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- How do I mount a Samba share to SteamOS?
- What is the purpose of SteamOS-Tools?
- Do I have to run everything I want to install through desktop-software.sh?
- Script [NAME] doesn't work! Fix it!
- Can I take script X for my own?
- I can't install PlayOnLinux after adding the extra repositories!
- I can't install [PACKAGE_NAME] after adding the extra repositories!
- Gnome-terminal does not launch on SteamOS Brewmaster!
Mounting a samba share is immensely useful for adding files such as your music collection on another machine. For more details, please reference the Connecting to Samba shares wiki entry.
SteamOS ships with a decent set of basic software. Most of this software is included only with the intention of supporting what is needed for SteamOS, the Steam client, and supporting software, to run. Some packages not installed are available in the SteamOS package pool, but not much. SteamOS-Tools aims to help supplement, automate, and help along software users may want to augment their experience, test, or experiment with SteamOS. Users are strongly advised to read the disclaimer in the main directory.
No, not at all! While desktop-software.sh can be used to install Debian packages, once the appropriate sources are added via that same script, or add-debian-repos.sh, standard Debian software can be installed with typical apt-get install commands. Apt package manager pinning helps ensure this is possible. If you run into a conflict, please check with me first via an issues ticket before notifying Valve of the conflict. While I do my best to ensure proper priority is in place to prevent such a thing, mistakes and unforeseen issues can always occur.
While I have had some great help from people in recent times, there are bound to be mistakes and even unfinished scripts in this repository. If you find one, please report it. If you know how to fix it, pull requests are very welcome. When I have an idea of something I want to do here, it may not be complete yet, but I try to maintain some semblance of balance, stability, and structure. For this reason, the testing-a and testing-b repository branches exist to server as testing grounds for SteamOS Alchemist, and SteamOS Brewmaster, respectively.
I do ask that people be patient with me. I have many other distractions to keep me busy, but you're still free to shout at me :)
While the script content I use and make has come form many places, if the AUTHORS.md file notes a specific person that contributed code, I do ask you take time to review and add that name to your script header to ensure they get fair credit for their work. While is is sometime difficult (see: Google), I do want to highlight community members who have helped me here. This is also why there is no license file. But, in all fairness, take anything form this repository that you wish to use, as long as it is not for world domination (See: Skynet and other dangers to the Galaxy).
After using add-debian-repos.sh, or dessktop-software.sh, you may notice that processing the libattr:i386, and libselinux:i386 packages fail when you attempt to install playonlinux. Issuing apt-get install -f does not fix this. You will need to remove the change logs until Valve fixes this.
Remove the change logs and try again
sudo rm -f /usr/share/doc/libattr1/changelog.Debian.gz
sudo rm -f /usr/share/doc/libselinux1/changelog.Debian.gz
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get install playonlinux
The same issue that often affects i386 packages needed for applications like PlayOnLinux and PCSX2 require that you remove the changelog files manually for now.
Packages that seem to have this issue:
- libatttr1:i386
- libselinux1:i386
The changelog usually lives at /usr/share/doc/PACKAGE/changelog.Debian.gz
This issue is documented on the SteamOS bug tracker:
If you still have trouble with this, make sure you correct your locales:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow locales.
