Can't install steam via apt on Kali linux 2021.4 (Debian Bullseye)

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#8365 · opened 2022-01-27 by Fabxx · updated 2022-01-27 · 2 comments · github

FFabxx 2022-01-27 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): none, can't install it
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Kali (Debian bases)
Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] No
Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Treid to install steam via apt after a fresh kali linux install, which contained most of the libraries already, such as llvm. THe package requires me to install libllvm12:i386, and despite the fact adding the architecture i386 with dpkg and doing update, it requires me this:

  libgl1-mesa-dev libgl1-mesa-dri libgles-dev libglu1-mesa libglvnd-dev
  libglx-dev libglx-mesa0 libglx0 libgstreamer-gl1.0-0 libllvm12
  libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 libxatracker2 mesa-utils steam-launcher x11-utils xorg
  xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all
  xserver-xorg-input-libinput xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-all
  xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
  xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-qxl
  xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware
  zenity

basically, it wants to uninstall the entire xorg display, and other essential packages, because of conflicting architecture versions. How can i avoid this?

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2022-01-27 github

Hello @revix-0, Kali Linux is not supported here because it's contradictory to the fundamental goals of the distribution, which focuses on security testing and is not intended to be used as a general purpose desktop environment.

FFabxx 2022-01-27 github

I would have accepted a more honest reply like: we don't know how to fix this yet. But thanks anyways.

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