Problem - Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS (32bit and 64bit)

[csMKJP]

The problem with the installation Steam of the new version of Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 : Depends: libglapi-mesa:i386 (= 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.6)
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

[Toquita]

I'd recommend ia32-libs but it's old and not necessary for Steam to run. Feel free to install it if you want, it might even solve the problem (sudo apt-get install ia32-libs)

* To clean the broken packages = "sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get update"
* To clean the broken packages [Solution 2] ="sudo apt-get install -f"
* To clean the broken packages [Solution 3] ="sudo dpkg --configure -a"
* To clean the broken packages [Solution 4] = Go to synaptic package manager.
Edit > Fix broken Packages.
*To clean the broken packages [Solution 5] = "apt-get install [package]"
*To clean the broken packages [Solution 6] = "dpkg --get-selections | grep hold"

Try

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

then

apt-get update

and then see if Steam runs or installs.
Then

sudo apt-get install -f

and see if it handles the dependencies.
If it doesn't then try to uninstall Steam. I usually do with "apt-get remove --purge [package]", but you'll have to provide more info on how you tried to install the software.
Also, what do you mean by "32 and 64-bit"? Which one is your system?

[adasiko]

It's Steam bug :/

[adasiko]

Steam doesn't know about libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-raring and libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-raring packages. And installation on ubuntu 12.04.3 is broken.

[adasiko]

Also https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/2800

[Toquita]

You could try debian testing if you want, it's pretty simple. I have nvidia so I'm rather lucky in this subject.

[Benedolt]

Автор сообщения: adasiko

Steam doesn't know about libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-raring and libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-raring packages. And installation on ubuntu 12.04.3 is broken.

adasiko is right. Just manually install the *-lts-raring packages and steam should start. Just do a CTRL+C when the terminal opens and asks to install additional packages. It's a bit annoying but not dramatic and will probably be fixed soon. *knocks on wood*


EDIT: Wow, just read to bug report, adasiko linked. Seems like a fix has been pushed three hours ago. I should knock on wood more often. XD

[csMKJP]

steam 1.0.0.41 works. Everything is fine, now