Steam Cannot be installed through apt

[glossy steppe]

Unmet Dependencies but not installable. The dependency is installed though. No packages in held, cannot reinstall or remove it.

DM for details

if needed

[harsh saffron]

try to install it from software manager

steam is natively supported

[glossy steppe]

that gives the error in first picture

[harsh saffron]

i see it says unstable distribution

[harsh saffron]

can u reinstall linux mint?

maybe u didnt install it correctly

[glossy steppe]

I can, at this point I have 2 options
Either use the Flatpak version which works, but has issues with some APIs I wanna use
or reinstalling

[harsh saffron]

reinstall is better

it says "unstable distribution" meaning while u were installing linux mint some packages didnt install or have been corrupted

can u boot from the linux mint usb and reinstall it

[glossy steppe]

sure, any way to reinstall it without loosing data though?

[harsh saffron]

idk abt that u can search on google

i recommend doing a fresh reinstall but if u have REALLY IMPORTANT stuff u can search on google

wait wait wait

@glossy steppe can u go to update manager rq

dont reinstall min

mint*

[glossy steppe]

Yes

[harsh saffron]

see if u have any updates

[glossy steppe]

new thingie appeared

[harsh saffron]

ur API is corrupt

press ok

[glossy steppe]

mhm what next

took me to software sources

[harsh saffron]

when u press ok what does it show

[harsh saffron]

show ss

[harsh saffron]

yeah ur gonna have to reinstall linux mint from the usb

ur api is corrupted meaning smt went wrong during installation

[glossy steppe]

weird that it didnt show until now

huh

[harsh saffron]

@glossy steppe boot from the usb and install linux mint like normal after that restart and go to update manager and click install updates

[glossy steppe]

oki

thank you <3

[harsh saffron]

yw after u install linux mint freshly then updated ur system from the update manager then do sudo apt install steam in terminal

[stiff elk]

@glossy steppe why did you remove the ... drm library for your graphics card ?

Even if you don't use AMD hardware that package must exist

[harsh saffron]

i think its too late now

[glossy steppe]

I didn't and I couldn't

in fact it is there