How do I get Steam running on XenialPup 7.5?

[MrMcTiller]

Now, it says "failed to load steamui localization file"
Please help me.

 

[matpower]

I have a laptop running on XenialPup 7.5 64-bit, but when I install Steam and run it, it says that it is missing the following 32-bit libraries:

libstdc++.so.6

Please help me.

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 should do the trick unless they did something weird to the repos or filesystem, but I don't know if you are using Pup's package manager or apt.

 

[MrMcTiller]

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 should do the trick unless they did something weird to the repos or filesystem, but I don't know if you are using Pup's package manager or apt.

I figured it out. I installed the 32-bit libraries using the Pup's package manager, but I didn't load them and type ldconfig in the terminal. It works now.

 

[MrMcTiller]

Well, now I have another problem. IT says "failed to load steamui localization file". What do I do now?

 

[matpower]

You might need other i386 libs according to this, try reinstalling Steam's package too.

 

[MrMcTiller]

I can't view reddit...

 

[matpower]

Install ia32-libs and/or try to export 32-bit libs using export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/lib32, you can also check if that file exists in Steam's folder.

 

[MrMcTiller]

Install ia32-libs and/or try to export 32-bit libs using export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/lib32, you can also check if that file exists in Steam's folder.

SO, type that into the terminal? Sorry I am very new to that.

 

[matpower]

SO, type that into the terminal? Sorry I am very new to that.

>ia32-libs
You install that through your package manager.
>export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/lib32
That goes in the terminal, you can do that and then run steam from the terminal to see if it works.
>check if that file exists in Steam's folder.
It should be in /home/USER/.steam, where USER is your name.

 

[MrMcTiller]

>ia32-libs
You install that through your package manager.
>export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/lib32
That goes in the terminal, you can do that and then run steam from the terminal to see if it works.
>check if that file exists in Steam's folder.
It should be in /home/USER/.steam, where USER is your name.

OK, so I will try that. But everytime I run steam, my personal storage gets full and I have to make it bigger. Why does it do that?

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Oh and, Is there a way to make the system save to my USB instead of the pup save file?

 

[matpower]

OK, so I will try that. But everytime I run steam, my personal storage gets full and I have to make it bigger. Why does it do that?

Well, Steam is an interesting beast, after you install it from your package manager, it decides to download about 250MB in files by itself, basically some UI components and the so-called "Steam Runtime", which is a bunch of old Ubuntu 14.04 (IIRC) libs for guaranteeing compatibility between different distros. You don't need to use that runtime, but AFAIK you can't stop it from downloading itself.

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As for the pupfile thing, you can use a savefolder instead according to this.

Savefolder

In 2014 a new method of storing changes to the RootFS was created. Instead of using a file of a fixed size a directory is used, thus it is a savefolder rather than savefile. This does away with having to resize the file or wasting disk space if less space is needed than predicted

Why are you using PuppyLinux btw?

 

[MrMcTiller]

So if I format my USB to ext2/3/or 4, would I need the pup save file?

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Well, Steam is an interesting beast, after you install it from your package manager, it decides to download about 250MB in files by itself, basically some UI components and the so-called "Steam Runtime", which is a bunch of old Ubuntu 14.04 (IIRC) libs for guaranteeing compatibility between different distros. You don't need to use that runtime, but AFAIK you can't stop it from downloading itself.

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As for the pupfile thing, you can use a savefolder instead according to this.

Why are you using PuppyLinux btw?

I am using PuppyLinux, because my hard drive died and I only have an 8GB USB to run off of.

 

[matpower]

So if I format my USB to ext2/3/or 4, would I need the pup save file?

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I am using PuppyLinux, because my hard drive died and I only have an 8GB USB to run off of.

If I understood this right, you can use a folder instead of the savefile as long as your stick is using extX for data integrity, but I can't find any docs explaining how you should install to get that.

 

[MrMcTiller]

I am confused... I just want to play Undertale. XD

 

[matpower]

Give me a hour or two and I'll try setting Puppy up using a savefolder instead of a savefile and see if I can get Steam running.

 

[MrMcTiller]

I will only be online for another 20 min. So I guess I will have to talk about this tomorrow. I uninstalled Steam and now I am reinstalling it.

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I just need a new hard drive....

 

[MrMcTiller]

OK, so I made it save to a folder instead of a file. Then I changed the setting to make it NOT copy the .sfs to RAM when booting. Now it works.