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My Debian 11 system cannot install steam via APT. Many of it's dependencies rely on libc6:i386 but APT complains that it is not installable. When I attempt to install it directly via APT, it complains that hunspell-fr (a dependency package) is uninstallable. However the default version of hunspell-fr, hunspell-fr-classical, which the dependency package depends on, is already installed on my system.

I've enabled the i386 architecture via dpkg, updated APT's index files and upgraded.I've also tried explicitly enabling i386 packages by passing the [ arch=amd64,i386 ] option in /etc/apt/sources.list. I've cleaned the index file cache and auto-removed orphaned dependencies. All sections are enabled including, contrib and non-free, for the bullseye, bullseye-security and bullseye-updates distributions.

nohatsatthetable@debian:~$ uname -a Linux debian 5.10.0-19-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.149-2 (2022-10-21) x86_64 GNU/Linux

All help is appreciated!

Terminal output when attempting to install steam:

nohatsatthetable@debian:~$ sudo apt-get --simulate install steam [sudo] password for nohatsatthetable: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: libatomic1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.3.6-6~) but it is not installable libbsd0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.25) but it is not installable libdrm-amdgpu1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable libdrm-intel1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.17) but it is not installable libdrm-nouveau2:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable libdrm-radeon1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable libdrm2:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.17) but it is not installable libedit2:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable libelf1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable libexpat1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.25) but it is not installable libffi7:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.7) but it is not installable libgcc-s1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.2.4) but it is not installable libgl1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.1.3) but it is not installable Depends: libglx0:i386 (= 1.3.2-1) but it is not installable libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable libglapi-mesa:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable libglvnd0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable libgpg-error0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable libllvm11:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable libmd0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable libpciaccess0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.7) but it is not installable libsensors5:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable libstdc++6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.23) but it is not installable libtinfo6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.16) but it is not installable libudev1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.30) but it is not installable libvulkan1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable Recommends: mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386 but it is not installable or vulkan-icd:i386 libx11-6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable libxau6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable libxcb-dri3-0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable libxcb1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable libxdmcp6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable libxext6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable libxinerama1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable libz3-4:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.30) but it is not installable libzstd1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable steam:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.15) but it is not installable Recommends: libasound2-plugins:i386 but it is not installable Recommends: libxss1:i386 but it is not installable Recommends: mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386 but it is not installable Recommends: xdg-desktop-portal:i386 Recommends: xdg-desktop-portal-gtk:i386 or xdg-desktop-portal-backend:i386 Recommends: xterm:i386 or x-terminal-emulator:i386 Recommends: zenity:i386 zlib1g:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Terminal output when attempting to install libc6:i386

nohatsatthetable@debian:~$ sudo apt-get --simulate install libc6:i386 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: hunspell-fr : Depends: hunspell-fr-classical but it is not going to be installed or hunspell-fr-revised but it is not going to be installed or hunspell-fr-comprehensive but it is not going to be installed E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

Output of dpkg --print-foreign-architectures

nohatsatthetable@debian:~$ dpkg --print-foreign-architectures i386
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  • steam and libc6:i386 don’t depend on hunspell-fr so that error is rather surprising. Could you edit your question to show the full output of apt install steam and apt install libc6:i386? Commented Nov 13, 2022 at 19:36
  • @StephenKitt Thanks, I've added the output of apt-get to my post. Considering the purpose of huspell-fr*, I thought it unusual that libc6:i386 should depend upon it, and as you say - it doesn't. What's even stranger is that hunspell-fr-classical is actually installed on my system. Commented Nov 15, 2022 at 13:28
  • Kind of a silly question, and you seem to know what you're doing, but after looking into the Debian package list hunspell-fr is a French dictionary. Are you French? As @Stephen-Kitt says, it isn't required by steam and libc6:i386 doesn't exist. Have you tried apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist upgrade? Commented Nov 15, 2022 at 13:35
  • The question says “I've enabled the i386 architecture via dpkg, updated APT's index files and upgraded.” Commented Nov 15, 2022 at 13:41
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    You're right, I didn't read that part correctly. I still cannot find a single package that is called that exactly on the Debian list, but my advice above is taken from this askubuntu thread. I am unsure on how to change mirrors from the cli, but that is the top answer. Other answers indicate doing what you've already tried. Perhaps try this suggestion: "I solved the problem by downloading libc6:i386.deb from packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/libc6 and executing 'sudo dpkg --force-overwrite -i xxx1.deb'" Commented Nov 15, 2022 at 13:48

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Removing hunspell-fr solves one problem; however, there's a deeper problem: steam wants to install libc6:amd64 and libc6:i386. As far as I can tell, something is broken is debian.

 The following packages have unmet dependencies: libc6 : Breaks: libc6:i386 (!= 2.36-7) but 2.31-13+deb11u5 is to be installed libc6:i386 : Breaks: libc6 (!= 2.31-13+deb11u5) but 2.36-7 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
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    You are trying to install a version of steam that's intended for some distribution that uses libc6 version 2.36, and Debian 11 uses version 2.31. This is just the sort of dependency conflict that happens when you add repositories intended for other distributions than the one you're actually using. My Debian 11 with Steam installed gets it from repository deb [arch=amd64,i386] https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam and the package to install is steam-launcher, not steam which is "a transitional package that can be safely removed once steam-launcher is installed". Commented Jan 14, 2023 at 16:07

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