I have just installed Steam on my 64-bit Ubuntu 13.10 and it works well and I can play games, but each time I launch it I get the following prompt:
Steam needs to install these additional packages:
libgl1-mesa-dri:i386, libgl1-mesa-glx:i386
[sudo] password for user:
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 : Depends: libdrm-intel1:i386 (>= 2.4.38) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libdrm-nouveau2:i386 (>= 2.4.38) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libdrm-radeon1:i386 (>= 2.4.31) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libdrm2:i386 (>= 2.4.38) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libglapi-mesa:i386 but it is not going to be installed
libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 : Depends: libdrm2:i386 (>= 2.3.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libglapi-mesa:i386 (= 9.2.1-1ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libx11-6:i386 (>= 2:1.4.99.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxcb-dri2-0:i386 (>= 1.8) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxcb-glx0:i386 (>= 1.8) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxcb1:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxdamage1:i386 (>= 1:1.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxext6:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxfixes3:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxxf86vm1:i386 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
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I have done the following :
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
But no change whatsoever.
$ apt-cache policy libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386
libgl1-mesa-dri:i386:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 9.2.1-1ubuntu3
Version table:
9.2.1-1ubuntu3 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main i386 Packages
libgl1-mesa-glx:i386:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 9.2.1-1ubuntu3
Version table:
9.2.1-1ubuntu3 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main i386 Packages
$ sudo apt-get check
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
after sudo apt-get install aptitude && sudo aptitude install libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libdrm-intel1:i386{ab} libdrm-nouveau2:i386{ab} libdrm-radeon1:i386{ab} libdrm2:i386{ab} libelf1:i386{a} libexpat1:i386{a} libffi6:i386{a} libgl1-mesa-dri:i386{b}
libgl1-mesa-glx:i386{b} libglapi-mesa:i386{ab} libllvm3.3:i386{a} libpciaccess0:i386{a} libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0:i386{a} libx11-6:i386{a} libx11-xcb1:i386{a} libxau6:i386{a}
libxcb-dri2-0:i386{ab} libxcb-glx0:i386{ab} libxcb1:i386{ab} libxdamage1:i386{a} libxdmcp6:i386{a} libxext6:i386{a} libxfixes3:i386{a} libxxf86vm1:i386{a} zlib1g:i386{a}
0 packages upgraded, 25 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 13,8 MB of archives. After unpacking 45,0 MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libxcb-dri2-0 : Breaks: libxcb-dri2-0:i386 (!= 1.10-1~xedgers~saucy1) but 1.9.1-3ubuntu1 is to be installed.
libxcb-dri2-0:i386 : Breaks: libxcb-dri2-0 (!= 1.9.1-3ubuntu1) but 1.10-1~xedgers~saucy1 is installed.
libdrm-intel1 : Breaks: libdrm-intel1:i386 (!= 2.4.50+git20140102.e8cbc579-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy) but 2.4.46-1ubuntu1 is to be installed.
libdrm-intel1:i386 : Breaks: libdrm-intel1 (!= 2.4.46-1ubuntu1) but 2.4.50+git20140102.e8cbc579-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy is installed.
libgl1-mesa-dri : Breaks: libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 (!= 10.1.0~git20140102.5a51c1b0-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy) but 9.2.1-1ubuntu3 is to be installed.
libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 : Breaks: libgl1-mesa-dri (!= 9.2.1-1ubuntu3) but 10.1.0~git20140102.5a51c1b0-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy is installed.
libdrm-radeon1 : Breaks: libdrm-radeon1:i386 (!= 2.4.50+git20140102.e8cbc579-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy) but 2.4.46-1ubuntu1 is to be installed.
libdrm-radeon1:i386 : Breaks: libdrm-radeon1 (!= 2.4.46-1ubuntu1) but 2.4.50+git20140102.e8cbc579-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy is installed.
libxcb1 : Breaks: libxcb1:i386 (!= 1.10-1~xedgers~saucy1) but 1.9.1-3ubuntu1 is to be installed.
libxcb1:i386 : Breaks: libxcb1 (!= 1.9.1-3ubuntu1) but 1.10-1~xedgers~saucy1 is installed.
libglapi-mesa : Breaks: libglapi-mesa:i386 (!= 10.1.0~git20140102.5a51c1b0-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy) but 9.2.1-1ubuntu3 is to be installed.
libglapi-mesa:i386 : Breaks: libglapi-mesa (!= 9.2.1-1ubuntu3) but 10.1.0~git20140102.5a51c1b0-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy is installed.
libxcb-glx0 : Breaks: libxcb-glx0:i386 (!= 1.10-1~xedgers~saucy1) but 1.9.1-3ubuntu1 is to be installed.
libxcb-glx0:i386 : Breaks: libxcb-glx0 (!= 1.9.1-3ubuntu1) but 1.10-1~xedgers~saucy1 is installed.
libgl1-mesa-glx : Breaks: libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 (!= 10.1.0~git20140102.5a51c1b0-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy) but 9.2.1-1ubuntu3 is to be installed.
libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 : Breaks: libgl1-mesa-glx (!= 9.2.1-1ubuntu3) but 10.1.0~git20140102.5a51c1b0-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy is installed.
