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I have tried some of the solutions posted elsewhere in the support forum, one seemed like it worked but after a steam update i found myself back at square one I am a new Linux user and am already at a learning curve :) Thanks for any help

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This is what actually works for 14.04:
sudo apt-get install libc6:i386
sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-trusty:i386

Proof: An image of steam working after successful installation Hope this helps others.

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    worked for me as well+
    – Reut Sharabani
    Sep 14, 2015 at 23:00
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    great :) suggestions to make this answer better are welcomed
    – JorgeArtware
    Sep 14, 2015 at 23:02
  • That didn't work for me on Ubuntu 14.04.3. :-(
    – Rafael_Espericueta
    Oct 3, 2015 at 20:54
  • hello Rafael, I keep getting upvotes so I think this post is actually helping others, but I still wonder if you had any luck fixing this issue :) I saw your profile and noticed you're a teacher, teachers get special treatment in my book, let me know if I can help you
    – JorgeArtware
    Dec 11, 2015 at 17:42
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Workaround: 

sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-utopic:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-utopic:i386

The command is a bit different if you are running Ubuntu 14.04.3 or greater with the Hardware Enablement Stack (kernel 3.19):

sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-vivid:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-vivid:i386
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  • Perfect, worked like a charm!
    – Kirkland
    Jun 21, 2015 at 4:25
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    The command is a bit different if you are running Ubuntu 14.04.3 with the Hardware Enablement Stack (kernel 3.19): sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-vivid:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-vivid:i386
    – dav.garcia
    Aug 8, 2015 at 21:01
  • this worked for me (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS x86_64: uname -a → 3.16.0-50-generic #67~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 2 22:07:51 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux )
    – cm-t
    Oct 16, 2015 at 21:13
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This is actually a bug. I have already reported this issue on Bugs Launchpad and you can follow it using these two bug-tracker links.

You can fix it manually but it is to complicated. Ubuntu devs will fix it soon so I advise you just wait for updates.

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  • You might want to flag this next time as a bug
    – Virusboy
    Feb 24, 2015 at 0:12
  • It's still not fixed. Perhaps next year...
    – Rafael_Espericueta
    Oct 3, 2015 at 20:55
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For Ubuntu 14.04.3 try this workaround:

sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-vivid:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-vivid:i386
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  • I've been looking everywhere for this! Thank you!
    – SNH
    Oct 8, 2015 at 12:16
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I found this worked for me perfectly.

sudo apt-get install steam -y
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