Using the Main Menu app, if you assign steam to another category like Utilities, will it show up there?
It did. And the regular Steam also showed up in both Internet and Games now. This is the stupidest bug i've ever seen. I'll do some additional testing.
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Sometimes you need to logout and login again so that the app is shown in start menu when you have installed a .deb package.
The Problem here could be that Steam is in the Games Categories. You see in the Centre that there are not the specific Games. these are Subcategories. And when You look to the left, You see by Games before it this little Triangle. Click on it.
I installed the .deb package using gdebi and everything seems to be running smoothly right now.
For anyone that wants to install steam i'd advise you to use gdebi and the official .deb. Of course your hardware might not be the same as me but this was what i did:
- Software & Updates > Download From:
Main Server(I'm not sure if this was the cause of the problem but still) - Software Updater > Do an update
- Software & Updates > Additional Drivers > Select
Using NVIDIA driver metapackage from nvidia-driver 580 (proprietary), apply and restart - Download
gdebifrom the software store - Open the
steam_latest.debwith gdebi
For some reason steam will end all of it's processes (Won't run in the background) at first but after a little bit that just got solved by itself so idk.
What i've come to understand is that uninstalling steam is one of the biggest headaches with linux. Because, correct me if i'm wrong, both the .deb package and the Zorin OS's own apt is an installer. And when you uninstall them the steam related files remain in the system. And when i removed them manually (In the previous reinstalls) everything went to hell. I couldn't reinstall steam through the softwares app, gdebi would refuse to run etc. Apparently because some dependencies were missing. I did not do anything in relation to dependencies but yeah.
My only remaining question is:
How can i uninstall steam in the future? Or should i refrain from that? I found that when i open the steam_latest.deb file with gdebi i get an option to uninstall it. Do i need to keep it forever if i ever want to uninstall it? And also how should go about removing the steam files from the entire system (Home, bin etc.)?
Uninstalling Steam should not be a headache.
All package managers, on GnuLinux, Windows OS or MacOS leave behind residual files.
The reasons for this are complex, but it is generally better to do it that way and if the user needs to clean those after - they can.
I do not know why you have experienced multiple headaches with this. It's unusual. It may be due to some small error early on that cascaded.
But installing or Uninstalling Steam is generally very easy.
My simple technique:
When I use a downloaded .deb package for an install, I keep it for easy reference and uninstall.
Since downloading .deb packages lands in my ~/Downloads folder, I created a folder within Downloads named Installed.
Everytime I install a .deb package, I then move that .deb package into the Installed folder and there it sits until I need to use it to fix or repair a package, uninstall or just replace entirely with a new preferred package.
From what i've understood the steam_latest.deb is just the installer, just like the apt install or the flatpak version. After removing the .deb using gdebi i will still have to delete the .steam and other little steam related hidden files from home and even more files from the root directories right? That was pretty much what i tried previously and i somehow wrecked the entire package system. I suppose steam is all knowing all wise and never, under no circumstance should be uninstalled.
I installed Steam using APT, not their website or the flatpak.
The .deb package in the APT source is, I believe, the same steam_installer.deb pacakge.
And... I agree. Steam is to controlling in many users views. It ignores the window manager and window placement, built as a C.E.F, untouchable. Well... to most. I took it apart, themed it, made it comply with my Window Manager and window placement... I do not like being told "no".
If you wish to do away with Steam, yes. These files remain due to them containing critical game files that the user likely does not wish to lose - and no one would want to accidentally lose all their saved files from an act where they were just trying to update or repair Steam itself.
Alright then i think there isn't any problem left with my installation. Thank you and everyone that helped me with this topic. I'm planning on making a new topic for my feedback with the OS. Up until now it seems to be the most polished distro i've ever used.
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