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Steam installer can't install the tenfoot_dicts_all package.

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#9245 · opened 2023-03-01 by hharas · updated 2025-05-04 · 2 comments · github
Hhharas 2023-03-01 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): updater built Feb 14 2023 00:47:09, updater built Jun 7 2022 03:18:19 & updater built Nov 22 2021 22:06:59.
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / Arch Linux.
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No.
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes.

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Since I switched from Windows 11 to Linux, I keep attempting to install Steam (whether from APT, Snap, Flatpak, or the official Website) and I get this Error preventing me from that, saying:

[2023-03-01 17:38:52] Error: Download of package (tenfoot_dicts_all) failed due to checksum mismatch

and:

[2023-03-01 17:46:25] Package file tenfoot_dicts_all.zip.3a6cb3db75398c509bdc6e389408b6951017494b missing or incorrect size
[2023-03-01 17:46:25] Add pending download: http://media.steampowered.com/client/tenfoot_dicts_all.zip.3a6cb3db75398c509bdc6e389408b6951017494b
[2023-03-01 17:46:25] Manifest download: send request

I ran into this Error on Linux Mint, Manjaro, Kubuntu & now Ubuntu (and Zorin OS). I contacted Support and I didn't get a working Solution.

According to my Analysis, it seems that this is a problem with the Steam installer itself, as it looks like the Steam installer had an issue generating a checksum for the tenfoot_dicts_all package, or it could be that the Manifest it downloaded is outdated, and so it provided an incorrect checksum for this specific package.

Also, every time it finishes, saying:

[2023-03-01 17:47:01] Error: Download of package (tenfoot_dicts_all) failed due to checksum mismatch
[2023-03-01 17:47:01] Downloading update (335,776 of 347,763 KB)...
[2023-03-01 17:47:01] Exhausted list of download hosts
[2023-03-01 17:47:01] Repeatedly failed to download packages, giving up
[2023-03-01 17:47:01] Saving metrics to disk (/home/qurashiakh/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2023-03-01 17:47:01] Error: Steam needs to be online to update.	 Please confirm your network connection and try again.

It shows me this box:

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I tried:

  • rebooting.
  • disabling firewalls.
  • downloading the installer from:
    • APT.
    • Snap.
    • Flatpak.
    • Pacman.
    • YaST.
    • Wine.
    • the Official Website.
  • googling it.

Things to keep in mind:

  • I do have a good internet connection.
  • This same Error was thrown in six different fresh installations of multiple Linux Distributions.
  • Every other package Steam tried to install got successfully installed, except this particular one.
  • Steam used to run completely fine on Windows.
  • My ASUS Laptop isn't a Potato Machine either:

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Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. sudo apt-add-repository multiverse
  2. sudo apt update
  3. sudo apt upgrade
  4. sudo apt install steam or sudo dpkg -i steam_latest.deb
  5. steam

or:

  1. Enabling the multilib repository.
  2. sudo pacman -S steam
  3. steam

Update: I tried installing Steam using PlayOnLinux & Wine, then on Wine alone using SteamSetup.exe, it still didn't work, giving the same exact error about tenfoot_dicts_all not being installed. I also installed Vanilla Arch Linux with KDE and tried installing Steam from Pacman & from Pamac, still the same issue.

I ran steam > steam_logs.txt on my Arch Linux Installation, and here are the logs:
https://gist.github.com/hharas/a03666384858862c5d6c1cff30f681f6
Keep in mind that all other Distributions I tried installing Steam on had identical logs, also that it outputted this into my Terminal before starting the logs:

bin_steam.sh[46261]: Setting up Steam content in /home/qurashiakh/.local/share/Steam
steam.sh[46261]: Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
steam.sh[46261]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[46356]: Updating Steam runtime environment...
steam.sh[46261]: Can't find 'steam-runtime-check-requirements', continuing anyway

After it displayed the same error box I mentioned above, I closed it. It outputted this to the console:

src/tier0/threadtools.cpp (3645) : Assertion Failed: Illegal termination of worker thread 'Thread(0x0x56d66c30/0x0xe41feb'
assert_20230310191618_8.dmp[57062]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20230310191618_8.dmp
assert_20230310191618_8.dmp[57062]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
assert_20230310191618_8.dmp[57062]: response: CrashID=bp-82382ad5-affc-42da-8e99-f76202230310
assert_20230310191618_8.dmp[57062]: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20230310191618_8.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-82382ad5-affc-42da-8e99-f76202230310''

When I tried to run steam > steam_logs_retry.txt after giving an error in the first time, this is what came up:
https://gist.github.com/hharas/3e10eca4a63da239828990dfb8712140

Second Update: I installed openSUSE Tumbleweed just for the purpose of installing Steam, and it gave me the exact same checksum mismatch failure. I'm currently thinking of installing Ubuntu on a second computer to see if Steam can install there or not.

Hhharas 2023-04-07 github

Hey! As I am currently on Arch Linux, I gave up on Steam because of this, but not forever. I noticed I had the ttf-liberation package installed when trying to install Steam. Steam seemed not to work well with it, and that could've been the root cause of the issue, somehow. Yet, when I installed the Windows 11 Fonts using the ttf-ms-win11-auto package from the AUR, Steam automagically installed and worked. I may have issues with playing Games but that would be addressed somewhere else outside this bug report.

Hhharas 2023-07-01 github

The reason for this happening is related to my ISP. I switched to Windows 11 and went through the same tenfoot_dicts_all drama, then opened a Hotspot Network on my Phone using my Cellular Service Provider's Internet and everything worked.

Nothing extracted yet.