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I tried to install Steam on my 64 bits PC, but when I tried to run it it did nothing. I then tried to run the program via terminal, and all I got was this message:

/usr/bin/steam: line 192: /home/pauix/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: Success

Seeing that there was something wrong with the file "steam.sh", I decided to check it, and it was completely empty (which I guess it shouldn't be). Is there any way to fix this problem?

Thanks in advance.

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which Ubuntu version are you running? – Stefan Feb 15 at 18:58
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Please re-install steam using these instructions. link To remove steam open a Terminal with Ctrl+Alt+T and type: sudo apt-get --purge remove steam && rm -rm ~/.local/share/Steam – efthialex Feb 15 at 19:35

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Based on efthialex's comments, uninstall Steam like this: 

sudo apt-get purge steam
rm ~/.local/share/Steam -rf

then reinstall using:

sudo dpkg -i steam_latest.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

A new windows will pop out, click on the button Start Steam.

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Be careful with the rm command. To prevent errors, I have swapped the directory and options, so you cannot accidentally run rm -rf ~/.local/ or something. – Lekensteyn Feb 16 at 13:59

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