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Crashed Sep 28, 2023 @ 10:11pm

Pi 5

Is Steam Link compatible with the Raspberry Pi 5, and if not does Valve plan on making it compatible once they get a hold of one?

Not sure if Raspberry Pi Trading provided Valve with any review units, but if not they will be shipping by the end of October.

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Originally posted by slouken:

Steam Link for Pi 5 is now in beta!
https://steamcommunity.com/app/353380/discussions/6/4629231591254687689/

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slouken

Sep 28, 2023 @ 10:36pm

We don't have any advance Pi 5 units, but I'm looking forward to checking it out once it's released.

Crashed Sep 29, 2023 @ 10:50am

Originally posted by slouken:
We don't have any advance Pi 5 units, but I'm looking forward to checking it out once it's released.

Make sure to pre-order ASAP; I believe SparkFun is taking pre-orders. You don't want to get stuck buying them from scalpers.

I'm personally yet to be convinced considering PSU requirements and whether or not I need the additional processing power or PCI Express support.

Last edited by Crashed; Sep 29, 2023 @ 10:50am

gabriele83 Nov 18, 2023 @ 2:58pm

Just got my Raspberry Pi 5 8GB delivered 2 days ago,
of course Steam Link doesn't work on it, it wants to install the 32bit libraries and if I proceed it will uninstall plenty of stuff needed for the OS messing up everything.
Running Raspberry Pi OS (Bookworm) 64bit, guess we'll wait and see?

QQ Bee Dec 27, 2023 @ 7:12pm

Bookworm doesn't have any libraries that can satisfy Steamlink currently. Trying to force it will break libstdc++6, and Pi5 can't boot earlier Raspbian OSes.

Last edited by QQ Bee; Dec 27, 2023 @ 7:13pm

Crashed Dec 28, 2023 @ 7:26am

Originally posted by QQ Bee:
Bookworm doesn't have any libraries that can satisfy Steamlink currently. Trying to force it will break libstdc++6, and Pi5 can't boot earlier Raspbian OSes.

So at least they can fix it on Pi 3/4 and if they're lucky it will make Pi 5 work?

gabriele83 Dec 28, 2023 @ 3:46pm

Originally posted by Crashed:
Originally posted by QQ Bee:
Bookworm doesn't have any libraries that can satisfy Steamlink currently. Trying to force it will break libstdc++6, and Pi5 can't boot earlier Raspbian OSes.
So at least they can fix it on Pi 3/4 and if they're lucky it will make Pi 5 work?

It does work on my Pi 3B 32bit, not on my Pi 5 because it's 64bit and it's missing the libraries.

Crashed Dec 28, 2023 @ 4:27pm

Originally posted by gabriele83:
Originally posted by Crashed:
So at least they can fix it on Pi 3/4 and if they're lucky it will make Pi 5 work?

It does work on my Pi 3B 32bit, not on my Pi 5 because it's 64bit and it's missing the libraries.

Bookworm OS?

gabriele83 Dec 29, 2023 @ 3:14am

Originally posted by Crashed:
Originally posted by gabriele83:

It does work on my Pi 3B 32bit, not on my Pi 5 because it's 64bit and it's missing the libraries.
Bookworm OS?

I don't know about Bookworm on the old 3B, but on Bullseye 32bit it does work, probably Bookworm works too in the 32bit version, haven't checked.

-MS- Jan 1, 2024 @ 2:45pm

so, thers no solution now, to get steam link working on pi5 ?

QQ Bee Jan 1, 2024 @ 4:21pm

Valve would have to make a Bookworm build.

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Crashed Jan 1, 2024 @ 4:57pm

Originally posted by QQ Bee:
Valve would have to make a Bookworm build.

This also shows why Steam Client on Linux ships with its own set of runtime libraries, to reduce dependency on distro-provided libraries.

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gabriele83 Jan 2, 2024 @ 1:24pm

Originally posted by Crashed:
Originally posted by QQ Bee:
Valve would have to make a Bookworm build.
This also shows why Steam Client on Linux ships with its own set of runtime libraries, to reduce dependency on distro-provided libraries.

It's not just that, ARM is not really used that much, and essentially all games are built for x86, and if you think of it even the Steam Deck runs on x86, the exact reason for that is that games wouldn't run on ARM.

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Dat Jan 8, 2024 @ 3:49am

My RPI5 arrived few days ago, still cant install steamlink onto it.

Removing python3-minimal (3.11.2-1+b1) ... Selecting previously unselected package python3.11-minimal:armhf. (Reading database ... 59949 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../python3.11-minimal_3.11.2-6_armhf.deb ... Unpacking python3.11-minimal:armhf (3.11.2-6) over (3.11.2-6) ... Setting up python3.11-minimal:armhf (3.11.2-6) ... Segmentation fault dpkg: error processing package python3.11-minimal:armhf (--configure): installed python3.11-minimal:armhf package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 139 Errors were encountered while processing: python3.11-minimal:armhf E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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gabriele83 Jan 9, 2024 @ 1:41pm

Well yes, don't even try it, because as you can see it tries to install armhf architecture stuff, that's wrong for the pi5. It will just mess up your OS.

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