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I'm new to Linux. I installed Steam on my desktop, but it doesn't work. It says that the following information may help to resolve this issue 

The following packages have unmet dependencies: libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 (=10 1.3-0ubuntu0.5) unable to correct problems, you may have broken packages."

How do I fix this?
Thanks!

tomodachi
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Afriend
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  • To clarify you are which Ubuntu version? If you are using 12.04 which it sounds like you are. Try doing `sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-glx:i386` – David Nov 13 '15 at 22:38
  • and is it 64 or 32 bit system? – ARG Nov 13 '15 at 22:41
  • @ARG That will not matter in this situation. It is either a missing package dependency, or it is graphics driver based – David Nov 13 '15 at 22:42
  • I have a 64 bit version. I believe it's the latest version 12.04. – Afriend Nov 15 '15 at 00:48
  • And if it is a graphics driver problem, does that mean it's a problem with my graphics card? Where would I go to fix this problem? – Afriend Nov 15 '15 at 00:51
  • Try to run the following commands `sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade`. If you get no errors then this `sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0 lib32stdc++6` and lastly this `sudo apt-get install steam -y` – ARG Nov 18 '15 at 20:33
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    Does this answer your question? [Can't install Steam because of unmet dependencies](https://askubuntu.com/questions/757723/cant-install-steam-because-of-unmet-dependencies) – Kulfy Aug 10 '20 at 09:01

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Do this.

Open up a terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T

and Remove steam by typing in this command

sudo apt-get remove --purge steam

Download and install steam off the site: Run these commands.

wget http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/archive/precise/steam_latest.deb

then install it.

sudo dpkg -i steam_latest.deb

then run steam in terminal

steam

and steam should start. You don't have to start steam by the command line its just for diagnostics.

Neil
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