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I am very new to ubuntu and Linux and kind of scraping by as I've only been a PC gamer since December of last year. I used steam on my little garbage Lenovo using Windows 10, but after getting my I5 HP I had to run Ubuntu because the hard reset caused Windows to corrupt on login. While trying to get steam on, I used Ubuntu Software and the terminal yet when I find the desktop/applications icon, nothing happens. it doesn't load up, it doesn't prompt me, literally all it did was after installation it updated. Can someone please help a noob out and let me know what I can do to get it to run?


EDIT I:

My specs are:

  Processor - Intel Core i5 52OOU
  RAM - 6GB 2GB- 1X 4GB skHynix
  GPU - Intel 5500 HD graphics
  HDD - 500GB Toshiba HDD

I did sudo apt install steam which would install steam. But as said, it seemed installed but I couldn't find it in Downloads and when using the terminal to open Steam I got

tar: This does not look like a tar archive
xz: (stdin): File format not recognized
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
find: ‘/home/avery/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime’: No such file or directory

EDIT II:

I tried sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install steam-launcher, but this is what came up:

avery@Avery-PC:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install steam-launcher
[sudo] password for avery: 
Ign:1 cdrom://Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ - Release amd64 (20180725) bionic InRelease
Hit:2 cdrom://Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ - Release amd64 (20180725) bionic Release
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [83.2 kB]    
Hit:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease                     
Ign:6 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease                   
Hit:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease             
Hit:8 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease                     
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74.6 kB] 
Hit:10 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release                    
Fetched 158 kB in 1s (222 kB/s)                                                
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package steam-launcher

EDIT III:

I used /etc/apt/sources.list :deb http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/precise steam and bash: /etc/apt/sources.list: Permission denied came up.

EDIT IV

After I ran sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list, all this came up.

deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ - Release amd64 (20180725)]/ bio$

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes

This is what happened with the code you've given me. Do i need to install steam and try it? currently i dont have steam or the steam installer from Ubuntu Software.


EDIT V This is everything in my steam file since i downloaded it the first time on. This code comes from a file inside steam called *bootstrap_log.txt Is this helpful to a solution?

[2018-11-14 18:07:13] Startup - updater built Nov 23 2016 01:05:42
[2018-11-14 18:07:13] Verifying installation...
[2018-11-14 18:07:13] Unable to read and verify install manifest /home/avery/.steam/package/steam_client_ubuntu12.installed
[2018-11-14 18:07:13] Verification complete
[2018-11-14 18:07:13] Downloading Update...
[2018-11-14 18:07:13] Checking for available update...
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    # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
    # newer versions of the distribution.
    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted
    # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted

    ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
    ## distribution.
    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted
    # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted

    ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
    ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe
    # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe
    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe
    # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe

    ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
    ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
    ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
    ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    ## security team.
    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic multiverse
    # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic multiverse
    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates multiverse
    # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates multiverse

    ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes

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    # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
    # newer versions of the distribution.
    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted
    # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted

    ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
    ## distribution.
    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted
    # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted

    ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
    ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe
    # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe
    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe
    # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe

    ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
    ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
    ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
    ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    ## security team.
    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic multiverse
    # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic multiverse
    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates multiverse
    # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates multiverse

    ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes

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[2018-11-14 18:08:14] Error: Download of package (resources_music_all) failed after 0 bytes (0).
[2018-11-14 18:08:14] Package file resources_music_all.zip.vz.7a62e15083d4a65668f0d1fa58ad8c1b99fb5ace_3708050 missing or incorrect size
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[2018-11-14 18:08:16] Download Complete.
[2018-11-14 18:08:16] uninstalled manifest found in /home/avery/.steam/package/steam_client_ubuntu12 (1).
[2018-11-14 18:08:16] Found pending update
[2018-11-14 18:08:16] Applying update...
[2018-11-14 18:08:16] Extracting package...
[2018-11-14 18:08:29] Installing update...
[2018-11-14 18:08:30] Cleaning up...
[2018-11-14 18:08:30] Update complete, launching...
[2018-11-14 18:08:30] Shutdown
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    Please edit your question to clearly explain exactly what you have done so far. Tell us commands you used, and complete results, Avoid summarizing.
    – user535733
    Nov 15, 2018 at 1:45
  • Also tell us about your Ubuntu version and hardware specifications (or at least the HP model), especialy graphics cards and drivers (if you installed any).
    – user880592
    Nov 15, 2018 at 3:11
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    Possible duplicate of Installing Steam in Ubuntu This answer: askubuntu.com/questions/546580/installing-steam-in-ubuntu/…
    – karel
    Nov 15, 2018 at 5:33
  • when you are trying to add lines inside any file u need to do that with an editor. Do sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list Make sure you replace precise with your codename. You can look up your codename by entering lsb_release -a in terminal. Before editing the file do sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list/ /etc/apt/sources.list-backup so you can restore your sources list in case of misconfiguration Nov 15, 2018 at 7:28
  • Thanks for everyone's help so far, its very appreciated. Nov 15, 2018 at 14:13

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When I installed Steam I was running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I used the cmd line to install with:

sudo apt-get install steam

From there I can find the icon in my applications or I run it from the cmd line with:

steam

I upgraded to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and everything still works, although I believe in install syntax now is:

sudo apt install steam

I always update before I install anything:

sudo apt-get update or sudo apt update
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  • I think OP probably already did this. It's kind of hard to tell. FYI, apt is just a new interface for APT - apt-get still works. What is the difference between apt and apt-get?
    – Zanna
    Nov 15, 2018 at 14:13
  • apt-get update in 18.04 didn't work properly where apt update did.
    – MrNiceGuy
    Nov 15, 2018 at 14:39

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