Steam on Ubuntu 16.04, installation and troubleshooting

If you are reading this blog, you most probably found it difficult to install steam on your system. Either because you already installed Steam, but it does not open up, and the icon just blinks when you are trying to open it up. Or you are new to Ubuntu and do not know how to install it or you just want a quick tutorial.  Whatever your reason might be, I want to assure you that this post is for you. One of the main difficulties of installing Steam is that the Steam installation package was created for Ubuntu 12.04, and as it works on most systems that run Ubuntu 16.04 it has not been changed. But many systems, especially those with newer hardware tends to have problems with running Steam, but it can be fixed quite easily.

Installing Steam:
There are numeral ways of installing Steam on Ubuntu 16.04. Since the release of Ubuntu 16.04 I made numeral videos on installing Steam on Ubuntu 16.04 since it has been released, here are links to these videos, which will help you to install Steam easily,

Install Steam on Ubuntu 16.04 via the official Steam site: https://youtu.be/C9MI7AjKr2s

Install Steam on Ubuntu 16.04 via Play On Linux: https://youtu.be/YKYzrU8qc7w

Install Steam on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Ubuntu Mate Welcome Software Boutique: https://youtu.be/KjjClQpFRoc

Install Steam on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Terminal - the Linux term for the command line. https://youtu.be/DVxE258iw2c

Troubleshooting:

If you have already installed steam, but when you try to open steam, but the icon just blinks and nothing happens, then you should not be too nervous as it most probably can be fixed through a simple command or two in the terminal! But there are numeral errors and different commands are use to fix it. So the first job is to diagnose what the exact error is before we can find the solution. Open up a terminal: in Ubuntu, a person can find the terminal by opening the bash and start typing terminal and click on it when it appears or presses ctrl and alt and t together. After that type the word steam in your terminal and press enter. This will either open up steam or give you an error message which will help us to fix Steam on Ubuntu 16.04. When you have the error message you can either send it to me via a comment in the thread and I will come back to you. Or you can copy that error message into google and you will be able to find the solution easily.