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When will Steam stop using i386 packages? (lemmy.world)
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Almost every distro I've used so far ends up having problems installing Steam due to mismatching i386 packages. I've heard that they're being removed upstream. Anyone happen to know a timeline?

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[–] that_leaflet@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (13 children)

I use the Steam flatpak. The nice thing about that is that 32bit libraries aren’t installed on the host system.

[–] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Only reason I haven't done that is because of VR. Not sure if VR works through flatpak.

[–] that_leaflet@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Not out of the box, but you can make it work.

[–] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd be down to set that up. I thought VR just flat out doesn't work with flatpak. Do you know where I can find out how to set it up?

[–] that_leaflet@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This GitHub comment has the command to give Steam the permission it needs for VR.

https://github.com/flathub/com.valvesoftware.Steam/issues/898#issue-1222145279

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