{"id":226,"date":"2012-12-20T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjiweber.co.uk\/blog\/?p=226"},"modified":"2012-12-20T15:54:09","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T14:54:09","slug":"steam-on-opensuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjiweber.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/12\/20\/steam-on-opensuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam on openSUSE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">The steam linux beta is now open to everyone. I just installed it on my openSUSE PC. Here&#8217;s how.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update <a href=\"http:\/\/andrew.wafaa.eu\/\">Andrew Wafaa<\/a> pointed out that there&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/download.opensuse.org\/repositories\/games\/openSUSE_12.2\/x86_64\/steam-1.0.0.17-4.1.x86_64.rpm\">an rpm package<\/a> providing a much easier installation option <a href=\"http:\/\/webpinstant.com\/search\/steam\">that I could have found myself<\/a> \u00ac_\u00ac<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t entirely straightforward as there is only an Ubuntu package. These steps are unlikely to work on all setups, but they may help someone. I&#8217;m using 64bit openSUSE 12.2<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/files.benjiweber.co.uk\/steam_linux.png\"><img src=\"http:\/\/files.benjiweber.co.uk\/steam_linux_small.png\" title=\"Steam on Linux\" alt=\"Steam on Linux\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1. Add tools repository<\/p>\n<pre lang=\"bash\">\r\n$ zypper ar http:\/\/download.opensuse.org\/repositories\/utilities\/openSUSE_12.2\/ alien\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>2. Install alien and steam&#8217;s dependencies<\/p>\n<p>Alien is a tool that can convert debian packages to RPMs.<\/p>\n<pre lang=\"bash\">\r\n$ zypper in alien libpango-1_0-0-32bit libgtk-2_0-0-32bit  mozilla-nss-32bit  libgcrypt11-32bit  libopenal1-soft-32bit libpulse0-32bit libpng12-0-32bit\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>3. Download the steam deb package<\/p>\n<pre lang=\"bash\">\r\n$ wget http:\/\/media.steampowered.com\/client\/installer\/steam.deb\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>4. Convert steam deb to an rpm <\/p>\n<pre lang=\"bash\">\r\n$ alien --to-rpm .\/steam.deb \r\n<\/pre>\n<p>5. Install rpm <\/p>\n<pre lang=\"bash\">\r\n$ rpm -Uvh .\/steam*.rpm\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>6. Run steam<\/p>\n<pre lang=\"bash\">\r\n$ SDL_AUDIODRIVER=alsa steam\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The SDL_AUDIODRIVER=alsa was needed for me because I uninstalled pulseaudio because I like being able to play multiple audio streams at the same time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The steam linux beta is now open to everyone. 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