steam failed to load steamui.so

[galen]

steam was working ...

Steam support suggested I upgrade my system to Ubuntu 12.04 which is no longer supported.  :o

The 12 page 170+ comments page that is the "fix"

$ steam --reset
does not fix

github bug report
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4864

Anyone have ideas how to fix?

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STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
/bin/bash: /home/sparky/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5: no version information available (required by /bin/bash)
grep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc
grep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc
awk: /home/sparky/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5: no version information available (required by /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libreadline.so.7)
grep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1484790260)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1484790260)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1484790260)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1484790260)
[2017-02-17 10:12:50] Startup - updater built Jan 19 2017 01:22:13
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
[2017-02-17 10:12:50] Checking for update on startup
[2017-02-17 10:12:50] Checking for available updates...
[2017-02-17 10:12:51] Download skipped: /client/steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1484790260, installed version 1484790260
[2017-02-17 10:12:51] Nothing to do
[2017-02-17 10:12:51] Verifying installation...
[2017-02-17 10:12:51] Performing checksum verification of executable files
[2017-02-17 10:12:51] Verification complete
[2017-02-17 10:12:58] Shutdown


[galen]

using

repo.steampowered.com
1.0.0.52-2 testing latest

support has responded again and notified me only Debian/HURD kernel will be support from now on

is Steam on Sparky dead?

[pavroo]

I removed steam and steam-launcher packs from spary repos a while ago, but steam 1.0.0.54-2 is available in Debian's non-free repos and works fine.