[Solved] Steam won't launch, claims missing libc.so.6

bicyclingrevolution · 2019-09-20 02:37:46

I updated today and now Steam doesn't launch:

# steam
Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins up-to-date!
Error: You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run:
libc.so.6

# steam-native
Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is disabled by the user
Error: You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run:
libc.so.6

Strangely, I've updated several times since the latest release of steam, lib32-glibc, and glibc, so I don't think those packages were changed on my computer today. I reinstalled all three in case of storage corruption. I installed steam-native-runtime to see if it would work and it gives the same error.

Last edited by bicyclingrevolution (2019-09-28 01:34:04)

jasonwryan · 2019-09-20 02:48:44

Please paste the full pacman log for the update.

Moving to NC...

bicyclingrevolution · 2019-09-20 06:51:32

Thank you for your prompt reply!

http://codepad.org/9094lgcQ

Upon reviewing the log, I realized the problem began before updating today. I had rebooted into Windows and when I booted back into Arch I saw the dialog box with the error (Steam runs in the background at all times). I then reinstalled glibc and lib32-glibc [2019-09-19 09:16], and when that didn't solve the problem, I did a full update. Still no luck, so installed steam-native-runtime (not previously installed) [2019-09-19 17:44], then reinstalled steam [2019-09-19 19:15]. The last update before the issue began was [2019-09-02 21:57] so I started the paste there, but I've been using steam with no issues from then until today.

jasonwryan · 2019-09-20 07:09:03

Your pacman log is a litany of partial updates.

Don't -Sy $package: it breaks things.

bicyclingrevolution · 2019-09-20 18:32:02

Yes, all those -Sy are from Octopi automatically checking for updates. I realize now that if there are updates available and I want to install a package, I need to update as well. However, am I wrong in thinking that any problems from partial updates are solved by simply running pacman -Syu? I did that just now, rebooted, and steam still can't find libc.so.6.

jasonwryan · 2019-09-20 18:47:10

bicyclingrevolution wrote:

Yes, all those -Sy are from Octopi automatically checking for updates.

If that is how Octopi is suposed to work, it has no place on an Arch system.

I did that just now, rebooted, and steam still can't find libc.so.6.

Paste the output of `pacman -Qm` and `pacman -Qkk`, and `pacman -Syu --debug`.

bicyclingrevolution · 2019-09-20 22:16:05

pacman -Qm: http://codepad.org/Rrzdu4VM

pacman -Qkk: http://www.rafb.me/results/fq1aIG77.html

I don't know if the "permission denied" errors are a problem or if I'm supposed to run that with sudo, so...

sudo pacman -Qkk: http://www.rafb.me/results/wrybdo92.html

pacman -Syu --debug: http://www.rafb.me/results/HZ8zFz76.html

bicyclingrevolution · 2019-09-28 01:33:16

I created a new user account and Steam launched successfully. The problem must exist somewhere in my ~/, so I renamed all the Steam config files I could find (to make Steam recreate them):

~/.steampath
~/.steampid
~/.steam/
~/.local/share/Steam

And no more libc error. Restoring my original .local/Steam folder made the error reappear. Now I can drill down to the source of the issue!

There are no libc files in the functioning Steam folder, nor even a link to /usr/lib/, so I don't know what went wrong, but it looks like most of the libraries are contained in ~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_[32,64]. I replaced those two folders in my original Steam folder with the ones from the reinstalled Steam folder. Steam launched, downloaded a 50 MB "update," and got me right back to my game library with nothing amiss. Problem solved!

Lone_Wolf · 2019-09-28 15:08:34

However, am I wrong in thinking that any problems from partial updates are solved by simply running pacman -Syu?

Whether that is enough entirely depends on the things the partial updates messed up.

It seems octopi devs have stopped doing partial upgrades in v 0.10.0 development code.

https://github.com/aarnt/octopi/blob/master/CHANGELOG wrote:

BugFix: Notifier now uses "checkupdates" instead "pacman -Sy[y]". This means Octopi no longer can lead
the OS to a "partial updates" state and works gracefully with other package tools.

Arch Linux

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[Solved] Steam won't launch, claims missing libc.so.6

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