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description: 'Install SteamCMD, a command-line version of the Steam client, which works with games that use SteamPipe. Installing SteamCMD is a prerequisite before hosting a Steam title on your own game server.'
keywords: ["steam", "steamcmd", "steam cmd", "games", "game server", "steam server", "steampipe"]
license: '[CC BY-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0)'
modified: 2016-03-29
modified: 2019-01-31
modified_by:
name: Linode
published: 2016-02-15
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aliases: ['applications/game-servers/install-steamcmd-for-a-steam-game-server/']
---

SteamCMD is a command-line version of the Steam client which works with games that use [SteamPipe](https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamPipe). If you intend to host a Steam title on your own game server, installing SteamCMD is a prerequisite.

![SteamCMD](Install_SteamCMD_for_a_Steam_Game_Server_smg.jpg)

SteamCMD is a command-line version of the Steam client which works with games that use [SteamPipe](https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamPipe). If you intend to host a Steam title on your own game server, installing SteamCMD is a prerequisite.

This guide is intended to get you quickly up and running with SteamCMD on your Linode. See Valve's [SteamCMD wiki page](https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD) for more information and advanced setups.

{{< note >}}
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**Debian / Ubuntu**

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade


## Secure Your Game Server
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{{< note >}}
On Debian you need to add the `non-free` area of the repository to your sources, because the package is available only there.

To do so, edit the `/etc/apt/sources.list` file, and include `non-free` at the end of each `deb` and `deb-src` line:

deb http://mirrors.linode.com/debian stretch main non-free
deb-src http://mirrors.linode.com/debian stretch main non-free
...

Then, add the i386 architecture, update your package list, and install `steamcmd`:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install steamcmd
{{< /note >}}

2. Create a symlink to the `steamcmd` executable in a convenient place, such as your home directory:
1. Create a symlink to the `steamcmd` executable in a convenient place, such as your home directory:

cd ~
ln -s /usr/games/steamcmd steamcmd

### Manually

1. Newly created Linodes use 64-bit Linux operating systems. Since Steam is compiled for i386, install the appropriate libraries.
1. Newly created Linodes use 64-bit Linux operating systems. Since Steam is compiled for i386, install the appropriate libraries. For CentOS, also install `wget`.

**CentOS 7**

sudo yum install glibc.i686 libstdc++.i686
sudo yum install glibc.i686 libstdc++.i686 wget

**Debian / Ubuntu**

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