Steam OS linux missing libc.so.6

[W01fN3rd]

Hello,

I really need some help with this. I can't seem to fix the issue to get steam running. This is my first time installing it I even looked around the forum here and no luck

I am using Ubuntu 20.04 64 bit

[taniwhat]

Uninstall, reinstall. Same OS, very few problems other than - sometimes it doesn't configure itself properly.

It should also self update once it does work, let it do all that.

[W01fN3rd]

done it a few times no luck i keep on getting this

Couldn't import apt, please install python3-apt or update steamdeps for your distribution.
Running Steam on ubuntu 20.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins up-to-date!
Error: You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run:
libc.so.6
Can't find 'steam-runtime-check-requirements', continuing anyway
WARNING: Using default/fallback debugger launch
/home/w01fn3rd/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam
/home/w01fn3rd/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 770: /home/w01fn3rd/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam: No such file or directory

[meheezen]

how did you install Steam?

[W01fN3rd]

I downloaded the .deb from the website

And installed using

 dpkg -i 

[Bloo Alien]

You're missing the 32 bit version of that library. You don't need to uninstall or reinstall anything. You need to install the 32 bit version of that library (alongside/in addition to the 64 bit one you've already got). DO NOT UNINSTALL the existing 64 bit version of that library, as it's a rather critical system library on Linux.

Also; You're almost always 100% better off installing Steam directly from your package manager rather than downloading it from the website or Flatpak.

sudo apt install steam

Downloading software from anywhere else except the distro package manager is not always guaranteed to work, and in some cases (like with Steam) it's far less likely to work as expected.

[PunkHazard]

What @Bloo Alien said.

$ sudo apt install steam

Anything else and you're going to get problems.

[Zyro]

Did you enable the 32 bits part of Ubuntu?

[W01fN3rd]

Originally posted by Bloo Alien:

You're missing the 32 bit version of that library. You don't need to uninstall or reinstall anything. You need to install the 32 bit version of that library (alongside/in addition to the 64 bit one you've already got). DO NOT UNINSTALL the existing 64 bit version of that library, as it's a rather critical system library on Linux.

Also; You're almost always 100% better off installing Steam directly from your package manager rather than downloading it from the website or Flatpak.

sudo apt install steam

Downloading software from anywhere else except the distro package manager is not always guaranteed to work, and in some cases (like with Steam) it's far less likely to work as expected.

I did what you said and i still get the samething thing

I even tried it when removed the .deb

[W01fN3rd]

Originally posted by Zyro:

Did you enable the 32 bits part of Ubuntu?

How do I do that?

[W01fN3rd]

Originally posted by Bloo Alien:

You're missing the 32 bit version of that library. You don't need to uninstall or reinstall anything. You need to install the 32 bit version of that library (alongside/in addition to the 64 bit one you've already got). DO NOT UNINSTALL the existing 64 bit version of that library, as it's a rather critical system library on Linux.

Also; You're almost always 100% better off installing Steam directly from your package manager rather than downloading it from the website or Flatpak.

sudo apt install steam

Downloading software from anywhere else except the distro package manager is not always guaranteed to work, and in some cases (like with Steam) it's far less likely to work as expected.

I did try to install the steam installer from the ubuntu software program and is unable to install because I have unmet dependencies

[W01fN3rd]

Originally posted by PunkHazard:

What @Bloo Alien said.

$ sudo apt install steam

Anything else and you're going to get problems.

Still gives me the same error

[meheezen]

Did you remove the .deb package and cleaned up the ~/.steam directory before installing from the ubuntu repo?

And did you install 32-bits libc ?

[W01fN3rd]

Originally posted by meheezen:

Did you remove the .deb package and cleaned up the ~/.steam directory before installing from the ubuntu repo?

And did you install 32-bits libc ?

I did remove the .deb package, but i do not know how to clean up steam directory. Im pretty i did install 32 bits libc.

[quicktime]

you have to do `dpkg --add-architecture i386` to enable 32-bit libraries to be installed. did you do that?

[W01fN3rd]

Originally posted by closer to god:

you have to do `dpkg --add-architecture i386` to enable 32-bit libraries to be installed. did you do that?

Yes, and when i tried to run steam after reinstalling it, i still got the same issue