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Fatal Error: Failed to load steamui.so

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AFriendlyTrashcan
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Fatal Error: Failed to load steamui.so

#1 Post by AFriendlyTrashcan »

Hi, I just did a fresh install of Debian, and now I'm trying to install steam. I followed the instructions on the wiki then after installing and running steam I get the error

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Fatal Error: Failed to load steamui.so
I then removed it and ~/.steam and ~/.local/share/Steam then reinstalled it as was suggested in multiple places, but that didn't solve the problem. I also ran it through the terminal this time and I saw these errors that came up right as the download started

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Setting up Steam content in /home/trash/.local/share/Steam
Running Steam on debian 9 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1.0)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1.0)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1.0)
ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".
[2017-02-18 21:59:46] Startup - updater built Nov 23 2016 01:05:42
[2017-02-18 21:59:46] Verifying installation...
[2017-02-18 21:59:46] Unable to read and verify install manifest /home/trash/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_ubuntu12.installed
[2017-02-18 21:59:46] Verification complete
[2017-02-18 21:59:46] Downloading Update...
[2017-02-18 21:59:46] Checking for available update...
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file tenfoot_misc_all.zip.008ed314d467eecacba58d188fdf082d23f264d2 missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file tenfoot_dicts_all.zip.87bb49891925214df2d745e12a53518fd2ea86f0 missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file tenfoot_fonts_all.zip.vz.7673e4cd32b6752bc621d8bc1a7118a9af19b64a_12077027 missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file tenfoot_ambientsounds_all.zip.12963b9dbc3d331e26559cc2d323ca0661942b6b missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file tenfoot_sounds_all.zip.vz.ffef2b2fc386819a842ea79484b966a937c2ca7e_1209792 missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file tenfoot_images_all.zip.vz.1ea174b9274bc15e751452adabc94a6715ed70a0_29396785 missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file tenfoot_all.zip.vz.e4a11bb87dc8b22885d6055f4936fac950f89efb_2241396 missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file resources_misc_all.zip.vz.6596f073f874e66a5af7a41ca94e54e1b091fcb7_2030550 missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file resources_all.zip.vz.e4473120a4f4551fe56a1c0b4fb67259933019ea_5053566 missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file strings_en_all.zip.vz.7aefc1efc5399dfa43bdcbbff81ca5e91ceef8d5_85183 missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file strings_all.zip.vz.9ab6f6eb09277026e95ed10a9b92c4ea54fc6435_2082869 missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file remoteui_all.zip.vz.36b190ff2ea81b6665e7a2bcc98d80c00a9a3517_141317 missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file public_all.zip.vz.bd48966f8a6143e1ef4d14b39a03775aa699623e_816335 missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file bins_ubuntu12.zip.vz.820d6d40f511509f17d4681722fd8026da2b38ba_16231428 missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file bins_pub_ubuntu12.zip.vz.75de75cc072b8931cdb56710db5674d7a01bc3c4_9050756 missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file bins_sdk_ubuntu12.zip.vz.9f6fd7a713f78838221d01bd53d810e147acc27e_9980523 missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file bins_codecs_ubuntu12.zip.vz.84b14918e1591ffd02e819b8f7fc79315dbedb03_1832666 missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file bins_misc_ubuntu12.zip.4c639ab22a1fe076ff2b705be55ee59f4c6b1122 missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file webkit_ubuntu12.zip.vz.ea5e4def93c6c6adde86a3d7f799f033c1aadbf3_43156347 missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file miles_ubuntu12.zip.vz.4fd048667c97ef6eb976f4c42ce5c18f8695ac9e_295483 missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file sdl2_ubuntu12.zip.vz.027ab60ca59091ca05ddce646a00116aefc06b3a_270533 missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file steam_ubuntu12.zip.vz.39ecc4b92f32b48e4490f1ed82d52432f078ac25_1384716 missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file runtime_part0_ubuntu12.zip.7cb113a5d6be4486ecd4873ea6460a30f8050ae8 missing or incorrect size
[2017-02-18 21:59:47] Package file runtime_part1_ubuntu12.zip.f6f98a289f5af2c121b04cb9ede621b16f4c8dd0 missing or incorrect size
Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.

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Re: Fatal Error: Failed to load steamui.so

#2 Post by bw123 »

I followed the instructions on the wiki
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Running Steam on debian 9 64-bit
Well, the wiki might have the right info for debian 9 (stretch) but if you can post the link to what you did to install, it might help.
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Re: Fatal Error: Failed to load steamui.so

#3 Post by Bean6754 »

I had to do: "apt install -y libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386" to install 32bit nvidia libraries. ("apt install -y libgl1-fglrx-glx:i386" for amd 32bit libraries.)

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Re: Fatal Error: Failed to load steamui.so

#4 Post by thewp »

Since I had the proprietary nVidia drivers installed, the solution to my problem was:

Check which library was 'not found' by steam:

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LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/.steam/bin32 ldd ~/.steam/bin32/steamclient.so | grep 'not found'
I checked which library wasn't found by steam using the preceding command and found I was missing 'libGL.so.1'.

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Add i386 architecture

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dpkg --add-architecture i386
Add 'contrib non-free' on the end of my package sources in sources.list
As root:

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nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Add 'contrib non-free' on the end of each 'deb' and 'deb-src' line
For example: "deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free"
Update the packages

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aptitude update
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In my case, since I was missing 'libGL.so.1', the solution then was to:
Install 32-bit nVidia libraries

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aptitude install libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386
I could then run steam without getting the 'steamui.so' error (which was actually due to 'libGL.so.1').

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