Hello everyone. Since I have been hearing a lot of complaints regarding Steam installation process through the Ubuntu software center not working properly, I have decided to create a tutorial focusing on how to install it using the installer provided in the Steam page. This tutorial is very straightforward, we first are going to install an application called "Gdebi" which will help us install the .deb file provided by steam and then we are going to download the file from the page, open it with Gdebi and install it. Installing Gdebi
Downloading Steam Now that we have have Gdebi installed, the next step is to download the steam installer file, which comes in the form of a .deb file. You can click here to go directly to the download page. [Click Here] The web browser will ask you if you want to open it or save it, click save and then click Ok. If you click "Open With" instead, it might have issues when installing. Installing Steam Now we need to install the file, navigate to your downloads folder and look for the "steam_latest.deb" file. In my case I don't have many files in my downloads folder which made it easy to look for it. Next you want to right click the file, click "Open With" and then select "Gdebi Package installer". This will open up Gdebi. Now Gdebi will display the information related to the package, as well as dependencies that it needs and other information. Click "Install Package" and it will prompt you with a window asking for your password, type your password and the installation process will begin. Running Steam In order to launch steam, you need to tap your windows key and type "Steam". From there you can either open it, or move it to the launcher bar where you will be able to launch it easily. In order to do this, you just drag the Steam icon to the bar at the left of your screen.
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Jackson
2/7/2015 04:20:33 pm
When I open steam with the gdebi package installer, it tells me that I must download 4 additional packages. However, when I click the 'install packages' button, nothing happens. No window pops telling me to sign in, and thus, I can't use steam. Do you know of such a problem and how to work around it? Thanks!
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2/10/2015 05:59:35 pm
hello friend, sorry it took me so long to reply. I think your problem is that when you install it, a terminal window pops up asking to install some dependancies. If im not mistaken you just follow some steps in that terminal window and then the window will pop up asking to login. The steps are pretty much to agree with installing the dependancies and maybe typing your password. Sorry if i'm not of much help but i do not have Ubuntu installed to give you specific directions.
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