Installing Steam

Installing Steam natively on Void Linux can be kind of a hassle, so this guide will attempt to summarize the necessary steps.

Of course, if you can't be bothered, you can always just install Steam from the flathub - it just won't run as smoothly.

Enabling required repositories

You'll need to enable the 32-bit and propietary code repos before continuing. You can do so with the following two commands:

sudo xbps-install void-repo-multilib void-repo-nonfree
sudo xbps-install -S

Installing a 32-bit graphics driver

This is just like the Installing the graphics driver section of the installation guide, but this time we're dealing with 32-bit package names.

AMD GPU

Install the required packages with:

sudo xbps-install mesa-dri-32bit vulkan-loader-32bit mesa-vulkan-radeon-32bit mesa-vaapi-32bit mesa-vdpau-32bit

Intel GPU

Install the required packages with:

sudo xbps-install mesa-dri-32bit vulkan-loader-32bit mesa-vulkan-intel-32bit

Nvidia GPU

Propietary

For models 400 and greater, run sudo xbps-install void-repo-multilib-nonfree && sudo xbps-install -S, then based on your model:
- For 800 and newer, run sudo xbps-install nvidia-libs-32bit
- For 600 or 700, run sudo xbps-install nvidia470-libs-32bit
- For 400 or 500, run sudo xbps-install nvidia390-libs-32bit
For models older than 400 you must use the nouveau drivers instead.

Nouveau

Simply run sudo xbps-install mesa-dri-32bit

Installing other dependencies

The following 32-bit libraries are ubiquotous (and likely already installed if using open source drivers):
```
sudo xbps-install libgcc-32bit libstdc++-32bit libdrm-32bit libglvnd-32bit
```
If you need controller support, install steam-udev-rules:
```
sudo xbps-install steam-udev-rules
```

For 32-bit games, you'll need 32-bit PipeWire and related packages or you won't hear any audio:

sudo xbps-install pipewire-32bit alsa-pipewire-32bit libspa-alsa-32bit libspa-audioconvert-32bit libspa-audiomixer-32bit libspa-control-32bit libspa-v4l2-32bit