Wrapper script for steam

Operating Systems & Open Source Linux
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Well, a new linux convert here, and slowly learning the ins and outs of it and enjoying it greatly, especially the problem solving side ha
So after trying Fedora, Mint, Ubuntu (with gnome, unity and KDE) and plasma, I have settled on Manjaro as i like the idea of rolling updates and it seemed a little less involved than Arch, perhaps I'll try arch at some other point when I'm a bit more experienced.

Anyway onto my problem. Steam crashes straight to desktop when started, despite coming preinstalled. Entering the following into the terminal solves the issue.

export LDPRELOAD='/usr/$LIB/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/$LIB/libgcc_s.so.1 /usr/$LIB/libxcb.so.1 /usr/$LIB/libgpg-error.so' steam_

But I'd like to create a wrapper script so I dont have to manually enter this into the terminal every time I want to start steam, can anyone point me to a good tutorial to help me with this?

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I'll write one now for you.

place this in /usr/local/bin and do chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/whateveryoucallit

#!/bin/bash
export LD_PRELOAD='/usr/$LIB/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/$LIB/libgcc_s.so.1 /usr/$LIB/libxcb.so.1 /usr/$LIB/libgpg-error.so' steam

hope it helps.

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Oh jesus, was'nt expecting anyone to do it for me. Thanks alot, though a tutorial would still be handy, perhaps it's time to invest in some decent books about linux and the command line next pay day.

Thanks again aptly named sgtawesomesauce

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Anyone know why its doing this? (edit: as in whats it doing different) In Fedora steam "just works".

It looks like Ubuntu 16.04 and similar distros have a similar problem to Arch as well.

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in the /usr/local/bin directory you (usually, to keep things organized) store all binary programs or runnable scripts, what @SgtAwesomesauce posted created a simple shell script named "whateveryoucallit", a text file that contains

#!/bin/bash
export LD_PRELOAD='/usr/$LIB/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/$LIB/libgcc_s.so.1 /usr/$LIB/libxcb.so.1 /usr/$LIB/libgpg-error.so' steam

And by making the script (text file) executable with chmod + x in the terminal (or just by right-clicking the textfile and by checking the box "allow executing as program") you then can just run, from the terminal "whateveryoucallit", and the shell script saved in /usr/local/bin will execute.
You can save the file anywhere but you'd have to point to the directory, e.g. if you saved the script in your 'Documents' folder for example, you'd have to run

/home/username/Documents/whateveryoucallit

to run the command

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What GPU are you using? on AMD gpu's I've never had it "Just work" except on Solus. Always had either issues with libstdc++.so.6 or the amd so's.

@flarty1986 Sorry, sometimes I forget what it was like to be new to linux.

what @Baz was saying is correct. My recommendation, is to name it something like "startsteam"

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Ok so i followed the instructions to the T, and it's not working.

I downloaded gedit as for some reason manjaro prefers kate.
Copied and pasted the script, saved and named it "steam1"
Moved the file to /usr/local/bin and enabled it as executable
Double checked everything was set correctly in dolphin by browsing to the file and right clicking it and checking the properties
Went into the terminal and entered the command /usr/local/bin/steam1, followed by launching steam from the terminal, and nothing, just the original error that comesup when i launch steam without the script :-(
I know the command is correct in the script because if i copy and past it into the terminal then launch steam, steam launches.

I must be overlooking something, and it's probably something really simple.

Edit: Thanks Baz for going a bit more in depth