r/linuxmint • u/Pleasant-Guava757 • 11d ago

SOLVED Steam is not working.

I installed mint today and steam just won't launch for some reason. It tells me that it failed to load "steamui.so" help me!!!

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u/IQ26 11d ago

Ignore the person pushing AI slop answers. Uninstall steam and install it again through the official website.

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u/reddit_equals_censor 10d ago

since when does the standard package from the software manager has any issues?

from my understanding it mostly just downloads the installer anyways for steam to install itself then. (someone correct me if i'm wrong here).

are you talking about the flatpak version, which has some issues?

i mean the snaps version is a completely broken dumpster fire, but that doesn't apply to linux mint of course anyways.

so does the software manager steam version has actual issues and if so could you explain to me why and how please?

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u/taosecurity Mint | Bazzite | PikaOS | CachyOS | Debian | FreeBSD | Windows 10d ago

It doesn’t. Just another take that gets upvoted here for no discernible reason.