Steam cannot set up steam data
You could try this:
mv ~/.steam/steam/* ~/.local/share/Steam/
rmdir ~/.steam/steam
ln -s ../.local/share/Steam ~/.steam/steam
rm -rf ~/.steam/bin
Which is essentially doing what the steam executable is trying to do, but failing.
I know it's been a while and you've probably solved the problem already, but here is a fix that also works.
This error can result if you HAD Steam installed, then did a "nuke and pave" to re-install your system but had /home
on a different partition. When you reinstall Linux, your home directory is intact, including your Steam settings, which are in the ~/.steam
directory. Remove the directory by opening the terminal and typing:
cd ~
rm -rf .steam
This will delete the settings folder, and Steam should install normally.
considering that you had already the ff:
/home/.steam
- steam launcher
Steps
at terminal:
$ mv ~/.steam/steam/* ~/.local/share/Steam/
using GUI, goto
.steam
folder, by default its located at/home/.steam
inside the
./steam
folder, delete the steam folder.. yeah, theres still another steam folder inside the./steam
folder.. just delete it.press Ctrl+T at terminal..
$ steam --reset
then hit enteryour steam should working and updating.