Debian Linux "sarge" 3.1 packages of the open-sTeam server

We provide packages for the Debian Linux distribution. The open-sTeam server is already included in Debian itself, but those packages are usually older than the ones we offer here.

Note: We have experienced threading problems with Pike versions 7.6.112 and newer. We strongly recommend that you use the older Pike 7.6.86 that we are offering in our open-sTeam APT package repository and on this website.

Note: We have experienced threading-problems on systems running Linux 2.4 kernels. We therefore recommend to run sTeam servers on systems running a Linux 2.6 kernel. Debian 3.1 (Sarge) installs a 2.4 kernel by default, so you should explicitly choose a 2.6 kernel when installing or switch to a 2.6 kernel after install.

apt Repository

The easiest way to install more recent packages of open-sTeam on Debian is to use our apt repository:

  • add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list:
    deb http://apt.open-steam.org/debian sarge main
  • then update the apt sources:
    apt-get update
  • install a MySQL database server (unless you want to store your database in a MySQL server somewhere else in your network):
    apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client
  • install the steam server:
    apt-get install steam
After installing open-sTeam, check the settings in /etc/steam/steam.cfg.

At this point you are able to get the first response from the steam server using a web browser and type in the steam ip adress or hostname of your steam server and the port you configured the server to listen to.

The next thing you probably want to do is install the web-interface for your sTeam server.

  • you can list the currently available packages for sTeam with the following command:
    /usr/share/steam/bin/spm -l
  • to install the web package (e.g. web-2_2_14.spm.gz) use the following command:
    /usr/share/steam/bin/spm -i web-2_2_14.spm.gz

Backports

Some of the packages that sTeam depends might not be available in the current Debian stable distribution. In case you don't want to update your system to the unstable or testing branches, we are providing some backported packages for Debian 3.1 (Sarge):

  • dbconfig-common
  • pike 7.6.86



3.1 (Sarge) 
dbconfig-common
required by steam 2.4
old versions
Archived old versions of the open-sTeam Debian packages
pike
Pike
steam_2.6.29_all.deb - 742 KB
Debian package of the open-sTeam server (stable)
steam-lib_2.6.29_i386.deb - 40 KB
Debian package of the open-sTeam server libraries (stable)