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Unable to download OpenGL.

steamclosed Distro Family: Ubuntu
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#7019 · opened 2020-04-08 by Chaitanya2923 · updated 2020-05-07 · 5 comments · github
CChaitanya2923 2020-04-08 github
  • Distribution : Ubuntu-19.10
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

I tried to install OpenGL on my system using the command :

sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri:i386, libgl1-mesa-glx:i386, libc6:i386

But unfortunately, I get this error :

E: Unable to locate package libgl1-mesa-dri:i386,
E: Unable to locate package libgl1-mesa-glx:i386,

What's the actual problem, and how to resolve it? I'm quite new to Ubuntu.
Thank you.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-04-08 github

Hello @Chaitanya2923, Ubuntu's repositories definitely provide those packages.

What does running apt policy libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 give you?

Ssmcv 2020-04-15 github
sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri:i386, libgl1-mesa-glx:i386, libc6:i386

Remove the commas:

sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libc6:i386
?ghost 2020-05-06 github

Valve idea: per-distro instructions on the Steam download page. The Ubuntu package, for example, depends on these OpenGL i386 packages. (Checked on Ubuntu 19.10.)

?ghost 2020-05-06 github

Thing to see: OpenSuSE One Click Install. I'm not sure how popular this distro or this feature remain, but some time ago it was very cool. Website has "YMP" manifest file that has list of packages and/or repositories to add. YaST software manager asks permission to add any repositories/keys, then proceeds to software selection manager with packages and their dependencies "checked" for installation. It will also ask about installing "recommended" (optional/feature) deps/packages.

Edit: I am not familiar of this feature being in any other distro, maybe I can recommend this to Ubuntu :)

Edit2: The really cool thing about this, is YMP is just a text file opened by native YaST program. So there is no DEB download, no terminal, no apt-get install. Just click in browser and prompt to install.

Edit3: This feature was in SuSE 10.1, I had a DVD. This version released 2007 it seems. Not sure when the feature itself was added.

Edit4: The software manager also lets you adjust required and recommended package changes as well as add your own. I miss OpenSuSE :(

CChaitanya2923 2020-05-07 github

Hello @Chaitanya2923, Ubuntu's repositories definitely provide those packages.

What does running apt policy libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 give you?

Thanks for the reply. Actually installing freeglut helped me overcome all of these complexities :)

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