How do I install steam on a 64bit system?

Question

Alright so my computer is 64-bit and I only want to use Linux to install Steam, play Team Fortress 2 and get that penguin item but It's not working out for me. The version of Ubuntu I installed was the "Wubi.exe" which let's me use it along with Windows. But when I get it up and download the Steam .deb file, it tells me "Wrong Architecture 'i386'". What do I have to do to run Ubuntu alongside windows without using a CD/USB stick?

Answer 1

Open the terminal and type:

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

Try installing it after doing that.

For future reference look: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultiarchSpec & https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MultiArch

Answer 2

Try installing the ia32 libs by opening up a terminal and entering the following:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

Once that has run and installed, then use terminal to install Steam for you. Run the following in terminal:

sudo apt-get install steam

Now you will have Steam installed and you should be able to launch it as expected.

Answer 3

Hit Alt+Ctrl+T to open the terminal and run following commands:

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