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		drivebyacct2 on Dec 20, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Steam for Linux Beta is now open to the public >Steam has a package so dependancies can be satisfied easily without resorting to "install xyz beforehand", This isn't even true. The deb has dependencies just like any other DEB you'd get through apt-get. That's... kinda the point of package management...

eikenberry on Dec 21, 2012 [–]

No. He means using a deb with a packaging system will install those dependencies automatically. Otherwise it would be the instructions to manually 'install xyz beforehand'.

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