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Alright so my computer is 64-bit and I only want to use Linux to install Steam, play Team Fortress 2 and get that penguin item but It's not working out for me. The version of Ubuntu I installed was the "Wubi.exe" which let's me use it along with Windows. But when I get it up and download the Steam .deb file, it tells me "Wrong Architecture 'i386'". What do I have to do to run Ubuntu alongside windows without using a CD/USB stick?

RolandiXor
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user132730
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Open the terminal and type:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update

Try installing it after doing that.

For future reference look: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultiarchSpec & https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MultiArch

Blastcore
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EDIT [Preferred Method on new Ubuntu]

As of Ubuntu 16.04 you can now do the following:

$ sudo add-apt-repository multiverse
$ sudo apt-get install steam

OLD ANSWER:

Try installing the ia32 libs by opening up a terminal and entering the following:

$ sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

Once that has run and installed, then use terminal to install Steam for you. Run the following in terminal:

$ sudo apt-get install steam

Now you will have Steam installed and you should be able to launch it as expected.

lordqwerty
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    This answer is the second part of the solution. First you need to add the i386 architecture... see https://bugs.launchpad.net/wubi/+bug/1093819 and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ia32-libs/+bug/1016294/comments/27 – bcbc Feb 17 '13 at 01:28
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    And don't use the steam.deb on the steam website... – jblemee Jun 30 '17 at 12:08
  • @jblemee Yeah, I tried that and it was complete garbage. Now I know why they have a clause in the license allowing the modification of startup scripts and such for the Linux version. – Nonny Moose Apr 25 '18 at 01:10
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sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0
sudo apt-get install steam

it's working with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on iMac 2008 via Dual-boot with rEFInd.

LeCanardNoir
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Not sure about in 14.04, but at least in 15.04 steam is in the multiverse repository. that means that you can simply sudo apt-get install steam and it will install the required dependencies. No need to download a .deb file.

Just adding this for future use.

shawn
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sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0
sudo apt-get -f install steam

This worked for me, finally after searching around for a few hours. Thank you guys!

AqanaMajes
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Talk of i386 or ia32-libs doesn't work for 14.04. When I try the later, I receive the following output: However the following packages replace it: lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0

As such, this solution works for me. Alt+Ctrl+T to open the terminal and run following commands:

sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0
sudo apt-get install steam

Steam works as expected from here.

Eric Goulet
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Steam needs to install these additional i386 packages: 

libgl1-mesa-dri:i386, libgl1-mesa-glx:i386, libc6:i386

I want to download the app steam, but I click on the app and the text is now what I do to open steam.

You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run:

libc.so.6

and this to click close.

zx485
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ali
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