Steam on Ubuntu

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Source:

Steps:

  1. Download “steam_latest.deb” from: http://store.steampowered.com/about/ to /.../download_folder
  2. Terminal:
     cd /.../download_folder
     sudo apt-get install curl
     sudo dpkg -i steam_latest.deb
     steam
  3. Accept terms
  4. .. needs to install additional packages ..
  5. type Y
  6. press RETURN
  7. .. Updating Steam ..
  8. .. Unpacking Steam Runtime ..
  9. done, sign in


Workaround for slow downloadspeeds due to dns bug:

  • Terminal:
     sudo apt-get install dnsmasq
     sudo service dnsmasq restart
  • exit steam
  • restart (disable, enable) network