Cannot launch steam in linux mint

steamclosed Distro Family: Ubuntu

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#6621 · opened 2019-10-29 by TitaneerYeager · updated 2019-10-30 · 2 comments · github

TTitaneerYeager 2019-10-29 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): The latest official download from the steampowered site.
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Linux mint 18.3 Sylvia
Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] No I think...
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
So if I install steam from either the linux mint repositories or from the official .deb installer from steampowered download page, it installs. I then go to launch steam and it gives this error:
"Couldn't set up Steam data - Please contact technical support"

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Install the latest Linux .deb installer for steam
Try to launch steam
Get an error

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2019-10-29 github

Hello @TitaneerYeager, the distro-provided Steam package and the Valve-provided Steam package have different, incompatible folder layouts. Please move/remove ~/.steam and ~/.local/share/Steam when switching between them.

After that, please check if any 32 bit opengl application like glxinfo from mesa-utils:i386 works.

If you run Steam from a terminal, does it give any hints?

TTitaneerYeager 2019-10-30 github

After deleting all steam files and reinstalling the official .deb installer it worked. Thank you!

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