How to install Steam on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish Linux

Steam is easily the most popular PC gaming client, and with hundreds of titles available for Linux systems, it’s no wonder why Linux gamers would want to install Steam on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish. Valve, the company behind Steam, officially targets Ubuntu and Debian with their Linux support, which is great news for Ubuntu users.

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the instructions to install Steam for Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish using the standard Ubuntu repository as well as to perform a manual installation using the official Steam package.

In this tutorial you will learn:

• How to install Steam from Ubuntu package repository
• How to install Steam manually by using the official Steam package

Software Requirements and Linux Command Line Conventions

Category	Requirements, Conventions or Software Version Used
System	Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish
Software	Steam
Other	Privileged access to your Linux system as root or via the sudo command.
Conventions	# – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user

How to install Steam on Ubuntu 22.04 step by step instructions

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Install Steam from Ubuntu package repository

1. First step is to open a command line terminal and confirm that the multiverse Ubuntu repository is enabled:

   $ sudo add-apt-repository multiverse
   $ sudo apt update
   

2. Next, install the Steam software package using the following apt command.

   $ sudo apt install steam
   

3. Use your desktop menu to start Steam by searching for it in the Activities menu.

   

4. Or alternatively execute the following command to open Steam:

   $ steam
   

Steam will automatically keep itself up to date, by checking for updates each time you open the application.

Install Steam manually by using the official Steam package

The advantage of this method is that you might get a slightly more up to date version of the software than what is available in the official Ubuntu repo.

1. Get started by opening a command line terminal and enabling the i386 architecture repository:

   $ sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
   $ sudo apt update
   

2. Next, install all Steam prerequistes with the following apt command:

   $ sudo apt install wget gdebi-core libgl1-mesa-glx:i386
   

3. Next, download the official Steam package:

   $ wget -O ~/steam.deb http://media.steampowered.com/client/installer/steam.deb
   

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4. Install the downloaded Steam package using the gdebi command:

   $ sudo gdebi ~/steam.deb
   

5. Use your desktop menu to start Steam by searching for it in the Activities menu.

   

6. Or alternatively execute the following command to open Steam:

   $ steam
   

Closing Thoughts

In this tutorial, we saw how to install Steam for Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish Linux. This included installation through the Ubuntu repository, and manually installing Steam from the website, in case you don’t want to have the most up to date version.