Steam under Ubuntu install - this is how it works in 10 steps
- Open your Browser to the official website of Steam. Click on the green Button "Steam install".
- This will start the Download of the installation file ("steam_latest.deb"). Double-click on the deb file, once the Download from the Launcher is completed.
- The file will then open in the Ubuntu Software Center. Click on the right side on "Install" and confirm the action with your root password.
- Then, you can already find a link to Steam in the list of your installed programs. If you use it as a Desktop Manager "Unity", press the Windows key and typing "steam" into the search.
- After the Start of a window in which you have to accept the current terms and conditions of Steam opens. Then a Terminal window opens.
- There, you enter your root password. You will then be asked if you want to download all the files for Steam. Confirm this action by typing "Y" and press [Enter].
- All required packages are downloaded, press [Enter] again.
- Then a Steam window will open, wherein you of the progress for the Download of the latest Updates will be displayed. This process can take a few minutes.
- Process is complete, you will enter the login window. There, you can either create a new Steam Account or with your data login.
- If a point of the Installation does not run, find it in the Wiki of Ubuntuusers more tips to errors that the establishment of Steam can occur.
Ubuntu: Steam install
Steam under Ubuntu: tips after Installation
- So you don't have to search Steam every Time, you can dock the Tool by right-clicking on the Unity Launcher (see Screenshot).
- Not always enough space for your games-Downloads is on the default Partition. Under "Steam" > "Settings" > "Downloads", you can use the Button "Steam Library Folders" a new place for their games - for example, on an external hard drive or a larger Partition.
Steam to Launcher dock
Thus, the security remains on the outside, we will show you how to use the Steam Mobile Authentificator to set up and use can.
