This is the special repository with scripts and patches for Steam deb-package: http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/pool/steam/s/steam/ http://store.steampowered.com/about/ Here is the list of advantages of repackaged deb-package: * Dangerous script is deleted from package: /usr/bin/steamdeps * Extra files are deleted from package: /etc/apt/* * Package dependencies are updated, so package can be easily installed into Debian >= 7.0 (Wheezy) without any extra actions. * Necessary libraries from Ubuntu libc6 package are added into repackaged steam package and launching script is patched. So you do not have to update your system libc6 package to make Steam work. Just launch steam after package installation. If Steam does not start on the first try, read its console output carefully. For example, you may catch such error in Debian: [0318/235903:ERROR:shared_memory_posix.cc(167)] Creating shared memory in /dev/shm/org.chromium.Chromium.shmem.libcef_16076686305058492654 failed: Permission denied [0318/235903:ERROR:shared_memory_posix.cc(170)] Unable to access(W_OK|X_OK) /dev/shm: Permission denied [0318/235903:FATAL:shared_memory_posix.cc(172)] This is frequently caused by incorrect permissions on /dev/shm. Try 'sudo chmod 1777 /dev/shm' to fix. As you see solution is simple: $ sudo chmod 1777 /dev/shm This repo was created by Boris Pek <tehnick-8@mail.ru>. License: Public Domain. Please contact me if you have any troubles with this repo. If you find bugs or problems in Steam, you may open bug reports here: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux