Ubuntu – Installing Steam in Ubuntu

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I am currently using Ubuntu 14.10. Steam is showing up in the Ubuntu Software Center, but when I click on it it says:

Not found
^{There isn't a software package called "steam" in your current software sources.}

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Is there a fix for this? Am I the only one having this problem?

First Update the system. Then try with commandline as follows:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install steam

This will sound crazy, but the solution is to

uninstall your Nvidia or AMD driver
- I.e. sudo apt-get purge fglrx* or sudo apt-get purge nvidia-*
reboot
start Steam and let it update, while using the open drivers
reinstall your proprietary driver
and finally reboot again.

Steam has some kind of issue with the proprietary AMD/Nvidia drivers which cause the problem. For more info, have a look here: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3248

Did you try to just install it like this?

sudo apt-get install steam

For some reason installing steam through USC requires you to log in with Ubuntu One, but at least in 14.04 you can just install it like that.