Solved steam presents glitches when running or stays still (doesn't open)

[Fymgee]

You can install the steam client directly from their official website (it has worked for me) https://store.steampowered.com/about/

In my case, I use Debian and after I downloaded the steam_latest.deb file I open the terminal on the location of that file, e.g. If It is located under downloads folder I'll right click on the downloads window to open the contextual menu and then I select "open in terminal" and after that I simply put:

 sudo apt install ./steam_latest

and that's it. After it install all the missing files it is good to go, tough sometimes It tend to have delay when opening the client I don't know why.

I installed steam before while following the steps on how to do so in a youtube video but for some reason sometimes it didn't even launch (maybe it's because it was an unofficial version of the software)

 

[f33dm3bits]

You can install Steam from the Debian repos, I would do that over downloading a file from Steam since if you install it from the repos you will also get package automatic updates when they release a new deb file.

Steam - Debian Wiki

wiki.debian.org

 

[wizardfromoz]

Maarten, should this thread be in Linux Gaming?

Your call, I'll leave it to you.

Cheers

Chris

 

[f33dm3bits]

Maarten, should this thread be in Linux Gaming?

Since it's about Steam that category would probably better to place this topic, I'll move it there.