Not observing this. ~/.steam/root links to ~/.local/share/Steam
I think some setups override the ~/.local/share/Steam location via XDG_ environment variables? So maybe that's setup in such a way that it causes the symlink loop? In which case this is a system configuration problem, and not a steam problem?
Hi,
I had a similar error. But in my case I found the solution.
You don't have to use the steam-package which is provided in ubuntu ppa.
You should install the .deb from steam webpage.
I found the solution here in reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/ar6llf/steam_location_steam_or_localshare/
So best solution I think is to remove current steam (sudo apt-get purge steam) and download and install .deb from steam page:
https://store.steampowered.com/about/
Thank you @meydominic - as you pointed out, please use the official steam-launcher.deb to install Steam on Debian and Debian derivatives.
We just made available a new beta release of the steam installer, which you can download at https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/archive/precise/steam-launcher_latest-beta_all.deb
Thanks all, uninstalled, renamed .steam and used the new beta installer and it resolved my issue.
I do not recommend you to download anything via URLs.
It is Bad Practice.
Stone on valve side.
And I would recommend explaining a good practice if you are going to point out a bad one.
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~/.steam/root is symlinked to ~/.steam/ so double clicking the root folder doesn't take me anywhere, I can just keep going deeper ~/.steam/root/root/root/ ... etc
Same thing when I navigate with terminal.