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Also with Ubuntu 16.04 and nvidia-358, steam-launcher 1.0.0.51. |
I'm experiencing the same on Debian Testing.
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Yeah, same on Ubuntu 16.04 thought I was going mad :P |
Hey guys, same message for me on Ubuntu 16.04 but on stable Ubuntu the message went away after update
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Same here. Ubuntu 16.04 and nvidia-358, steam-launcher 1.0.0.51. |
Same here. Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit. Nvidia 358.16. steam-launcher 1.0.0.51 |
Same here. steam-launcher 1.0.0.51 |
Confirmed on Kubuntu 16.04 |
So I guess it is somehow related to the "new-ness" of Ubuntu 16.04. I have the same problem with Xubuntu 16.04 and kernel 4.4.0-11. Could a developer look into this? |
Also affected on 16.04: http://paste.ubuntu.com/15394943/ |
Seeing same issue - Xubuntu 16.04 Final Beta. |
Likewise on my machine, which I recently installed the latest build of 16.04. I'm assuming that it's due to the new release of Ubuntu. Being that it's not officially released / stable maybe Steam doesn't recognize the distribution which prompts this error? It seems to work find otherwise.
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Yep #747 |
Same error, even after the Steam Package Update last night. Ubuntu Mate 16.04 Beta 2 |
Same here. |
Just upgrade to 16.04. Same for me with nvidia-364 |
Same here |
Confirming |
Same here, Ubuntu 16.04 Beta 2 - GTX 950 with nvidia 361.42 drivers. |
I'm also affected by this issue and at least two other people reported it on Ubuntu Forums. |
Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit Final release still same issue |
Same here with 16.04 final. |
On 16.04 final, I installed the latest steam from steam's repo (1.0.0.52). However, Ubuntu thinks that it's repo has a newer version (1:1.0.0.48-1ubuntu3) and keeps trying to get me to "upgrade." Steam itself is still showing the popup, too. Update: Scratch that, I didn't realize steam no longer uses a package called steam, and only needs steam-launcher, which isn't in any Ubuntu repository, so no more apt conflict after I uninstalled steam and left steam-launcher. Still getting the popup from Steam itself though. |
I was able to 'fix' this by uninstalling steam and removing the steampowered.com repo and then reinstalling from ubuntu's multiverse repo (deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse) |
Thanks a bunch! That worked for me. On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 8:12 PM Tyler Schrock notifications@github.com
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Just upgraded, seems like this is going to be an issue for anyone who upgrades to 16.04. Hope there will be an easy fix that doesn't involve reinstalling Steam. |
Kubuntu 16.04, updated from 14.04, seeing this problem. Each time at startup, steam warns about Already removed and reinstalled from main steam site. |
@terzag I used your comment and it work but you said "Move these two folders into the ".steam" one you saw previously in your home folder." when for me I needed to move the folders to |
That's possible, I haven't checked (I use the package from Valve, not the one from the Ubuntu repos). I only detailed what people explained above. That's a bit odd, though, as @rgiyf, @cyberwitch and @inadril all talked about putting them directly in .steam... |
@terzag because package from Ubuntu repo installs steam to ~/.steam and from valve to ~/.local/share/Steam |
That's what I thought but @phoenixs seems to say that it's ~/.steam/steam on his/her system instead. |
Yes, it's what I said. First I copied them to I have Ubuntu 16.04. |
Its funny, the entire time from the daily's till today, I didn't think of just removing xterm which is popping up the message. If your not using xterm (you don't open it ever, then your not using it): sudo apt-get remove --purge xterm ...and goodbye silly popup in just a few seconds :-) |
Sure, but it's only hiding the problem rather than fixing it... |
Nothing here fixes it. Only Valve can do that, but at least I won't ever see it again and I don't use xterm anyway. So don't care if its just hidden - its better and that was the problem imo. Do what you will, I'm just throwing that out there AND I'd rather remove xterm then jump through all this stuff. Download this and remove that... blah :-) |
Removing libpcre from the Steam Runtime fixes the problem. See @cpw message above (11 days ago). The Steam Runtime is a mess anyway, you already have to remove libs in some cases (like when using the Mesa graphic driver). It's only one more lib to remove than usual until Valve fixes the issue properly. |
Yet, you have to keep doing it after every update. Give me a break man. |
#4321 (comment) was the only solution here that actually resulted in the Steam client's update installing. |
Removing libpcre is not working for me. |
@cpw how did you figure out to remove libpcre? Did you use strace, ldd, grep and other wizardry? I'm curious what your process was. |
@cpw What kind of magic you used to figure that out? Genius! |
@cpw Thanks for discovering that the issue was with libpcre. I never would have realised that. Another more elegant (because it will be unaffected by steam updates) method to workaround the libpcre issue is to use: You can add that in a couple of places. The simplest is to make a copy of steam.desktop into the /usr/local area so it overrides the package version:
And under [Desktop Entry] change: You may need to log out then back in for your desktop to start using your own steam.desktop. Another method which I myself actual use now is to create a shell script at: With contents like:
You will still need to make the /usr/local/share/applications/steam.desktop copy and edit its line: NOTE: If you are on 32bit you will need to change the libpcre path from |
@magicmyth Thank you for the custom steam wrapper script! |
@cpw |
I have found an easier way that doesn't require you to do any hard work. EDIT: Reverting to the official build brings the problem back! |
@DoNotSpamPls lol not. |
Edited my comment after a test |
I really liked @DoNotSpamPls solution. It was really quick and easy. |
I got a Steam update this morning that finally seems to have fixed this issue with Ubuntu 16.04. |
After testing, it's confirmed that this issue is fixed. You can fix it for yourself by updating your Steam client. |
Yes is fixing now. Thanks. |
I just tried to install steam on an ubuntu 14.04 based system. I tried the software center version and the deb package of the website but both do not work. It searches for updates, tries to download but it will not download a single byte from the server. Any ideas how to solve this? Edit: waiting a looong time solved it. (With the .deb from the website) |
@NicoHood your question seems completely unrelated to this issue. I recommend finding a relevant open issue or opening a new issue. |
Your steam package is out of date. Please get an updated version from your package provider or directly from http://repo.steampowered.com/steam for supported distributions.
Press enter to continue:
dpkg -l | grep steam
ii steam-launcher 1.0.0.51
I'm on Ubuntu 16.04 (dev) with latest updates and the nvidia 361.xx series driver.
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