libdrm-nouveau2 : Breaks: libdrm-nouveau2:i386 (!= 2.4.50+git20140102.e8cbc579-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy) but 2.4.46-1ubuntu1 is to be installed.
libdrm-nouveau2:i386 : Breaks: libdrm-nouveau2 (!= 2.4.46-1ubuntu1) but 2.4.50+git20140102.e8cbc579-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy is installed.
libdrm2 : Breaks: libdrm2:i386 (!= 2.4.50+git20140102.e8cbc579-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy) but 2.4.46-1ubuntu1 is to be installed.
libdrm2:i386 : Breaks: libdrm2 (!= 2.4.46-1ubuntu1) but 2.4.50+git20140102.e8cbc579-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy is installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
1) gir1.2-totem-1.0
2) gnome-contacts
3) gnome-control-center
4) gnome-control-center-datetime
5) gnome-control-center-signon
6) gnome-control-center-unity
7) gstreamer1.0-clutter
8) gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
9) indicator-bluetooth
10) libcheese-gtk23
11) libcheese7
12) libclutter-1.0-0
13) libclutter-gst-2.0-0
14) libclutter-gtk-1.0-0
15) libcogl-pango12
16) libcogl12
17) libegl1-mesa
18) libegl1-mesa-drivers
19) libgbm1
20) libgl1-mesa-dri
21) libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0
22) libtotem0
23) libxatracker1
24) ubuntu-desktop
25) xorg
26) xserver-xorg-glamoregl
27) xserver-xorg-video-all
28) xserver-xorg-video-vmware
Keep the following packages at their current version:
29) libdrm-intel1:i386 [Not Installed]
30) libdrm-nouveau2:i386 [Not Installed]
31) libdrm-radeon1:i386 [Not Installed]
32) libdrm2:i386 [Not Installed]
33) libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 [Not Installed]
34) libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 [Not Installed]
35) libglapi-mesa:i386 [Not Installed]
36) libx11-6:i386 [Not Installed]
37) libxcb-dri2-0:i386 [Not Installed]
38) libxcb-glx0:i386 [Not Installed]
39) libxcb1:i386 [Not Installed]
40) libxdamage1:i386 [Not Installed]
41) libxext6:i386 [Not Installed]
42) libxfixes3:i386 [Not Installed]
43) libxxf86vm1:i386 [Not Installed]
Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
44) gnome-bluetooth recommends gnome-control-center
45) indicator-power recommends gnome-control-center (>= 3.1) | ubuntu-system-settings
46) indicator-sound recommends gnome-control-center | ubuntu-system-settings
47) libaccount-plugin-1.0-0 recommends gnome-control-center-signon
48) unity recommends gnome-control-center-unity
49) unity recommends indicator-bluetooth
50) xserver-xorg recommends libgl1-mesa-dri
51) ubuntu-restricted-addons recommends gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
52) gnome-control-center-data recommends gnome-control-center (>= 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu45.2)
53) indicator-datetime recommends gnome-control-center-datetime | ubuntu-system-settings
54) xserver-xorg-core recommends libgl1-mesa-dri (>= 7.10.2-4)
55) libgl1-mesa-glx recommends libgl1-mesa-dri (>= 7.2)
56) xserver-xorg-video-nouveau recommends libgl1-mesa-dri (>= 7.11.1)
57) libegl1-mesa recommends libegl1-mesa-drivers
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Those are my additionally installed PPAs:
./danielrichter2007-grub-customizer-saucy.list
./danielrichter2007-grub-customizer-saucy.list.save
./dropbox.list
./dropbox.list.save
./google-chrome.list
./google-chrome.list.save
./linrunner-tlp-saucy.list
./linrunner-tlp-saucy.list.save
./me-davidsansome-clementine-saucy.list
./me-davidsansome-clementine-saucy.list.save
./steam.list
./steam.list.save
./webupd8team-java-saucy.list
./webupd8team-java-saucy.list.save
My answer is more for these issue which is marked as duplicated for this post. I'd installed blank new 14.04.2 64-bit and right then tried to install Steam client (dosn't matter from steampowered site or by apt-get install steam) In result it stucked with
Well, I've tried a lot of things. But what had helped (thanks to this answer) was simple - just to install wanted libs with slightly different name:
Your problem is... that you are using a PPA. PPA packages aren't normally multiarch and you need multiarch. To solve this you should remove the PPA:
That will solve the issue.
@Braiam was right in his answer but I needed to properly downgrade the packages with
ppa-purge
I may be late for this but I recently updated my Pop!_OS 19.10 to 20.04 and encountered this issue.
My solution involves downgrading some packages and installing the remaining ones.
Steam installation: you can use any way (I am installing like this)
The error message:
This worked for me: first fully update all the packages
Now, use this to downgrade or install new packages
We use aptitude to ensure that the installation will occur.
Firstly it will ask to keep packages as it is which we don't want so choose "n" press "enter" then choose the next solution "y" followed with an "enter". this will downgrade some packages and install some new packages.
Note: you can choose "?" option for more info.
Again try to install steam.
and you are done. I hope this will help someone. peace.
Alternatively you can use
to get list of versions available, then install particular previous version as
This finnaly worked for me:
for NVIDIA graphics:
for ATI/AMD: