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I have just re-installed Ubuntu 14.04 and I am trying to install Steam.

This is what I get

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After using

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

I get

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After waiting for some days the official link from Steam worked again (because it didn't work before) so I downloaded the .deb package and tried to install it.

Every time I press the Steam icon it produces the next message

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so I try to install them but the installation never completes as I get

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What is that now and how can I fix it?

Adam
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    Possible duplicate of How do I install steam on a 64bit system? – TheWanderer Apr 03 '16 at 17:33
  • @Zacharee1 I was always installing Steam the same way but now out of the blue it tells me that I have broken packages in a fresh installation! – Adam Apr 03 '16 at 17:34
  • Yes, and that duplicate gives you the solution. – TheWanderer Apr 03 '16 at 17:35
  • @Zacharee1 Why suddenly the usual way doesn't work? Its not like I was using a 32 bit and I changed it now in 64 bit. – Adam Apr 03 '16 at 17:36
  • Another package may have added the 32-bit architecture before. – TheWanderer Apr 03 '16 at 17:37
  • @Zacharee1 I just tried it...I get exactly the same message. – Adam Apr 03 '16 at 17:38
  • http://askubuntu.com/questions/588024/steam-install-error-on-14-04-ubuntu-64bit – TheWanderer Apr 03 '16 at 17:51
  • try downloading the steam package from steam directly and see if that works, the one in the repos fails with these kind of errors on 14.04.03(maybe 14.04.04 as well) I pulled out my hair for hours trying to get it to work. – TrailRider Apr 03 '16 at 17:52
  • @TrailRider I tried it at the beginning and I got a forbidden link. – Adam Apr 03 '16 at 17:53
  • not sure what that could be. sudo apt-get install steam:i386 should work but installs it in a way the steam doesn't like much so it may complain. It will pull in the correct graphic stack depends. you can then uninstall and then install via the steam package and all you depends will already be installed and it should work(or you can leave it installed as is with a few strange issues. see my Q&A for more info. http://askubuntu.com/questions/661932/unable-to-install-steam-in-14-04-03-dependency-problem-updated-this-should – TrailRider Apr 03 '16 at 17:58
  • I was able to use the steam package to install it correctly later so I was hoping that would avoid the long way around that I found but I guess not... the solution I found should work but the posts are long b/c the issue was such a PITA – TrailRider Apr 03 '16 at 18:01
  • @Zacharee1 not a dupe of that question, that does not work, I can tell you form personal experience. might be a dupe of mine, but only if the solution works for the OP, still waiting to hear. http://askubuntu.com/questions/661932/unable-to-install-steam-in-14-04-03-dependency-problem-updated-this-should – TrailRider Apr 03 '16 at 18:03

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You need to add 32bit architecture to Your system

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

For Your 2nd issue, please do:

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update

Following @TrailRider comment, please try to change mirror of Your repositories or try to generate new ones, You can use this web to speed things up:

https://repogen.simplylinux.ch/

Eska
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  • It doesn't work. I get the same message :/ – Adam Apr 03 '16 at 17:39
  • but sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 and sudp apt-get update went OK? – Eska Apr 03 '16 at 17:40
  • There was one message that I will put it in my question as an image. – Adam Apr 03 '16 at 17:42
  • Please check my updated post. – Eska Apr 03 '16 at 17:46
  • Nothing changed, I get the same messages. – Adam Apr 03 '16 at 17:49
  • this likely not help even with the edits, there has been an issue with steam from the ubuntu repos with 14.04.03(not sure about .04) for some reason it tries to pull packages from the wrong graphic stack so it will not find the newer packages and will fail with depend. issues. – TrailRider Apr 03 '16 at 17:49
  • If you still get the "W: Failed to fetch ... Hash sum mismatch" error, try and select a different repository mirror as described here: http://askubuntu.com/q/53084/367990 – Byte Commander Apr 03 '16 at 17:53
  • Yes, that said, other repos may help, You can try generate new ones as well here: https://repogen.simplylinux.ch/ – Eska Apr 03 '16 at 17:54