Steam dependency install issue about pi-apps HOT 7 CLOSED

When i try to launch steam from my desktop

delete the steam file from your desktop and then reboot. afterwards it should launch without errors

you neglected to follow the warning displayed "YOU NEED TO REBOOT before starting steam. This is because Steam is the first application on your system to be installed into the /usr/local folder." since you did not have a /usr/local folder prior to installing steam

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When i try to launch steam from my desktop

delete the steam file from your desktop and then reboot. afterwards it should launch without errors

you neglected to follow the warning displayed "YOU NEED TO REBOOT before starting steam. This is because Steam is the first application on your system to be installed into the /usr/local folder." since you did not have a /usr/local folder prior to installing steam

I rebooted as the console told me to, but no one said to delete the desktop file

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This situation confuses me.
Installing steam should not leave behind a launcher on the Desktop. Such a file is explicitly removed by pi-apps at the end of installation:

rm -f $HOME/Desktop/steam.desktop

what I don't understand is: How was the steam.desktop file still there after a reboot?

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This situation confuses me. Installing steam should not leave behind a launcher on the Desktop. Such a file is explicitly removed by pi-apps at the end of installation:

rm -f $HOME/Desktop/steam.desktop

what I don't understand is: How was the steam.desktop file still there after a reboot?

Sorry, I made a mistake, I meant I tried to start it from the taskbar thing

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This situation confuses me. Installing steam should not leave behind a launcher on the Desktop. Such a file is explicitly removed by pi-apps at the end of installation:

rm -f $HOME/Desktop/steam.desktop

what I don't understand is: How was the steam.desktop file still there after a reboot?

installation of the steam deb installs a .desktop file in /usr/share/applications/steam.desktop. Running steam copies that .desktop file to ~/Desktop/steam.desktop. unfortunately, both of these files hardcode the location of the steam binary Exec=/usr/bin/steam. If the user DOES NOT HAVE .desktop files existing in /usr/local/share/applications at the time of DE LOGIN, then that directory NEVER gets searched for new .desktop files. That is why the reboot is critical for users where this is the first application in /usr/local/share/applications.

IF they do NOT reboot, then launching steam through the applications menu, then it will run /usr/share/applications/steam.desktop which calls /usr/bin/steam which will result in the errors posted in the first message here. Additionally, it will also copy that .desktop file to ~/Desktop/steam.desktop. Now if the user reboots it doesn't matter that /usr/local/share/applications is searched, because ~/Desktop has priority over all other locations. So they will NEVER get our custom steam.desktop file in /usr/local/share/applications unless they manually delete the one on their desktop. This is why its critical to read and follow directions.

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I have already explained this before multiple times. As mentioned, the best way to workaround how DEs search the XDG paths based on what is available at login is to use dpkg-divert as described here #2555 (comment)

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I will update you when something changes, at the moment my pi broke :( so it may take a while

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