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DaggyStyle Watchman
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Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 1:32 pm Post subject: steam withou nm? |
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hello,
I'm thinking of installing steam, looking at the gentoo.org wiki entry I see it requires nm.
I'm not using nm so I'd wanted to ask if there is someone that uses steam without nm. if not, is it possible to use nm without allowing it to take control over the network settings.
thanks. _________________ Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the former - Albert Einstein |
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Christian99 Veteran
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Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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you can try steam-launcher from steam-overlay (via layman)
teh ebuild doesn't depend on nm. But I can't say if it really works, because i have nm anyways, but i guess there shouldn't be a problem. |
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DaggyStyle Watchman
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Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:34 am Post subject: |
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Christian99 wrote: | you can try steam-launcher from steam-overlay (via layman)
teh ebuild doesn't depend on nm. But I can't say if it really works, because i have nm anyways, but i guess there shouldn't be a problem. |
I understood that steam's update policy is similar to jdownloader, this renders package manager rather useless, it is right? _________________ Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the former - Albert Einstein |
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Christian99 Veteran
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Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 11:22 am Post subject: |
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yes, the steam-launcher ebuild installs a kind of downloader, which installs the steam application into the users homedir, where it takes care of updates itself whenever it is run. |
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Chiitoo Administrator
Joined: 28 Feb 2010 Posts: 2575 Location: Here and Away Again
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Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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You speak of net-misc/networkmanager yes?
According to the edit comment, it looks like it's only required when STEAM_RUNTIME is disabled. I don't remember if I played around with that to look for ways around it, and normally have the runtime enabled I guess.
And indeed we can't really do much with Portage regarding Steam, as it is as self-contained as it is... I haven't looked at the ebuilds for a while, as I chose the 'manual' way. One of the very few things I rather manage myself. :S _________________ Kindest of regardses. |
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Cynede Retired Dev
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Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 4:17 am Post subject: |
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iirc I used to run steam without nm. |
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DaggyStyle Watchman
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Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 8:03 am Post subject: |
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Christian99 wrote: | yes, the steam-launcher ebuild installs a kind of downloader, which installs the steam application into the users homedir, where it takes care of updates itself whenever it is run. |
so using the portage way is not preferable.
Chiitoo wrote: | You speak of net-misc/networkmanager yes?
According to the edit comment, it looks like it's only required when STEAM_RUNTIME is disabled. I don't remember if I played around with that to look for ways around it, and normally have the runtime enabled I guess.
And indeed we can't really do much with Portage regarding Steam, as it is as self-contained as it is... I haven't looked at the ebuilds for a while, as I chose the 'manual' way. One of the very few things I rather manage myself. :S |
yup, I meant net-misc/networkmanager.
will take that into account, thanks.
Cynede wrote: | iirc I used to run steam without nm. |
any specific config? _________________ Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the former - Albert Einstein |
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Christian99 Veteran
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Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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DaggyStyle wrote: | Christian99 wrote: | yes, the steam-launcher ebuild installs a kind of downloader, which installs the steam application into the users homedir, where it takes care of updates itself whenever it is run. |
so using the portage way is not preferable.
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well, depends. you can just run "steam" as a command, and this wrapper script detects if the user has already installed the steam-launcher (and launches it) or not (and then installs it).
It's not the usual way packages are handled, and i don't like it very much, but i prefer it compared to manual installing the games i've got from humblebundle |
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DaggyStyle Watchman
Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 5909
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Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 9:12 am Post subject: |
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Christian99 wrote: | DaggyStyle wrote: | Christian99 wrote: | yes, the steam-launcher ebuild installs a kind of downloader, which installs the steam application into the users homedir, where it takes care of updates itself whenever it is run. |
so using the portage way is not preferable.
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well, depends. you can just run "steam" as a command, and this wrapper script detects if the user has already installed the steam-launcher (and launches it) or not (and then installs it).
It's not the usual way packages are handled, and i don't like it very much, but i prefer it compared to manual installing the games i've got from humblebundle |
IMHO, when a pkg is self updated, it shouldn't be installed via pkg manager _________________ Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the former - Albert Einstein |
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anyc Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 31 May 2004 Posts: 119
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Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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The steam ebuilds also check dependencies that are required even if you use the libraries provided by Valve. But, usually, they're already installed on a gaming PC or they are very game-specific.
Btw, the launcher installs some files like icons that are indeed under control of the package manager. |
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