Can't install steam through Pacman

General system
1

Even though steam is on the offical repo (https://archlinux.org/packages/multilib/x86_64/steam/) when I search steam using pacman it only comes up with this

$ sudo pacman -Ss steam
community/sl 5.02-6
    Steam Locomotive runs across your terminal when you type "sl" as you
    meant to type "ls".

and when I try and install steam it says

sudo pacman -S steam
[sudo] password for [name]: 
error: target not found: steam
2

If this is an endeavouros install that should work. If this is an Arch linux install the multilib repo is not enabled by default. You would need to change this to get access to the steam package.
You need to edit /etc/pacman.conf
So in terminal:
sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf
Scroll down until you see this:

#[multilib]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Change it to:

[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Then ctrl+x and select save.
Then update the sysytem however you normally do and try the commands again:
sudo pacman -Ss steam

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3

The multilib repo is enabled, and it is still showing the same output as before.

4

Welcome aboard! :smile:

I think this is what it should show:

$ pacman -Ss steam
community/sl 5.02-6
    Steam Locomotive runs across your terminal when you type "sl" as you meant to type "ls".
multilib/steam 1.0.0.68-1
    Valve's digital software delivery system
multilib/steam-native-runtime 1.0.0.62-2
    Native replacement for the Steam runtime using system libraries

So is your /etc/pacman.conf in order?

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5

Update your package list, then search:

$ pacman -Ss steam
community/sl 5.02-6
    Steam Locomotive runs across your terminal when you type "sl" as you meant to type "ls".
multilib/steam 1.0.0.68-1 [installed]
    Valve's digital software delivery system
multilib/steam-native-runtime 1.0.0.62-2 [installed]
    Native replacement for the Steam runtime using system libraries

Please share your pacman.conf and the specific steps you have tried to install Steam.

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6

This is my /ect/pacman.conf file

#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#

[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir     = /
#DBPath      = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir    = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
#GPGDir      = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
#HookDir     = /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -C - -f %u > %o
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
#UseDelta    = 0.7
Architecture = auto

# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg   =
#IgnoreGroup =
 
#NoUpgrade   =
#NoExtract   =
 
# Misc options
#UseSyslog
Color
ILoveCandy
#TotalDownload
# We cannot check disk space from within a chroot environment
#CheckSpace
#VerbosePkgLists

# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
# trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
SigLevel    = Required DatabaseOptional
LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
#RemoteFileSigLevel = Required

# NOTE: You must run `pacman-key --init` before first using pacman; the local
# keyring can then be populated with the keys of all official Arch Linux
# packagers with `pacman-key --populate archlinux`.

#
# REPOSITORIES
#   - can be defined here or included from another file
#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
#   - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
#   - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
#     have identical names, regardless of version number
#   - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
#   - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
#       [repo-name]
#       Server = ServerName
#       Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#

# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.

#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

#[community-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
# enable the multilib repositories as required here.

#[multilib-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[endeavouros]
SigLevel = PackageRequired
Include = /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist

# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs
7

Might be a mirror problem? Try updating:

sudo reflector -cus -phttps -a1 --score 10 --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
sudo pacman -Syyu
pacman -Ss steam
8

That worked, thanks!

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