Generic infos about Steam Runtime and environment variables

README.md

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 A collection of notes, configurations and other files for my Steam games.
 
 Linux
------
+=====
 You can download the Windows version of a game on Linux using steamcmd (install it using your package manager):
-```
+``` sh
 steamcmd +login USERNAME PASSWORD +@sSteamCmdForcePlatformType windows +force_install_dir DESTINATION +app_license_request APPID +app_update APPID validate +quit
 ```
 
  * USERNAME PASSWORD: your username and password
  * DESTINATION: full destination path without spaces in names, i.e. `$HOME/Half-Life_2_(Windows)`
  * APPID: the AppID of the game, i.e. 220 for Half-Life 2
 
+Steam or one of the games won't start
+-------------------------------------
+Some of libraries from the Steam Runtime can cause imcompatibility issues, resulting in a game or even the Steam client not starting.
+Run the following command to find and delete those libraries:
+``` sh
+find ~/.steam/root/ \( -name "libgcc_s.so*" -o -name "libstdc++.so*" -o -name "libxcb.so*" -o -name "libgpg-error.so*" \) -print -delete
+```
+
+Useful environment variables
+----------------------------
+``` sh
+# disable steam-runtime
+export STEAM_RUNTIME=0
+
+# Workaround for dbus fatal termination related coredumps (SIGABRT)
+# https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4464
+export DBUS_FATAL_WARNINGS=0
+
+# force minimizing on close; temporary workaround for trayicon issues
+# https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4812
+export STEAM_FRAME_FORCE_CLOSE=0
+```
+
+Native Runtime
+--------------
+On Debian/Ubuntu you can build a package with a "native runtime launcher" like this:
+``` sh
+git clone https://github.com/darealshinji/debian-packaging
+cd debian-packaging/games/steam-native
+make PBUILDER=0
+```
+
 libgcrypt.so.11
 ---------------
 Add libgcrypt.so.11 to the _bin_ directory of Source/Goldsource engine games to play with Steam Runtime disabled.
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 If auto-login doesn't work on Linux, set correct username, language and sourcemod path in `registry.vdf`,
 replace the original file in `~/.steam/` and mark the file as read-only.
 
+Windows
+=======
+
 remove-uninstall-links.bat
 --------------------------
 Removes uninstall entries of Steam games from _Programs and Features_.