empty or corrupt archive. You can try steam --reset or move/remove ~/.steam and try again.

?ghost 2018-09-14 github

@kisak-valve
I see, I have just installed steam provided package from steampowered.com
It tried to remove .steam folders etc., but failed because it returned in cmdline
"rm: /home/user/.steam is a folder"
etc. on 3-4 folders
So I have deleted those folders myself, and it have fixed the issue.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2018-09-14 github

Closing per the last comment.

Jjcrben 2019-03-20 github

https://askubuntu.com/a/1018230/457417 seemed to help for me:
mkdir "/home/$USER/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime"

Nothing extracted yet.