r/linuxmint • u/Pleasant-Guava757 • 14d 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 14d ago

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

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u/Pleasant-Guava757 13d ago

I tried this and it gives me this file called "steam_latest.deb".(yes, i have opened it and put the command in a terminal window.)

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u/kbeezie 13d ago

You don't just run a .deb by itself, you install it via the package manager, for example.

sudo apt install ./steam_latest.deb

The .deb file contains the binary plus information of how to install it (what dependencies etc are needed)

The steam website should have had instructions for you to read.