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DarthMucus

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Registered: 2018-08-28

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[SOLVED] Steam updates and pacman question.

Hey guys I was just thinking: If I install Steam with pacman and then use steam for a while and let it update itself, am I going to run into any problems when the next package version becomes available in multilib?

I mean there would be 2 entities updating a single installation of software: pacman and Steam itself. Isn't it possible it could lead to a conflict of some kind? Steam releases updates in a quick pace. What if I run pacman -Suy and it downgrades steam? Will Steam be able to tell it needs to reupdate again?

I couldn't find any info on this and I'm curious.

Mod edit: changed title tag: [answered] => [SOLVED]

Last edited by HalosGhost (2018-08-30 17:36:15)

Pryka

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Registered: 2018-02-07

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Re: [SOLVED] Steam updates and pacman question.

Nope. You can and should update Steam directly from client.

The updates of pacman Steam package are for runtime environment to properly run Steam but the updates for the Steam client are delivered via Steam itself.

Last edited by Pryka (2018-08-30 16:01:06)

WorMzy

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Re: [SOLVED] Steam updates and pacman question.

The client updates are installed to your home directory. The steam client should not have permission to write anywhere else.

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DarthMucus

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Registered: 2018-08-28

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Re: [SOLVED] Steam updates and pacman question.

The client updates are installed to your home directory. The steam client should not have permission to write anywhere else.

Oh. Of course.I didn't think of that at all but it seems so obvious now

HalosGhost

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Re: [SOLVED] Steam updates and pacman question.

DarthMucus,

Please note the standard mark for threads that have been solved is [SOLVED] (for many of us, this has become something that jumps out). I have modified your post title, please keep with this in the future.

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All the best,

-HG

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