Steam breaks on last update

[wzzrd]

Since the last update, starting Steam gives me a terminal window telling me:

Steam needs to install these additional packages: 
	steam-launcher
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package steam-launcher
Press return to continue: 

This package is not in the repo and thus cannot be installed. I can't find it anywhere. Does anyone else notice this?

[bladerunner]

I can confirm the same thing, sadly. No games soon, I guess :(

[patchesEleven]

I can also confirm this on my Ubuntu 12.04 install.

[Mokam]

relevant github thread: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/1977

[Sytch]

If you really want to follow that advice, note that userdata should be kept, too. It contains screenshots and saves, sometimes deleting it may lead to losing all the save data.

[Stradus]

same error :( i want to plaaaay!! :D

[brokatt]

I can confirm that L | 7's solution works perfectly. Thanks for the help! :)

[Shark]

Origineel geplaatst door L | 7:

Go to your home folder, press ctrl+H to see hidden files, open the steam shortcut, select everything but the SteamApps folder and delete. Launch steam again and click Reinstall. This fixed it for me while keeping my downloaded games.

This did fix it for me.

[JCM3000]

Exactly the same for me. I uninstalled and now can't reinstall as can't find steam-launcher :(

[Tenandra]

L|7's fix worked for me Linux mint 64, i am now up and running thanks

[moskae]

xubuntu 12.04. the same (((

[wzzrd]

Yeah! Thanks L | 7! That does it.

[3.1415926535898]

+1: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit

[Quality Bicycle Products]

damn I deleted all of my servers too oh well

[a life lived]

That fixed it for me too - thanks

[patchesEleven]

Just tried L | 7's fix on Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit and it works. Thanks!