# Steam not working (20.04)

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/steam-not-working-20-04/4223>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [October 5, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/steam-not-working-20-04/4223 "2020-10-05T20:27:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![drHax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@drHax](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/drHax)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/steam-not-working-20-04/4223/1 "2020-10-05T20:27:12Z")

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hi, I am fairly new to Linux, and definitely new to budgie.

I have had a great time, not that smooth transition from windows, but I have loved ubuntu budgie so far. One of the problems I haven’t been able to fix are Steam.

I have tried installing from the snap store, the budgie default store, and flatpack. I have been able to boot into it, but it didn’t access my external drives(I need this because my internal storage is 50GB). I have seen many guides into how to “fix” it, but it just made it worse… (I can’t even access steam anymore). I haven’t found anything else in this manner, and while I still have windows, I would like to play rocket league on Linux.

I have an intel laptop, with a 1660 Ti

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/steam-not-working-20-04/4223/2 "2020-10-06T13:52:48Z")

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Hi and welcome.

Since this is not a budgie specific issue, other support forums I would warmly recommend are [askubuntu.com](http://askubuntu.com) and [ubuntuforums.org](http://ubuntuforums.org)

A quick look I found this similarish Q&A [https://askubuntu.com/questions/1134270/how-can-i-install-steam-games-to-an-external-drives-mount-points-with-ubuntu-18](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1134270/how-can-i-install-steam-games-to-an-external-drives-mount-points-with-ubuntu-18)

Hopefully a wider audience via one of those two forums can also help here.

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**Author:** ![drHax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@drHax](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/drHax)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/steam-not-working-20-04/4223/3 "2020-10-06T14:17:40Z")

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Thanks a lot, I’ll check it out

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**Author:** ![zilexa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/bbe5ce/32.png) [@zilexa](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/zilexa)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/steam-not-working-20-04/4223/4 "2020-10-26T18:16:43Z")

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Just reviving this topic as I am also unable to solve this probem, there are dependencies unmet and whatever I do, it is not fixable. This does not seem to be an Ubuntu issue, as after Googling, the provided solution works for other Ubuntu distributions but not for Budgie ☹

I posted my own question even, but got confirmation that the steps I have taken should have solved it:

> <https://askubuntu.com/questions/1287143/steam-cannot-be-installed-ubuntu-20-04-2>

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**Author:** ![Coeur-Noir](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/coeur-noir/32/4515_2.png) [@Coeur-Noir](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Coeur-Noir)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/steam-not-working-20-04/4223/5 "2020-10-27T00:32:35Z")

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Any _ppa_ regarding graphic drivers ? See _rtaft_’s comment who suggests to check your /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/