Trying to install steam on linux.

[*UT###lame]

So, I've installed Steam.
When I'm starting it, it says something about two packages, libgl1-mesa-dri:i386, libgl1-mesa-glx:i386.
Can someone tell me how to install these packages?

[Zyro]

You can always use the terminal (as root or prepending "sudo").
Depending on your distribution that might or might not be:
apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri:i386, libgl1-mesa-glx:i386

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Opprinnelig skrevet av Zyro:

You can alway use the terminal (as root or prepending "sudo").
Depending on your distribution that might or might not be:
apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri:i386, libgl1-mesa-glx:i386

When I write the first command, it says:
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
When I write the second one, it just says command not found.

[Zyro]

You're new to Linux? Welcome! :)

You need to be the root user in order to install stuff on Linux
Try the following:

sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386

That's one single command, making you root for just this command ("sudo") - you will be asked fro the root password - , calling the package manager ("apt-get") to install (well, too obvious...) both packages you need - and everything they might need themselves.

This is only working if your Linux distribution is Debian or is derived from Debian (like Ubuntu, Mint and many others).

[Dusk of Oolacile]

It must be the bug related to 14.04(.2) many people talk about here. I don't remember having seen a solution yet.

[*UT###lame]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Zyro:

You're new to Linux? Welcome! :)

You need to be the root user in order to install stuff on Linux
Try the following:

sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386

That's one single command, making you root for just this command ("sudo") - you will be asked fro the root password - , calling the package manager ("apt-get") to install (well, too obvious...) both packages you need - and everything they might need themselves.

This is only working if your Linux distribution is Debian or is derived from Debian (like Ubuntu, Mint and many others).

yeah, I'm new :D
ok, so what's root user?
and how can I know in which user i'm in?

Opprinnelig skrevet av LOLCAT:

It must be the bug related to 14.04(.2) many people talk about here. I don't remember having seen a solution yet.

Really?
No one with this problem didn't manage to solve it?

[Zyro]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Nicky:

ok, so what's root user?

root is the boss on your computer. He can install and remove programs for example. Normally, you are not loged in as root and such you cannot do such stuff - and if you had a virus or something bad, it couldn't do such stuff either.

Opprinnelig skrevet av Nicky:

and how can I know in which user i'm in?

If you forgot who you are ;) you can always ask your computer:

eike@donald:~$ whoami
eike
eike@donald:~$ su
Password:
root@donald:/home/eike# whoami
root

"su" is making you root in the terminal.

Which Linux distribution are you using, and which version?

[*UT###lame]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Zyro:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Nicky:

ok, so what's root user?

root is the boss on your computer. He can install and remove programs for example. Normally, you are not loged in as root and such you cannot do such stuff - and if you had a virus or something bad, it couldn't do such stuff either.

Opprinnelig skrevet av Nicky:

and how can I know in which user i'm in?

If you forgot who you are ;) you can always ask your computer:

eike@donald:~$ whoami
eike
eike@donald:~$ su
Password:
root@donald:/home/eike# whoami
root

"su" is making you root in the terminal.

Which Linux distribution are you using, and which version?

it's so complicated...
how do I log in as root?

[Zyro]

You aren't answering simple questions - what is your distribution's name and version number? - and you don't seem to try simple single line commands (sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386). We won't be able to help you without either.

[*UT###lame]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Zyro:

You aren't answering simple questions - what is your distribution's name and version number? - and you don't seem to try simple single line commands (sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386). We won't be able to help you without either.

Ubuntu, 14.04.01.
ok, i tried that command.
[sudo] password for ***:
***
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for ***:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package libgl1 is a virtual package provided by:
libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-utopic 10.3.2-0ubuntu1~trusty2
libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.3
You should explicitly select one to install.

E: Package 'libgl1' has no installation candidate
E: Unable to locate package mesa-glx
nicky@nicky-B85M-D3H:~$

So, what should I do now?
Did I solve it?

[Zyro]

It seems you had a line break or space where it doesn't belong. "libgl1-mesa-glx:i386" has no space or anything in-between, but your computer understood it as two packages. So you could try that again.

But... Lolcat wrote about an Ubuntu bug which I am not aware of (I'm not using Ubuntu). It might be that you're hitting that one.

[*UT###lame]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Zyro:

It seems you had a line break or space where it doesn't belong. "libgl1-mesa-glx:i386" has no space or anything in-between, but your computer understood it as two packages. So you could try that again.

But... Lolcat wrote about an Ubuntu bug which I am not aware of (I'm not using Ubuntu). It might be that you're hitting that one.

nvm i've solved it
if you wanna know how:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

[Zyro]

So Steam is running now? Cool.

Did the SteamOS news make you try it?

[Dusk of Oolacile]

Yeah, keeping your system up-to-date never hurts.

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Opprinnelig skrevet av Zyro:

So Steam is running now? Cool.

Did the SteamOS news make you try it?

Nope.

Opprinnelig skrevet av LOLCAT:

Yeah, keeping your system up-to-date never hurts.

indeed. thank you for your help guys!

[isaacfrye963]

non of this works for me