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I have downloaded the online installer from Steam's website. However, steam doesn't want to work after the installation process. I'm running Ubuntu 15.10 64bit. How can I get steam to work?

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I have tried the following command: sudo apt-get install steam
Steam still does not work.

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More details as requested.
I have tried the following command in the terminal: steam

This is the output:

Running Steam on ubuntu 15.10 64-bit  
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically  
[2015-12-06 21:38:07] Startup - updater built Nov  9 2015 18:23:22  
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred  
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)

Image of the error

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Run these commands in terminal :

32Bit

mv $HOME/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 $HOME/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.bak

64bit 

mv $HOME/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 $HOME/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.bak

This solution may have solved steam errors like yours in other posts, e.g. this Post.
As it has not been marked as solved yet, please tell me if this works or not.

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Try installing it directly from the Ubuntu Software Center app.

Some info on this page as well, though may be out of date. But it has references to some resources that can help.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Valve

  • Ubuntu software centre doesn't have it. :( – GSM-S Dec 05 '15 at 04:38
  • Weird, now I see that - it shows up in the USC for me but if I click it then it's not found.

    Try going to a terminal window and running

    sudo apt-get install steam
    –  Dec 05 '15 at 14:40
  • I have attempted this as well. Steam updated, but it still does not start. – GSM-S Dec 07 '15 at 02:47