How To Install steam-libs on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install steam-libs on Debian 12.
What is steam-libs
steam-libs is:
Steam (https://www.steampowered.com) is a software content delivery system developed by Valve software (https://www.valvesoftware.com). There is some free software available, but for the most part the content delivered is non-free.
This package depends on libraries and other packages that are necessary to run Steam. It could also be useful as a way to install packages that are frequently asssumed to exist by proprietary games.
There are three methods to install steam-libs on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install steam-libs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install steam-libs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install steam-libs
Install steam-libs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install steam-libs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install steam-libs
Install steam-libs Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install steam-libs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install steam-libs
How To Uninstall steam-libs on Debian 12
To uninstall only the steam-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove steam-libs
Uninstall steam-libs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall steam-libs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove steam-libs
Remove steam-libs Configurations and Data
To remove steam-libs configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge steam-libs
Remove steam-libs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove steam-libs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge steam-libs
Dependencies
steam-libs have the following dependencies:
- ca-certificates
- curl
- file
- libcrypt1
- libgcc-s1
- libgl1-mesa-dri
- libgl1
- libgpg-error0
- libstdc++6
- libudev1
- libva2
- libva-x11-2
- libxcb-dri3-0
- libxcb1
- libxi6
- libxinerama1
- xz-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install steam-libs package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
