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PostPosted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 5:09 pm    Post subject: Steam Reply with quote

Is there an updated wiki for steam?

I followed the gentoo wiki, which demonstrates two methods, with and without an overly.
http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Steam

Trying without, I am able to install all the dependencies, download and extract the deb file. However I cannot find the script file. Does it exist at another location that anyone knows about.

As for the steam overlay I installed it with layman, but from there I'm kinda stumped. I don't really understand overlays. It makes it sound like I should just be able to emerge steam-meta.
However, I can't. I actually found the steam-meta and downloaded it, but I'm not sure really how to integrate it in to portage.

I don't really know if there are advantages/disadvantages to overlays. but I will be happy with any solution that works.

Thanks,
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:42 pm    Post subject: ><)))°€ Reply with quote

Teegrins, mreff555!


It does seem that the pastebin mentioned at the Wiki is unreachable for the time being. I do know I should have the script somewhere, but there is also this:

hasufell @ Native Steam client and source game engine wrote:
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that's why the ebuild is useless

place the .desktop file, the bootstraplinux_ubuntu12_32.tar.xz and this script http://slexy.org/view/s2iz51l62y in one folder, edit it to your liking, run it and be done

add known dependencies to the wiki article

As for overlays, they can be quite handy indeed. Especially so if you're interested in software that is not, or will never be allowed to the Portage tree. Using overlays you can use Portage to properly handle the packages, as they were meant to be handled in Gentoo, and while I admit it was a bit place to wander at first to myself, it didn't take too long to figure them out.

I think the steps towards that are quite well documented.


I do hope this helps!
Happy gaming. \ö/
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 12:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, It did work.
Actually, after glancing at the script I realized 99% of that was just configuring for ubuntu. So I didn't even bother with the script. Works great.
Now I just gotta figure out bumblee (again), horrible refresh. Oh well. :(
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 12:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, I didn't remember it being essential, but also did not remember that fer sure.

The one that is/was behind the link that's, for the time being, at the wikki, might have been more 'refined'. However, it has been quite a while since I meddled around with them, and forgot way too much.

I've simply had Steam working as is pretty much after I first set it up.


Good luck with the bee; I have only read some bits about it here and there, and from that I seem to to remember that it can be rather needy...


Edit:

Reading below, I guess it wasn't that different after all. ^^;
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 10:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does anyone have the script that was located at this link?
http://gentoo.pastebin.ca/raw/2339758
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 3:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thoughtform wrote:
Does anyone have the script that was located at this link?
http://gentoo.pastebin.ca/raw/2339758
Here you are: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=y6wDF0RR
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 11:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks!
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