Tying to install Steam, please help!

Hi everyone,

I've finished installing steam, but when I start it, a window pops up saying Steam - updating. Checking for Steam updates... It has been like this for more than 30 minutes and I'm not sure what is wrong. I am using Ubunutu 8.04 LTS, with wine version 0.9.59.

Thanks!

I have steam working fine here (Ubuntu 8.04), I'm using the latest version of wine to do this.

You can use winehq's repository to always have the latest version of wine - get it here:
http://www.winehq.org/site/download-deb

If using the latest version of wine doesn't help you to install steam, have a look here:
http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?versionId=1554

If you're unsure if steam has locked up, go to: System --> Administration --> System Monitor
Then click on the Resources tab, and check to see if your PC is receiving lots of data (it could be steam trying to update itself).

Nevermind everyone I solved it! I referred to this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=398494