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I recently started gaming on my Ubuntu laptop and made a Steam account. I went to the Ubuntu Software Center and tried to download the Steam application.

But the problem is, it won't let me download.

When I click install, It prompts me to type my password. I do and I click authenticate. It starts installing, and after about four seconds the progress symbol at the top of the page stops spinning and the Software Center turns gray.

When I try to exit, I get a message saying "This window is not responding" I get two options: Wait or force quit. force quit stops the install and waiting does nothing.

I tried to install super tux and it installed perfectly fine. Can someone please help me?

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  • could you please comment on the solutions found and tell us if they didn't work and any output they may have produced? And if one solved your problem please mark it as an answer. Jun 16, 2015 at 0:37
  • some of these answers i've tried but the others are confusing me because i've only used computers for a week now. Jun 17, 2015 at 20:44

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You should probably download the .deb from Steam instead of searching for it on the Software Center. There are two Steam applications, and only the .deb will give the right one to install.

http://store.steampowered.com/about/

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When I say "run" I'm referring to running the command in Terminal which can be opened by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T

Try running sudo apt-get install steam That should work, if not try this (adapted from the Steam Github README):

  1. run sudo apt-get install gdebi-core

  2. run wget -O ~/steam.deb https://media.steampowered.com/client/installer/steam.deb.

  3. run sudo gdebi ~/steam.deb

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    Please download the .deb using https:// instead of http://.
    – Jost
    Jun 15, 2015 at 6:41
  • There's no reason to use gdebi. The Software Centre handles deb files just fine: xdg-open ~/steam.deb.
    – muru
    Jun 15, 2015 at 20:42
  • This was simply what it said on the Github page for steam: github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/blob/master/README.md Jun 15, 2015 at 20:44
  • @Grammargeek The README doesn't assume much about the system. We can. And if you do rip off instructions from somewhere, have the courtesy to attribute it.
    – muru
    Jun 15, 2015 at 20:45
  • @muru Didn't mean to cause any harm it's just that he said it didn't work in the software center so I figured I should stay away from that as it may cause confusion. Jun 15, 2015 at 20:47
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Steam didn't work for me either from the Software Centre. I just used sudo apt-get install steam. This just worked.

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