Explaining the current Steam Package build: Difference between revisions
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== Description of the package == | == Description of the package == | ||
Steam is distributed as a .deb file, for now only as an i686 package (the amd64 package only has documentation). When unpacked, it has a script called steam that in ubuntu (their target distro) would go to /usr/bin. When run for the first time, this script copies some files to the user's home, which include another script that is the ultimate responsible for launching the steam binary, which is also in $HOME. | |||
== Nix problems and constraints == | == Nix problems and constraints == | ||