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Installing Steam on Debian 8 + backports

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GustyGhost Jul 21, 2016

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The last barrier keeping me from going full Debian has been installing the Steam client properly. Doing so the pure Debian way won't even install because of held packages. Installing the .deb from steampowered.com gets me as far as the launcher but errors out with "Fatal Error: Failed to load steamui.so".

I imagine it would have gone smoothly had I not installed Mesa from backports which I believe is causing the held packages that steam needs: libgl1-mesa-dri:i386, libgl1-mesa-glx:i386. Libraries: libGL.so.1

If I try to install those dependencies, apt wants to remove Cinnamon and a bunch of other crucial packages. What am I doing wrong here?

Terminal output for steam:

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Failed to parse arguments: Option "--disable-factory" is no longer supported in this version of gnome-terminal.

Package libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 needs to be installed

Package libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 needs to be installed

Running Steam on debian 8 64-bit

STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically

Error: You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run:

libGL.so.1

Error:

You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run:

libGL.so.1

Press enter to continue: 

Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1468023329)

Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1468023329)

Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1468023329)

Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1468023329)

[2016-07-21 00:48:53] Startup - updater built Jul  8 2016 21:43:51

Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check

[2016-07-21 00:48:53] Checking for update on startup

[2016-07-21 00:48:53] Checking for available updates...

[2016-07-21 00:48:54] Download skipped: /client/steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1468023329, installed version 1468023329

[2016-07-21 00:48:54] Nothing to do

[2016-07-21 00:48:54] Verifying installation...

[2016-07-21 00:48:54] Performing checksum verification of executable files

[2016-07-21 00:48:54] Verification complete

[2016-07-21 00:48:58] Shutdown

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

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 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 : Depends: libdrm-intel1:i386 (>= 2.4.48) but it is not going to be installed

                        Depends: libdrm-nouveau2:i386 (>= 2.4.38) but it is not going to be installed

                        Depends: libdrm-radeon1:i386 (>= 2.4.31) but it is not going to be installed

                        Depends: libdrm2:i386 (>= 2.4.38) but it is not going to be installed

E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

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lucinos Jul 21, 2016

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I do not know about debian but for Arch Linux see:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Steam/Troubleshooting
Deleting the runtime libraries

The problem is obviously relevant.

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Blurps Jul 21, 2016

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All you need is in official repo.
see https://wiki.debian.org/Steam

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GustyGhost Jul 21, 2016

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I first tried the official repository but it hounded me for the same dependencies: lib-mesa-xxx:i386. I have properly enabled foreign architecture i386 but those 32 bit packages don't want to play nicely with my 64 bit mesa packages. Anybody here use Debian?

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Nel Jul 21, 2016

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Hey

Post your /etc/apt/sources.list
What is your GPU?
What is your apt command line?

To properly use backports you should type
apt-get -t jessie-backports install [package1] [package2]
to enable the whole backports repo only for this one command, that means backports dependencies are installed as well.

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GustyGhost Jul 21, 2016

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deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free

#deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free



deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free

#deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free



# jessie-updates, previously known as 'volatile'

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free

#deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free



deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main contrib non-free

#deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main contrib non-free

GPU is R3 (HD8400) integrated on Kabini APU. That is, Hawaii-based GCN 1.1. I have enabled AMD firmware for the graphics portion of the chip.

I have been using the -t flag as you suggest and it works properly for the thing I have backported. But when I adopt this configuration as my main, would forcing package versions to backports in Synaptic be any different? Any reason I shouldn't do it that way?

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Nel Jul 22, 2016

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Synaptic gave me a hard time dealing with backports. When it's only a single package, it's ok. But when it has to deal with multiple dependencies through backports and regular repos, it breaks more stuff than resolves anything. You really should stick with apt-get or aptitude.

Assuming no package is actually broken, first try to remove every unneeded packages like wine or steam. Then perform an apt-get autoremove. Your debian should be more or less clean, so now start a proper install of steam.

If not previously done, run this:

dpkg --add-architecture i386

apt-get update

apt-get install multiarch-support

Install required libraries from backports
apt-get -t jessie-backports libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386

Then install steam
apt-get -t jessie-backports steam
Not sure about this one, since I installed wine backports and all backports dependencies before steam on my debian. But according to manpage it should be ok, since -t only creates a high priority to the specified repo. So steam will look for any dependency first on backports, then on stable repos.

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GustyGhost Jul 22, 2016

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You gave me the idea to chase the 32 bit mesa packages down the backported rabbit hole. I ran:

sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports install libegl1-mesa-drivers



sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports install libudev1:i386



sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports install libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386



sudo apt-get install steam:i386

Apparently, once you go for backports on one part of Mesa driver, you need to go all in because this worked. Even the 32 bit stuff. Steam now installs "the Debian way", verifies and successfully lands at the login window!

So I'm guessing that Synaptic isn't just a graphical front end for apt. I only wanted three main things to be backported: My Linux kernel, desktop environment and graphics drivers. If it needs to go through apt, that's fine.

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slaapliedje Jul 22, 2016

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So, being the Debian Connoisseur that I am... Synaptic doesn't really support multi-arch worth a damn. Sad, I know, but it doesn't.

https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=steam&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all shows that there is no steam in jessie-backports, just use regular ol' Jessie

Now, if you're using Intel, open source radeon or open source nvidia drivers, you'll probably want to use the newer mesa drivers for sure. Backports also have the proprietary nvidia drivers (version 352.79-8~bpo8+1: amd64 i386) and fglrx-driver (version 1:15.12-2~bpo8+1: amd64 i386) so you'd probably want to snag those.

As I said, Synaptic really doesn't like multi-arch.

Personally for a gaming platform, I'd go with Debian Testing (stretch) rather than muck about with backports at the moment. But then I'm experienced enough to know what to do if things break (which is rare).

What Nel showed should work perfectly, except that you need to actually do

apt-get install -t jessie-backportslibgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386

apt-get install -t steam

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slaapliedje Jul 22, 2016

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Quoting: AnxiousInfusionYou gave me the idea to chase the 32 bit mesa packages down the backported rabbit hole. I ran:

sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports install libegl1-mesa-drivers sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports install libudev1:i386 sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports install libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 sudo apt-get install steam:i386

Apparently, once you go for backports on one part of Mesa driver, you need to go all in because this worked. Even the 32 bit stuff. Steam now installs "the Debian way", verifies and successfully lands at the login window!

So I'm guessing that Synaptic isn't just a graphical front end for apt. I only wanted three main things to be backported: My Linux kernel, desktop environment and graphics drivers. If it needs to go through apt, that's fine.

Ha, yes, Sorry I was too late in my reply! As I said, Synaptic still sort of gets confused with multi arch support.

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GustyGhost Jul 22, 2016

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Thanks, guys. Part of the reason for moving is so that I can learn. So I guess I will use apt to backport system critical things like kernel, DE and graphics drivers, while using Synaptic's "Force Version" for non-critical things like youtube-dl.

And yes, slaapliedje, going with Stable was a conscious decision after reading pages and pages Debian's official resources. [~~One last thing, is Synaptic's "Mark All Upgrades" the same as apt-get upgrade or apt-get dist-upgrade? Or it's own thing entirely?~~](https://superuser.com/questions/652429/debian-why-are-the-suggested-upgrades-from-apt-get-and-synaptic-different)

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