[Wine] Re: Steam problem

[gamblor01]

I just reinstalled steam today using wine 1.1.20 and it worked fine.  If it helps, I am using The Orange Box DVDs to install.  I put the DVDs in the drive and then copied their contents to a directory called orangebox on my desktop, and then launched Steam like this:


Code:

$ cd ~/Desktop/orangebox
$ wine msiexec /i SteamInstall.msi
$ cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Steam
$ wine Steam.exe




You should be able to get it installed the same way (the msiexec command) if you download it from steampowered.com though.

Also, assuming you can get Steam installed, you will need the gecko plugin to be working properly (to simulate IE).  You can just run:


Code:

wine iexplore http://winehq.org




If the page displays then you already have the plugin.  If not, it will prompt you to install it; just let it installs.  Once the page shows up you're all set.

I would say if the install seemed to succeed then you can probably kill the process.  After that, try to start it again and Steam may need to update.  If it hangs at 26%, try the commands on the appdb page:


> 
> Run this from the directory you installed Steam to:
> 
> $ nice -n 19 wine Steam.exe
> 
> If that doesn't work try this:
> 
> $ wine steamTmp.exe SelfUpdate "Steam.exe" 14
> 
> If all fails try this before the previous command:
> 
> $ rm ClientRegistry.blob
>