Make installation say it's for Debian #7267
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Because for example on Arch (btw), you couldn't run the .deb package
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@werymanen FYI https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dpkg-git/ |
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And even better: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/dpkg/ |
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I know, thank you, but Arch was just an example, all distros can't run dpkg. |
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Why hasn't this simple but correct information been merged? |
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Good question 🤷♂️️ |
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Okay, we're making some progress, it only took 256 days |
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@kisak-valve could you have some mercy and merge this contribution? |
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Nooooo, I missed the first birthday 😭😭 |
Still not merged. That kind of PR should be quick. |
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yeah...... |
General advice, don't use dpkg for installing .deb packages on Arch and derivates, also the steam client is already in the repository https://archlinux.org/packages/multilib/x86_64/steam/ |
I'm sure Valve knows that, seeing that SteamOS 3.0 is allegedly based on it. I don't know why it still says to use the "Ubuntu Software Center" which changes every other release, now being some Snap-based abomination where they don't even want you installing deb packages. There could just be a .tar.xz or whatever with the package contents and a list of dependencies for distributions that don't have it because there's practically no differences between them anyway, especially as the client ships most of its dependencies. For now, here's a list of repositories that took it upon themselves to turn the deb package into something workable in their package repositories,
Come check out #1890, we're about to hit a decade! Sadly, the case seems to be that it doesn't make Valve a lot of money to care about UX on a platform where people are already used to less than mediocre support from large companies and they follow suit. We're at the point where some window managers have baked in support for the Steam client's broken implementation of X. |
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aw man i missed the anniversary again:( |
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I would suggest another text: "Install Steam for Linux client on Debian, Ubuntu and other derivatives:". Because there are more distros, like Mint, Pop_OS! and so on that are based on Debian or Ubuntu. |
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yeah that's probably a good idea (although it's never gonna get merged) |
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I have run steam on kde and mint and never once thought that. If all your other things are deb files the user has no reason to assume just this one might be a problem. |
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Why isn't anyone from valve merging this simple pull request yet? |
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thank you anna also i missed the birthday again😢 |
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thank you jesus |
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I counted just now and there are -- including me -- 23 reviewers who've approved this, this is starting to get ridiculous, has no one at Valve even ever thought to check this pr, in the last, 3 years? Because this is a no-brainer Would barely take a few minutes to settle |
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The court of public openion means very little on any corporate git also
seems that it was approved but with a priority so low im actually impressed.
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You are crazy, what do you want wait 5 years more? I think they almost reviewed all the changes |
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This is stupid - the situation, not your original merge request. The page currently says:
Now... look again:
The entire thing needs a birthday. |
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It looks like this should be closed unmerged. At the top of the README, it says
If you don't have Ubuntu LTS, you're not officially supported, so saying that the installation instructions are for Ubuntu is superfluous. |
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No, this is history now |
lol you're technically right but i don't think anyone's closing this in the near (or far) future |
Laughs in Steamdeck Arch |
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Wait did someone un-merge this. What's going on. Why is this undid. I swear someone approved a commit for this. People were talking about this PR's birthday present. |
Don't roll back the play clock on this one buddy. For the love of god. 😊 |
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xdeb is known for breaking void installations, no? |
keep dreaming |
maybe next year. |
Because for example on Arch (btw), you couldn't run the .deb package