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 http://www.pclosmag.com/.

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

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

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

As I'm currently writing this Synaptic package manager is the default, I will try to update this as needed. Launch Synapric package manager and search for "Wine" and mark it for install. This will also download any dependencies needed.

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 PlatOnLinux or Wine installed for this tutorial.