Question: What's the difference between this installer and Valve's?
- Answer: This version comes with an extra folder called i386-linux-gnu which is from Ubuntu's libc6 deb package, it is saved in /usr/lib/steam/. The steam-debian excutable loads said folder which solves the need for glibc 2.15
Question: How do I launch?
- Answer: Type in any terminal: steam-debian
Question: Whenever I launch Steam, it asks me to install jockey-common, but it's not in Debian's repo
- Answer: Type in any terminal:
sh /usr/lib/steam/steam-debian-depends.sh
steam-debian-depends.sh is a simple shell script that downloads python-xkit and jockey-common from Ubuntu's repo and installs them using dpkg. Make sure the user that executes this script is in the sudoers list.
Question: Where can I find the source?
- Answer: steam-debian_1.0.0.39-8-2_all contains the source
IF YOU'RE RUNNING A 64BIT SYSTEM, YOU'LL HAVE TO ENABLE ACCESS TO 32BIT LIBRARIES PLEASE READ THE WIKI FOR MORE INFO
PLEASE CHECK THE WIKI BEFORE YOU POST AN ISSUE!