Bug#1121667: steam-libs:i386 missing deps and also upstream client links to obsolete libvpx6
Ximin Luo
infinity0 at debian.org
Sun Nov 30 11:13:48 GMT 2025
Package: steam-libs
Version: 1:1.0.0.85~ds-2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-amd64 at lists.debian.org
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: i386
User: debian-amd64 at lists.debian.org
Usertags: amd64
Dear Maintainer,
The latest steam client cannot be executed, we get:
~~~~
$ steam
[..]
[----] Verifying installation...
[2025-11-30 11:09:11] Verification complete
UpdateUI: skip show logo
dlmopen /opt/steam/ubuntu12_32/steamui.so failed: libXtst.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
dlmopen steamui.so failed: steamui.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Failed to load steamui.so - dlerror(): (null)
~~~~
The missing file can be located with `apt-file search libXtst.so.6`, then aftering installing the i386 architecture of this package, the error changes to a different missing file.
After doing this dance for a while we eventually get to:
~~~~
$ apt install libpipewire-0.3-0t64:i386 libxtst6:i386 libgtk2.0-0t64:i386 libxcb-res0:i386
$ steam
[..]
[----] Verifying installation...
[2025-11-30 11:06:13] Verification complete
UpdateUI: skip show logo
dlmopen /opt/steam/ubuntu12_32/steamui.so failed: libvpx.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
dlmopen steamui.so failed: steamui.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Failed to load steamui.so - dlerror(): (null)
~~~~
Which cannot be resolved because libvpx6 is no longer in Debian - and installing libvpx-dev:i386 does not help. It does seem to be the last one that's missing, however.
~~~~
$ ldd -r /opt/steam/ubuntu12_32/steamui.so
[..]
libbrotlicommon.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libbrotlicommon.so.1 (0xf1176000)
undefined symbol: vpx_codec_set_frame_buffer_functions (/opt/steam/ubuntu12_32/libavcodec.so.61)
undefined symbol: vpx_codec_version_str (/opt/steam/ubuntu12_32/libavcodec.so.61)
undefined symbol: vpx_codec_error_detail (/opt/steam/ubuntu12_32/libavcodec.so.61)
undefined symbol: vpx_codec_get_frame (/opt/steam/ubuntu12_32/libavcodec.so.61)
undefined symbol: vpx_codec_destroy (/opt/steam/ubuntu12_32/libavcodec.so.61)
undefined symbol: vpx_codec_error (/opt/steam/ubuntu12_32/libavcodec.so.61)
undefined symbol: vpx_codec_build_config (/opt/steam/ubuntu12_32/libavcodec.so.61)
undefined symbol: vpx_codec_dec_init_ver (/opt/steam/ubuntu12_32/libavcodec.so.61)
undefined symbol: vpx_codec_decode (/opt/steam/ubuntu12_32/libavcodec.so.61)
undefined symbol: vpx_codec_vp8_dx (/opt/steam/ubuntu12_32/libavcodec.so.61)
undefined symbol: vpx_codec_vp9_dx (/opt/steam/ubuntu12_32/libavcodec.so.61)
~~~~
Best,
X
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'stable-security'), (300, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental'), (1, 'experimental-debug')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.17.8+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages steam-libs:i386 depends on:
ii ca-certificates 20250419
ii curl 8.17.0-3
ii file 1:5.46-5
ii libcrypt1 1:4.5.1-1
ii libgcc-s1 15.2.0-7
ii libgl1 1.7.0-1+b2
ii libgl1-mesa-dri 25.2.6-1
ii libgpg-error0 1.56-2
ii libnm0 1.54.1-1
ii libstdc++6 15.2.0-7
ii libudev1 259~rc1-1
ii libva-x11-2 2.22.0-3
ii libva2 2.22.0-3
ii libxcb-dri3-0 1.17.0-2+b1
ii libxcb1 1.17.0-2+b1
ii libxi6 2:1.8.2-1
ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.4-3+b4
ii xz-utils 5.8.1-2
Versions of packages steam-libs:i386 recommends:
ii fontconfig 2.15.0-2.4
ii fonts-liberation 1:2.1.5-3
ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 3.58.0-1
ii i965-va-driver [va-driver] 2.4.1+dfsg1-2
ii intel-media-va-driver-non-free [va-driver] 25.4.2+ds1-1
ii libasound2-plugins 1.2.12-2+b1
ii libegl1 1.7.0-1+b2
ii libexpat1 2.7.3-1
ii libfontconfig1 2.15.0-2.4
ii libgbm1 25.2.6-1
ii libsdl2-2.0-0 2.32.10+dfsg-4
ii libusb-1.0-0 2:1.0.29-2
ii libva-drm2 2.22.0-3
ii libva-glx2 2.22.0-3
ii libx11-6 2:1.8.12-1
ii libx11-xcb1 2:1.8.12-1
ii libxau6 1:1.0.11-1
ii libxcb-dri2-0 1.17.0-2+b1
ii libxcb-glx0 1.17.0-2+b1
ii libxcb-present0 1.17.0-2+b1
ii libxcb-sync1 1.17.0-2+b1
ii libxdamage1 1:1.1.6-1+b2
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.1.5-1
ii libxext6 2:1.3.4-1+b3
ii libxfixes3 1:6.0.0-2+b4
ii libxkbcommon-x11-0 1.12.3-1
ii libxkbcommon0 1.12.3-1
ii libxss1 1:1.2.3-1+b3
ii libxxf86vm1 1:1.1.4-2
ii mesa-va-drivers [va-driver] 25.2.6-1
ii mesa-vulkan-drivers 25.2.6-1
ii steam-devices 1:1.0.0.85~ds-2
ii va-driver-all 2.22.0-3
ii xdg-desktop-portal 1.20.3+ds-1
ii xdg-desktop-portal-gtk [xdg-desktop-portal-backend] 1.15.3-2
ii xdg-utils 1.2.1-2
ii xfce4-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 1.1.4-1
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 403-1
ii zenity 4.1.99-1
Versions of packages steam-libs:i386 suggests:
ii gtk2-engines-pixbuf 2.24.33-9
ii libgtk2.0-0t64 [libgtk2.0-0] 2.24.33-9
pn libudev0 <none>
pn nvidia-driver-libs <none>
pn nvidia-vulkan-icd <none>
ii pipewire 1.4.9-1
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