How to install Steam on a Chromebook as a Flatpak


Today we are looking at how to install Steam on a Chromebook.  Please follow the video/audio guide as a tutorial where we explain the process step by step and use the commands below.

Please take note that only games with Linux Clients will work and your Chromebook must be powerful enough to run them.

This tutorial will only work on Chromebooks with an Intel or AMD CPU (with Linux Apps Support) and not those with an ARM64 architecture CPU.

If you have any questions, please contact us via a YouTube comment and we would be happy to assist you!

Commands Used:
1) sudo echo deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main  | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/inkscape_chrome_os_made_simple.list
2) sudo apt update
3) sudo apt install flatpak
4) sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
5) sudo flatpak install flathub com.valvesoftware.Steam
6) sudo chown root:root /usr/bin/bwrap && sudo chmod u+s /usr/bin/bwrap


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