Can't open or update STEAM on Debian 11

[Waldematrix]

Hey Folks,

I installed STEAM on Debian 11.

I can't start it because it needs to update dependencies. But also I can't run STEAM as ROOT either. I get messages from steam, saying it can't run as root user. Anyone else run into this issue before?

[Kilrah]

How did you install it? Did you enable i386 architecture?

 

https://idroot.us/install-steam-debian-11/

[10leej]

did you install steam with APT or did you install steam with the download binary? Because the steampowered.com deb file is built for Ubuntu not debian.

 

This is the official method for installing steam

[Waldematrix]

I downloaded direct from Steam website and used GDebi package installer.

I followed the instruction on the link but guess I missed a step. Seems those dependence don't want auto install.

I'll try again.

[Waldematrix]

18 hours ago, 10leej said:

did you install steam with APT or did you install steam with the download binary? Because the steampowered.com deb file is built for Ubuntu not debian.

 

This is the official method for installing steam

I got the file form Steampowered and installed steam_latest.deb 

Seems like the entry for Steam in the Software list doesn't want to remove. even after running: sudo apt-get remove steam

Thanks I'll check that link out.

 

[Kilrah]

Just do the 

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

part of the guide, it'll then be able to install the deps.

[10leej]

14 hours ago, Waldematrix said:

I downloaded direct from Steam website and used GDebi package installer.

I followed the instruction on the link but guess I missed a step. Seems those dependence don't want auto install.

I'll try again.

The one rule for Debian is to not do that.

 

https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian

 

As for the wiki link I provided your have to have i386 (aka 32 bit) enabled as well as non free. If you have those enabled please tell us what dependencies are not installing.

[Waldematrix]

Ah! Newb mistakes. OK I got it installed!

 

I followed the step and steam updated but still stopped here:

 

At this point, started over. Debain Software app wouldn't remove Steam. So I deleted it from applications folder. 

I used this https://linuxhint.com/fully-uninstall-steam-from-ubuntu/  uninstall steam.

 

after starting over I got to here:

 

Then this happened.

 

Then I did this: 

sudo apt install libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386

And I was able to open it up and log in. YAY!

Now let see if can play something and if my PC will still work after reboot :D