rockinroyle |
11-28-2014 05:32 PM |
Slackware 14.1 64 Steam launch error "Failed to extract /usr/lib/steam/bootstraplinux
Hello all,
I'm having an issue with getting steam up and running on Slackware 14.1 64bit at the moment.After a lot of googling and reading some of the forums pertaining to steam and Slackware 14.1 64 here I am making my first post to linuxquestions Slackware forum. First off, Ive only been using Linux for 2 years and I'm only about 2 months into using Slackware for reasons that aren't important to this post. I've found nothing (that I know of) in the other threads that seems to be the issue I'm having. So here we go.
Today I tried installing steam on my Slackware machine via sbopkg. I checked the dependencies listed and installed them in the order necessary for sbopkg to build the steam package found through the sbopkg search which was steam-1.0.0.49-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz. The dependencies I first installed through sbopkg were OpenAL and flashplayer-plugin. I then followed this thread http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-a-4175485717/ to be able to convert these 64bit packages to compat32 packages and installed those via installpkg. Lso on the same thread I had read that a common issue is the 32bit libraries for the proprietary graphics card may not be installed. I had installed alienbobs multilib packages given on his page following his directions on how to do so previous to installing the proprietary graphics drivers but nevertheless, I removed the drivers and re-installed them for my ati/amd graphics card which is either radeonhd 6xxx or 7xxx? Not sure how to check that right now but I did check by Google search before first install. So, after all that I had figured,based on what I've read so far, that I was in business? When I launch steam using the launcher I get the bouncing icon for approximately 20sec and then it just disappears? If I try to launch via terminal I get
Code:
bash-4.2$ steam
Setting up Steam content in /home/ralph/.local/share/Steam
tar (child): /usr/lib/steam/bootstraplinux_ubuntu12_32.tar.xz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Failed to extract /usr/lib/steam/bootstraplinux_ubuntu12_32.tar.xz, aborting installation.
I've only seen this issue posted pertaining to Debian installs and I'm not tech savvy enough to know whether the solutions are what I would be looking for? I hope I've provided enough info and if not I'm happy to produce it? I also hope this isn't a redundant or misplaced question and if it is please feel free to enlighten me? Thanks in advance to any responses!
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