Steam Platform for Ubuntu

Posted by Tux De Luxe at 20:08 25/04/2010
Steam Platform for Ubuntu: "

With the release of native Steam platform for Mac-OS by Valve Corporation , there are a lot of rumours about Valve’s Steam platform for linux. However there has been no proper confirmation of this from the Valve Corporation . Although ,there is a native Linux version of the Half-Life Dedicated Server available.



But, for the time being , we will keep playing steam games on linux . How ? The answer itslelf is Playonlinux.


PlayOnLinux (POL) is a tool to help Linux users run games and programs for Windows on Linux, via the use of (as a front-end for) Wine. When you install applications with Wine all your file are saved in the same prefix. This maybe isn’t a problem, until you realize a file in one program is messing up another program. PlayOnLinux uses different prefixes for all applications, so you can have specified configurations, settings and file-trees for each program.


One “easy” method of installing Steam is with Play On Linux .


Installing POL :-


First download the latest version of POL here .


Or


Follow these steps to install via Terminal :-



Open the terminal and type the following according to your Ubuntu version :


For Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx :-


sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_lucid.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install playonlinux


For Ubuntu 9.10 – Karmic Koala :-


sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_karmic.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install playonlinux


For Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope :-


sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_jaunty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install playonlinux


For Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex :-


sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_intrepid.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install playonlinux


For Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron :-


sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install playonlinux


and done .


After successfully installing PlayonLinux , just navigate to Ubuntu main menu and Click Games>playonlinux and start the PlayonLinux interface.




Installing MS fonts :-


POL at first run will start the Update and will ask you to install Microsoft Core Fonts on your computer .


1)Click Forward to install MS fonts .


2)Accept the license terms and click forward.


3)The installer will now download and install MSfonts on your computer. Click Forward to continue using POL.




Install Steam :-


1)open POL and goto “Most Downloaded” to get the list of programs and applications which are most popular.


2)Click Steam icon and install . Follow the steps and do as the installer instructs .


At the end of installation , the installer will ask you to create a desktop icon of steam and add steam to your main menu. Check both and click Ok .




Install DirectX 9.0c :-


1)After that, again navigate to POL and install DirectX 9.0c from the interface as the steam games require directx rendering .


2)Just Click Most Downloaded > DirectX End User Runtimes and follow the steps accordingly .




Logging in :-


You have successfully installed steam . Now , its time to Game .


Login to Steam using your Steam ID by Clicking “Login to an Existing Account “or create a steam ID using the steam interface by clicking “Create a New account “. Its free to register yourself on steam however Steam games are not free. Visit Steam Store to purchase the Games you want to play on Ubuntu .


After getting your games, just navigate to Steam interface and click “My Games”. You will see the games are available to download and install . Double Click the Game icon and install it . After that , you are ready to Steam on Ubuntu .




Counter Strike 1.6 Steam in Ubuntu :-



Uninstall :-


To remove Steam, simply select it in the list and click Remove. Note that while the application and all its files and registry settings are deleted, currently PlayOnLinux may not remove all shortcuts to the application.You might have to do it manually . Just select the shortcut and press Shift+delete .


Enjoy !!!


Note :-Gaming :-Games run with this method will be slower than running them on Windows because the games are not native executable files. To get the best performance we will need to wait for Valve to release a native Steam client.


Refreshing the Repository :-If you are unable to find the application you want, you may want to refresh the local list of applications by clicking the “Refresh the repository” button. This will make sure you have the latest available scripts.


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