[SOLVED] Can't install Steam on my laptop (OS: Ubuntu 21.04)

harmedik · 07-08-2021, 10:46 PM

I've been trying to install Steam on my laptop after a fresh Xubuntu install but when i try to do it, I get this error:

Code:

sudo apt install steam
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 : Depends: libdrm-amdgpu1:i386 (>= 2.4.105) but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libdrm-intel1:i386 (>= 2.4.38) but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libdrm-nouveau2:i386 (>= 2.4.66) but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libdrm-radeon1:i386 (>= 2.4.31) but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libdrm2:i386 (>= 2.4.75) but it is not going to be installed
 libglx-mesa0:i386 : Depends: libdrm2:i386 (>= 2.4.75) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Tried installing it again after running

Code:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

and

Code:

sudo apt-get install -f

, but didn't get any results. Didn't get any solutions on the internet that could help so asking here.

JZL240I-U · 07-09-2021, 07:00 AM

Did you install these libdrm* dependencies of which the system complained?

shruggy · 07-09-2021, 07:13 AM

Code:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt update

JZL240I-U · 07-09-2021, 07:25 AM

I don't use *buntu, so I'm not familiar with those commands and assumed he'd need something like "sudo apt install libdrm*" or some such. Is there a command to list the installed libdrm-files?

harmedik · 07-09-2021, 09:07 AM

I resolved the issue by removing libdrm-common package and reinstalled it, and installed steam and it worked. It apparently had a package version conflict