Steam under Wine? [Archive]

blackbeard

July 16th, 2007, 11:37 PM

I am having trouble running the "SteamInstall.msi" file under wine. I don't think wine recognizes the ".msi" filetype. Any Ideas? Help is much appreciated.

Ripfox

July 16th, 2007, 11:58 PM

I just installed wine doors, and it installed steam from the menu perfectly...no hassles. Huh. What's going on with my luck with wine lately? I was playing Deus Ex perfectly like all day. *knocks on wood*

blackbeard

July 17th, 2007, 12:13 AM

Hey thanks. I have never heard of wine doors before. I will have to try it out when i get home.

jacksaff

July 17th, 2007, 01:29 AM

msiexec /i filename
Dunno if there are any other values or overrides that need to be passed for steam but that is how you run .msi with wine.

187eR

July 17th, 2007, 04:40 AM

If you downloaded the MSI version of Steam installer, type

wine msiexec /i SteamInstall.msi

that should install steam. the steaminstall.msi should be at your home folder and it should work :)

frodon

July 17th, 2007, 11:11 AM

If you don't want to bother with msi files use the old exe file, steam will update itself when starting it anyway :
http://downloads.transgaming.com/files/SteamInstall.exe