Update: A complete guide for installing on Arch, Ubuntu, Fedora and Slackware is located in our forums.
First off; I refuse to believe Valve didn’t know that launching “steam steam://open/games” would bypass the authentication check. Yeah, now you have access to the Steam Linux beta but no games. Serves you right, you filthy hacker! That said, you can still add a few games from your Humble Indie Bundle purchases.
Install Steam:
Ubuntu: From terminal run
- wget http://media.steampowered.com/client/installer/steam.deb
- sudo dpkg -i steam.deb && sudo apt-get install -f
- run “steam steam://open/games”
- Download http://spot.fedorapeople.org/steam/
- Put the steam.repo file in your /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory (as root)
- yum install steam
With everything installed follow our guide for retrieving your HIB keys. After that open the Steam client and visit Games> Activate a product on Steam> Next> I Agree> enter HIB key. Keep in mind that some keys will not work.
UPDATE: Check out the list of what works on our favourite Sub Reddit Linux_Gaming.
Unofficial first cut bug reports for those cheating their way past the beta subscription check:
Game | Works? | Tester | Notes | Updated |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amnesia: The Dark Descent | ✔ | /u/directhex | missing dependency on libxmu6:i386 | 2012-11-06 |
And Yet It Moves | ✔ | /u/directhex | missing dependency on libjpeg62:i386, screwed launcher script (trivially fixed by changing ayim_dir=) | 2012-11-16 |
Aquaria | ✔ | /u/directhex | 2012-11-06 | |
Braid | ✘ | /u/directhex | missing executable | 2012-11-07 |
Cave Story+ | ✘ | /u/directhex | missing executable | 2012-11-07 |
Cogs | ✔ | /u/directhex | 2012-11-06 | |
Crusader Kings II | ✘ | /u/sm222 | missing executable | 2012-11-06 |
Cubemen | ✔ | /u/directhex | 2012-11-06 | |
Darwinia | ✔ | /u/directhex | 2012-11-06 | |
DEFCON | ✘ | /u/directhex | missing executable | 2012-11-07 |
Dungeons of Dredmor | ✔ | /u/directhex | 2012-11-06 | |
Dynamite Jack | ✔ | /u/ronjouch | 2012-11-06 | |
Eversion | ✔ | /u/flibitijibibo | 2012-11-07 | |
Frozen Synapse | ✔ | /u/directhex | 2012-11-06 | |
Galcon Fusion | ✔ | /u/ronjouch | 2012-11-06 | |
Killing Floor | ✘ | /u/directhex | missing executable | 2012-11-07 |
LIMBO | ✘ | /u/directhex | invalid app config | 2012-11-07 |
Multiwinia | ✘ | /u/directhex | missing executable | 2012-11-07 |
Osmos | ✘ | /u/directhex | missing executable | 2012-11-07 |
Penumbra: Black Plague | ✘ | /u/ronjouch | no files | 2012-11-06 |
Penumbra: Overture | ✘ | /u/directhex | missing executable | 2012-11-07 |
Penumbra: Requiem | ✘ | /u/ronjouch | no files | 2012-11-06 |
Psychonauts | ✘ | /u/directhex | invalid app config | 2012-11-07 |
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 | ✘ | /u/WienerWuerstel | missing executable | 2012-11-06 |
Rochard | ✘ | /u/directhex | missing executable | 2012-11-07 |
Serious Sam 3: BFE | ✘ | /u/directhex | missing executable | 2012-11-07 |
Space Pirates and Zombies | ✔ | /u/directhex | 2012-11-06 | |
SpaceChem | ✘ | /u/directhex | packaging error, only runs on 32-bit Ubuntu (technically 64-bit if mono in $PATH is 32-bit) | 2012-11-07 |
Steel Storm: Burning Retribution | ✔ | /u/directhex | 64-bit binary, but crashed Compiz for me on quit | 2012-11-06 |
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP | ✔ | /u/directhex | missing dependency on libcurl3:i386 | 2012-11-06 |
Trine 2 | ✔ | /u/nothingbutcontempt | 2012-11-06 | |
Uplink | ✔ | /u/directhex | 2012-11-06 | |
VVVVVV | ✘ | /u/directhex | missing executable | 2012-11-07 |
World of Goo | ✔ | /u/directhex | 2012-11-06 |
And Yet It Moves works as well
And there’s a bigger list here: http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/12qs6z/steam_for_linux_its_here_deb_in_the_link/c6xf19p
Thanks, I will add it.
Thanks for the update.
World Of Goo Demo Works!
Rochard Works Too
I could never get Rochard to run.
How To Get System Info with Steam?
World of Goo (complete version) works too. And so Frozen Synapse, Dungeons of Dredmor, Uplink and Cogs.
Amnesia works for me, but veeery slowly compared to running the normal install I have
No access to games? :) What do you call it, when I’m playing Amnesia – The Dark Descent, World of Goo, Superbrother: Sword & Sworcery EP and Uplink among others. :)
Playing Humble games? Then again it’s a ten day old post soo, we have a few more games now.