Only can view "Steam needs to install these additional packages" from running into a terminal

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#620 · opened 2013-01-09 by LukasThyWalls · updated 2013-04-10 · 9 comments · github

LLukasThyWalls 2013-01-09 github

I'm testing others things and when i launch steam from a terminal i have this:

Package xterm needs to be installed
Steam needs to install these additional packages: 
        xterm

I only see this if i running Steam from terminal, not in normal Steam use, if i don't see it on terminal i don't install because i don't know this requirement. In normal use i don't see anything related, and Steam is working normally.

When i install these packages i don't see it anymore in terminal.

Edit:
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Informes de fallos recientes:

To reproduce the issue:

Uninstall xterm or not installed.
Open Steam from terminal. You can view in the beggining of the terminal, from the execution log for Steam

Package xterm needs to be installed
Steam needs to install these additional packages: 
        xterm

If you open normally Steam from icon desktop, you don't view any needed dependencies and Steam works apparently

It isn't a simply bug, only i haven't information of missing dependencies for Steam if i open it normally from desktop icon or something else. If i launch from terminal, i can view this log if i have some missing dependencies, and it could be important for others issues with Steam to know these dependencies are satisfied or not in a normal execution, out of a terminal.

MMrSchism 2013-01-09 github

Please include the information requested at https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Steam-for-linux

LLukasThyWalls 2013-01-09 github

I have added the required information, i think.

Sslouken 2013-01-10 github

What distribution are you running? This should only happen if neither xterm nor gnome-terminal installed.

LLukasThyWalls 2013-01-10 github

Damn, i think i had added that information: KUbuntu 12.04.1, KDE 4.8.5

The thing is I can't view this information if i don't launch Steam from a terminal.

SShnatsel 2013-01-10 github

I can confirm. The problem is that the .deb file does not depend on xterm or any other terminal, but the steam binary complains and refuses to run if xterm (or, as the commends above reveal, gnome-terminal) is not installed.

The proper solution for Debian-derived distributions (such as Ubuntu) would be to check for presence of "/usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator" (which is a symlink to the real terminal binary governed by Debian alternatives system) from Steam binary, and add "gnome-terminal | x-terminal-emulator" to .deb file dependencies (x-terminal-emulator is a virtual package provided by any binary package that ships an X terminal).

Sslouken 2013-01-10 github

Good point, we can add a terminal emulator to the dependencies, but we wanted to support multiple terminal emulators. The problem is we need to know how to call them, because each one has it's own set of command line options and limitations.

For example, for gnome-terminal we need to pass the --disable-factory option, otherwise it will pass the command line to an existing gnome-terminal instance and exit immediately, but we need to block until the installation is compete.

However, we can add xterm as a hard dependency, and that would solve this issue because we'll have at least one known working alternative.

SShnatsel 2013-01-10 github

Okay, in this case, at least add "xterm | gnome-terminal" to .deb file dependencies. This way one of this packages will be pulled in on installation, which will prevent the current situation with Steam not installing all required dependencies during .deb file installation.

You can later expand the list with adding more supported terminals separated by "|" (which means "OR" in debian/control file syntax).

Sslouken 2013-01-11 github

Yep, this is in for the next update. Thanks!

Ddimazanyat 2013-04-10 github

Nothing extracted yet.