Steam on PCLinuxOS

This will serve as place for PCLinuxOS users to get Steam and Valve related games working on their systems. In the mean time I would suggest reading the Steam under Linux guide and the PCLinuxOS magazine .

Todo: Guide to adding PlayOnLinux and Wine manually, Installing Steam, playing games on steam, and linking steamapps

Internet required: An Internet connection is required for this tutorial!

Getting Started

If you choose to use PlayOnLinux it will attempt to take care of the full instillation process for you. Meanwhile Wine maybe a bit more manual. Most PCLinuxOS users will already have Wine installed, if not we will walk you through that installation below!

Installing PlayOnLinux

Note:As I'm currently writing this Synaptic package manager is the default, I will try to update this as needed.

Launch Synaptic package manager and click "Reload" In the top left corner. After it is done downloading search for "PlayOnLinux" and mark it for install. This will also download any dependencies needed. For additional information about PlayOnLinux please visit their website.

Installing Wine

Note:You do not need to do this step if you installed PlayOnLinux

Note:As I'm currently writing this Synaptic package manager is the default, I will try to update this as needed.

Launch Synaptic package manager and click "Reload" In the top left corner. After it is done downloading search for "Wine" and mark it for install. This will also download any dependencies needed. For additional information about Wine please visit their website.

I would suggest you now install winetricks to get the Tahoma font and any other packages you may want to add to Wine. To install winetricks launch Synaptic package manager and click "Reload" In the top left corner. After it is done downloading search for "winetricks" and mark it for install.

Problems with Synaptic

If you are having trouble downloading or using the package manager please go to the PCLinuxOS forums for more information or if you are having a problems with repertories/mirros please read this thread.

Installing Steam

To install steam you will need either PlayOnLinux or Wine installed for this tutorial.

Install Steam with PlayOnLinux

Note:Make sure you PlayOnLinux is up-to-date in Synaptic by clicking "Reload" and than "Mark all updates."

Launch PlayOnLinux and click "Install." In the search bar type "Steam" which should only show one result Steam, if this dose not work you can browse to Steam through the "Games" section. After click to install Steam several windows will appear asking you questions, when you are done steam should be completely installed and ready to run. When you first start Steam it will need to download updates and restart steam again.

Install Steam with Wine

Note:You will need the Tahoma font installed in Wine

Download the steam installer to your computer and launch it. Wine should proper handle this installer, in which case you will have successfully installed Steam by the end of it.