I have tried to install steam on 3 different distros. Pop, Ubuntu, and Manjaro! It all doesnt work! i get the same response. i even tried on a different pc same resault!!!
steamclosed
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#7670 ·
opened 2021-02-23
by MechThumbs ·
updated 2021-02-23 ·
1 comments ·
github
MY system information
system 1
i7 6800k
32gb
RTX 2070
Gigabyte Designare x99
system 2
i7 4700k
12gb
GTX 1050 ti
MSI Z97 gaming 5
OS
Pop OS
Ubuntu
Manjaro
the only one that installs steam correctly is windows....which sucks cause windows sucks...
Running Steam on manjarolinux 20.2.1 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins up-to-date!
Can't find 'steam-runtime-check-requirements', continuing anyway
/home/mechthumbs/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam
[2021-02-23 17:18:19] Startup - updater built Oct 28 2020 23:34:22
ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)
[2021-02-23 17:18:19] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/mechthumbs/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2021-02-23 17:18:19] Failed to load cached hosts file (File 'update_hosts_cached.vdf' not found), using defaults
[2021-02-23 17:18:19] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal
[2021-02-23 17:18:19] 1. http://client-download.steampowered.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 100, source = 'baked in'
[2021-02-23 17:18:19] 2. http://media.steampowered.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1.0)
[2021-02-23 17:18:19] Verifying installation...
[2021-02-23 17:18:19] Unable to read and verify install manifest /home/mechthumbs/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_ubuntu12.installed
[2021-02-23 17:18:19] Verification complete
[2021-02-23 17:18:19] Downloading Update...
[2021-02-23 17:18:19] Checking for available update...
[2021-02-23 17:18:19] Downloading manifest: client-download.steampowered.com/client/steam_client_ubuntu12
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1.0)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1.0)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1.0)
KeyValues Error: LoadFromBuffer: missing { (current key: '<!DOCTYPE') in file manifest [offset: 14]
/data/src/tier1/KeyValues.cpp (2999) : Assertion Failed: Error while parsing text KeyValues for resource manifest
/data/src/tier1/KeyValues.cpp (2999) : Assertion Failed: Error while parsing text KeyValues for resource manifest
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1.0)
crash_20210223171820_7.dmp[11282]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/crash_20210223171820_7.dmp
[2021-02-23 17:18:20] failed to load manifest from buffer.
[2021-02-23 17:18:20] Failed to load manifest
[2021-02-23 17:18:20] Error: Download failed: http error 200
[2021-02-23 17:18:20] Saving metrics to disk (/home/mechthumbs/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2021-02-23 17:18:20] Error: ### _Steam needs to be online to update. Please confirm your network connection and try again._
crash_20210223171820_7.dmp[11282]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
crash_20210223171820_7.dmp[11282]: response: CrashID=bp-ba6d17b5-f64a-49f0-8677-42ade2210223
crash_20210223171820_7.dmp[11282]: file ''/tmp/dumps/crash_20210223171820_7.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-ba6d17b5-f64a-49f0-8677-42ade2210223''
i get this error on fresh installs of the OS as well as steam