Unable to install Steam ( unmet dependencies )

Question

I'm new to Linux. I installed Steam on my desktop, but it doesn't work. It says that the following information may help to resolve this issue

The following packages have unmet dependencies: libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 (=10 1.3-0ubuntu0.5) unable to correct problems, you may have broken packages."

How do I fix this?
Thanks!

To clarify you are which Ubuntu version? If you are using 12.04 which it sounds like you are. Try doing sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 — David, Nov 13 '15 at 22:38
@ARG That will not matter in this situation. It is either a missing package dependency, or it is graphics driver based — David, Nov 13 '15 at 22:42
I have a 64 bit version. I believe it's the latest version 12.04. — Afriend, Nov 15 '15 at 00:48
And if it is a graphics driver problem, does that mean it's a problem with my graphics card? Where would I go to fix this problem? — Afriend, Nov 15 '15 at 00:51
Try to run the following commands sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade.
If you get no errors then this

sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0 lib32stdc++6

and lastly this

sudo apt-get install steam -y — ARG, Nov 18 '15 at 20:33
Does this answer your question? Can't install Steam because of unmet dependencies — Kulfy, Aug 10 '20 at 09:01

Neil · Answer 1 · 2015-11-16T21:51:52.727

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Do this.

Open up a terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T

and Remove steam by typing in this command

sudo apt-get remove --purge steam

Download and install steam off the site: Run these commands.

wget http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/archive/precise/steam_latest.deb

then install it.

sudo dpkg -i steam_latest.deb

then run steam in terminal

steam

and steam should start. You don't have to start steam by the command line its just for diagnostics.

edited Nov 16 '15 at 21:51

answered Nov 14 '15 at 04:34

Neil

Quick question, where do I run these commands? – Afriend Nov 15 '15 at 00:48
Sorry i didn't know how new you where. open up a terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T and type in the commands. dose it ask your question. – Neil Nov 15 '15 at 00:50
@Afriend did it help ? – Neil Nov 15 '15 at 02:13
It still did the same thing as last time – Afriend Nov 16 '15 at 21:50

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