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Svetlana Belkin
Asked: 2016-05-23 12:40:25 +0800 CST

Error: You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run: libXtst.so.6 [...]

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I'm aware that many people are having problems on launching Steam (downloaded from Steam not the repos) on Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit with this error message:

svetlana@svetlana-desktop:~$ steam
Running Steam on ubuntu 16.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Error: You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run:
libXtst.so.6
libXrandr.so.2
libgobject-2.0.so.0
libglib-2.0.so.0
libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
libpulse.so.0
libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1463778979)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1463778979)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1463778979)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1463778979)
[2016-05-22 16:33:15] Startup - updater built May 20 2016 18:57:58
[2016-05-22 16:33:15] Opted in to client beta 'publicbeta' via beta file
You are in the 'publicbeta' client beta.
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
[2016-05-22 16:33:15] Checking for update on startup
[2016-05-22 16:33:15] Checking for available updates...
[2016-05-22 16:33:15] Download skipped by HTTP 304 Not Modified
[2016-05-22 16:33:15] Nothing to do
[2016-05-22 16:33:15] Verifying installation...
[2016-05-22 16:33:15] Performing checksum verification of executable files
[2016-05-22 16:33:15] Verification complete
[2016-05-22 16:33:16] Shutdown

My question has anyone found a solution yet?

16.04

3 Answers

  1. It seems like it can't find a couple static object files, and looking into it, it seems like a couple packages might be missing. Below are the packages and where I found the answer.

    libXtst.so.6 - libxtst6

    libXrandr.so.2 - libxrandr2

    libgobject-2.0.so.0 - libglib2.0-0

    libglib-2.0.so.0 - libglib2.0-0

    libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 - libgtk2.0-0

    libpulse.so.0 - libpulse0

    libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 - libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0

    As a one-liner:

     sudo apt update && sudo apt install libxtst6 libxrandr2 libglib2.0-0 libgtk2.0-0 libpulse0 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0

    If it still throws that error, then it's not an easy fix and it's probably a problem with Steam. I don't use Steam so I could be wrong on this.

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  2. steam is a 32bit application, you need the :i386 versions for each package name if you aren't running a 32bit system.

    sudo apt update && sudo apt install libxtst6:i386 libxrandr2:i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386 libpulse0:i386 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 -y
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  3. Best Answer

    As of the lastest update, they fixed the bug and steam now works again.

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