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author | Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com> | 2021-12-28 10:31:04 +0000 |
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committer | Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com> | 2021-12-28 10:31:04 +0000 |
commit | b05f38d06644c190b237d0662e5b51dc6f1ed59d (patch) | |
tree | 8816af0176ad7057a36b3e9e235084a555018581 /steamclient/build/README.Slackware | |
parent | d8a8f20563f56f0e08569d3cb8938e4ae92e0fca (diff) | |
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steamclient: update the Slackware README
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diff --git a/steamclient/build/README.Slackware b/steamclient/build/README.Slackware index 30c01f81..e3fd3e9a 100644 --- a/steamclient/build/README.Slackware +++ b/steamclient/build/README.Slackware @@ -4,27 +4,34 @@ Slackware package for Valve's Steam Client for Linux. The Steam client is primarily targeting Ubuntu, so in order to make it work on Slackware, the package ships with a slightly modified steam startup script. -You will also have to install the following dependencies: +--- Dependencies --- +For Slackware 14.2 you will also have to install the following dependency: - OpenAL - - flashplayer-plugin -These are both available as SlackBuild scripts on http://slackbuilds.org ; -OpenAL and flashplayer-plugin packages can be found in my own repository -at http://slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/ too. +This is available as SlackBuild script on http://slackbuilds.org ; +Also an OpenAL package can be found in my own repository +at http://slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/ . +Slackware 15.0 and later contain openal-soft, which actcually is OpenAL. +--- Multilib --- Note that the Steam client currently is 32-bit only. If you are running a -64-bit Slackware you must add multilib capability to it first. +64-bit Slackware you must add multilib capability to it first, get more +information at https://docs.slackware.com/slackware:multilib . Then, you need to add several more 'compat32' packages. In addition to -'compat32' versions of the aforementioned dependencies (OpenAL and -flashplayer-plugin), it is recommended that you also install a 'compat32' -package for oxygen-gtk2 . +'compat32' version of the aforementioned dependency for Slackware 14.2 (OpenAL), +it is recommended that you also install a 'compat32' package for oxygen-gtk2 . -The Steam client is dynamically linked against pulseaudio libraries, but my -modification to the steam startup script will actually force it to use -Slackware's ALSA for audio output. Pulseaudio will not be used. +--- Pulseaudio --- +The Steam client is dynamically linked against pulseaudio libraries. +If you do not use pulseaudio or want to use ALSA regardless, my +modification to the steam startup script is able to actually force the script +to use Slackware's ALSA for audio output. +Pulseaudio will not be used then. Uncomment the relevant lines +in '/usr/bin/steam', it's self-explanatory. +--- GPU --- In order to run the Steam client you will probably need a Nvidia or Ati card with proprietary drivers. I would like to hear from people who are able to start Steam and play a game using open source drivers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com> 09-nov-2013 +Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com> 28-dec-2021 |