Unable To Fix Steam Missing File Privileges Error

[Matthewdrake4]

Hello everyone. I have been trying to install any games from steam for the past few days, but I keep getting steam missing file privileges error. I have been looking forward to playing it, but don’t know how to get past this error. Please can anyone help me with this issue? Any help will be appreciated.

 

[booman]

What distro are you using?
32-bit or 64-bit?

Try removing Steam and re-installing to be sure it has the permissions it needs.

You can also run Steam from the Terminal, then post the output so we can see the errors

 

[Matthewdrake4]

Thanks for replying. I am using 64 bit. I have already tried the above process, but the problem was unchanged.

 

[booman]

Have you installed 32-bit libraries for your distro?
This is important for apps and games, not to mention Vulkan drivers as well.

 

[Matthewdrake4]

I finally found this article by doing a Google search. I have solved my problem by applying a process mentioned there. I just closed the igfxEM module before opening Steam. Now I can install and update games on Steam without any problem.

 

[booman]

What the??? Never heard of igfxEM module before.... and that was for Windows.
Good find!