Steam on Slackware

kingbeowulf · 02-04-2013, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Alien Bob

Well, that is why I updated my package to 1.0.0.22 (latest steam client). No more "outdated" errors.

Eric

Much appreciated. Your package works great. I'll have to keep an eye on deps, but so far so good. As I never really got the hang of TF2, I purchased Serious Sam 3 and so far so good. I'll see if I can "test" a few others in my copius free time!

wildwizard · 02-07-2013, 02:47 AM

We now have "Counter-Strike: Source" in the games list.

Alien Bob · 02-07-2013, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by wildwizard

We now have "Counter-Strike: Source" in the games list.

yeah, unfortunately I don't play Counter Strike. But it appears that Valve have ported their Source engine to Linux now, and it's hoping that Half-life 2 will become available for Linux as well. I never finished that game because I ditched my Windows partition and had graphical issues with Half-Life 2 in Wine at that time.

Eric

dTd · 02-07-2013, 10:59 AM

I hope that games we already own for steam on windows will carry over to the linux version so we'll not have to purchase them again. I noticed half-life 1 is there now, which I own a windows copy of.

Beelzebud · 02-07-2013, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by dTd

I hope that games we already own for steam on windows will carry over to the linux version so we'll not have to purchase them again. I noticed half-life 1 is there now, which I own a windows copy of.

If you own a game on Steam, you get access to all supported platforms. If a game supports Windows, Mac, and Linux, you can use it on all 3, if you choose.

dTd · 02-10-2013, 07:36 AM

Perhaps I didn't word that correctly, I own an original windows CD of the game, not the installed through steam version.

414N · 02-10-2013, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by dTd

Perhaps I didn't word that correctly, I own an original windows CD of the game, not the installed through steam version.

You should then be able to activate a legit steam copy by providing your CD-key code in steam.
Go under the game menu->activate steam product.

Poetics · 02-13-2013, 07:09 PM

A big thank you to AlienBob for all of the work he's put into packaging Steam for Slackware -- it now works perfectly on my netbook (mainly used for chatting).

Currently on my 64-current +multilib desktop Steam crashes before login complaining that direct rendering isn't enabled (contrary to glxinfo). I'm wondering if I need to somehow run the 32-bit fglrx drivers instead of the x86_64 that I have installed. Thoughts?

TobiSGD · 02-13-2013, 07:35 PM

You have to reinstall the drivers after going multilib, otherwise the driver will not build the necessary 32 bit parts.

Poetics · 02-13-2013, 08:04 PM

I reinstalled completely (removing the fglrx package then rerunning the amd installer) just before making the post, to no avail.

(fglrx-9.012-x86_64-1.tgz is what the installer produced)

TobiSGD · 02-13-2013, 09:09 PM

I am not quite sure if the installer will build the 32 bit portions if you build a package. I had the same issue and reinstalling the driver solved it, but I always use the direct install option.

Poetics · 02-14-2013, 12:35 AM

Thanks Tobi, you nailed it -- the package install won't add the 32-bit libraries/drivers/requirements. Installing in non-packaged mode solved it and now I'm happily logging in!

Beelzebud · 02-14-2013, 01:35 AM

Hmm I didn't even think to try out the direct install option. I always built the slack package for it, and never could get TF2 to run. Seems their slackbuild is outdated. Next time I have some free time I'm going to try installing it directly instead of making a slack package.

houzi · 02-14-2013, 06:08 AM

Everything running smoothly until I purchased Trine 2. It cannot dynamically link to the libs in ~/.local/share/Steam/Steamapp/commen/Trine\ 2/lib/ I've tried to run steam with the command: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/myuser/.local/share/Steam/Steamapp/commen/Trine\ 2/lib/ steam

Has anybody managed to get Trine 2 working on Slackware?

dugan · 02-14-2013, 09:50 AM

It's going strong.

* Intrustion 2 is out. That's an awesome Metal Slug clone that won a lot of awards. The Linux version is infamous for its dependencies, so it should be a good test of what Alien Bob did with Steamdeps

http://steamcommunity.com/app/214970...4689689714980/

* Trine 2: Goblin Menace is actually available on Linux Steam. It was just never advertised as being available:

http://frozenbyte.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=14595

* Unity of Command and its expansion pack are both available. Those got fantastic reviews.

* The Tripwire Interactive Bundle now consists almost entirely of Linux games