Install Steam locally in GNU/Linux
Steam for GNU/Linux has been around for a while now, and thanks to the efforst of Valve more and more games are been released to the open-source OS!
But since I’m a bit paranoid, I choose to install it at my $HOME folder, avoiding any unnecessary permissions (root-less installation).
I’ve been using it like this for quite a while, with no noticeable downside.
How-to
Dependencies
First, with the help of you distro package manager make sure the following dependencies are installed:
- python
- curl
- jockey-common
- libc6 (>= 2.15)
- python-apt
- xterm ou gnome-terminal ou konsole
- xz-utils
- zenity
Installation
Then, get the installer from the official site or download the .deb from Valve’s repository as pointed out in their github page1.
Copy the installer to a temporary folder (e.g.: ~/temp/), and extract it:
$ ar x steam.deb
Extract the data.tar.gz file:
$ tar xf data.tar.gz
Now extract Steam to it’s final destination folder (e.g.: ~/steam/):
$ tar xf ~/temp/usr/lib/steam/bootstraplinux_ubuntu12_32.tar.xz ~/steam/
Go to the directory ~/steam/ and execute Steam:
$ ./steam.sh
In the first run all the necessary files will be downloaded and soon it will be ready for game!