I have just installed Steam on my 64-bit Ubuntu 13.10 and it works well and I can play games, but each time I launch it I get the following prompt:

Steam needs to install these additional packages: 

    libgl1-mesa-dri:i386, libgl1-mesa-glx:i386

[sudo] password for user: 

............................................................................................................................................

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree       

Reading state information... Done

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have

requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable

distribution that some required packages have not yet been created

or been moved out of Incoming.

The following information may help to resolve the situation:



The following packages have unmet dependencies:

 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 : Depends: libdrm-intel1:i386 (>= 2.4.38) but it is not going to be installed

                        Depends: libdrm-nouveau2:i386 (>= 2.4.38) but it is not going to be installed

                        Depends: libdrm-radeon1:i386 (>= 2.4.31) but it is not going to be installed

                        Depends: libdrm2:i386 (>= 2.4.38) but it is not going to be installed

                        Depends: libglapi-mesa:i386 but it is not going to be installed

 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 : Depends: libdrm2:i386 (>= 2.3.1) but it is not going to be installed

                        Depends: libglapi-mesa:i386 (= 9.2.1-1ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed

                        Depends: libx11-6:i386 (>= 2:1.4.99.1) but it is not going to be installed

                        Depends: libxcb-dri2-0:i386 (>= 1.8) but it is not going to be installed

                        Depends: libxcb-glx0:i386 (>= 1.8) but it is not going to be installed

                        Depends: libxcb1:i386 but it is not going to be installed

                        Depends: libxdamage1:i386 (>= 1:1.1) but it is not going to be installed

                        Depends: libxext6:i386 but it is not going to be installed

                        Depends: libxfixes3:i386 but it is not going to be installed

                        Depends: libxxf86vm1:i386 but it is not going to be installed

E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Press return to continue: 

I have done the following :

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

sudo apt-get update

But no change whatsoever.

$ apt-cache policy libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386

libgl1-mesa-dri:i386:

  Installed: (none)

  Candidate: 9.2.1-1ubuntu3

  Version table:

     9.2.1-1ubuntu3 0

        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main i386 Packages

libgl1-mesa-glx:i386:

  Installed: (none)

  Candidate: 9.2.1-1ubuntu3

  Version table:

     9.2.1-1ubuntu3 0

        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main i386 Packages





$ sudo apt-get check

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree       

Reading state information... Done

after sudo apt-get install aptitude && sudo aptitude install libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386

The following NEW packages will be installed:

  libdrm-intel1:i386{ab} libdrm-nouveau2:i386{ab} libdrm-radeon1:i386{ab} libdrm2:i386{ab} libelf1:i386{a} libexpat1:i386{a} libffi6:i386{a} libgl1-mesa-dri:i386{b} 

  libgl1-mesa-glx:i386{b} libglapi-mesa:i386{ab} libllvm3.3:i386{a} libpciaccess0:i386{a} libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0:i386{a} libx11-6:i386{a} libx11-xcb1:i386{a} libxau6:i386{a} 

  libxcb-dri2-0:i386{ab} libxcb-glx0:i386{ab} libxcb1:i386{ab} libxdamage1:i386{a} libxdmcp6:i386{a} libxext6:i386{a} libxfixes3:i386{a} libxxf86vm1:i386{a} zlib1g:i386{a} 

0 packages upgraded, 25 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Need to get 13,8 MB of archives. After unpacking 45,0 MB will be used.

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

 libxcb-dri2-0 : Breaks: libxcb-dri2-0:i386 (!= 1.10-1~xedgers~saucy1) but 1.9.1-3ubuntu1 is to be installed.

 libxcb-dri2-0:i386 : Breaks: libxcb-dri2-0 (!= 1.9.1-3ubuntu1) but 1.10-1~xedgers~saucy1 is installed.

 libdrm-intel1 : Breaks: libdrm-intel1:i386 (!= 2.4.50+git20140102.e8cbc579-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy) but 2.4.46-1ubuntu1 is to be installed.

 libdrm-intel1:i386 : Breaks: libdrm-intel1 (!= 2.4.46-1ubuntu1) but 2.4.50+git20140102.e8cbc579-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy is installed.

 libgl1-mesa-dri : Breaks: libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 (!= 10.1.0~git20140102.5a51c1b0-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy) but 9.2.1-1ubuntu3 is to be installed.

 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 : Breaks: libgl1-mesa-dri (!= 9.2.1-1ubuntu3) but 10.1.0~git20140102.5a51c1b0-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy is installed.

 libdrm-radeon1 : Breaks: libdrm-radeon1:i386 (!= 2.4.50+git20140102.e8cbc579-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy) but 2.4.46-1ubuntu1 is to be installed.

 libdrm-radeon1:i386 : Breaks: libdrm-radeon1 (!= 2.4.46-1ubuntu1) but 2.4.50+git20140102.e8cbc579-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy is installed.

 libxcb1 : Breaks: libxcb1:i386 (!= 1.10-1~xedgers~saucy1) but 1.9.1-3ubuntu1 is to be installed.

 libxcb1:i386 : Breaks: libxcb1 (!= 1.9.1-3ubuntu1) but 1.10-1~xedgers~saucy1 is installed.

 libglapi-mesa : Breaks: libglapi-mesa:i386 (!= 10.1.0~git20140102.5a51c1b0-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy) but 9.2.1-1ubuntu3 is to be installed.

 libglapi-mesa:i386 : Breaks: libglapi-mesa (!= 9.2.1-1ubuntu3) but 10.1.0~git20140102.5a51c1b0-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy is installed.

 libxcb-glx0 : Breaks: libxcb-glx0:i386 (!= 1.10-1~xedgers~saucy1) but 1.9.1-3ubuntu1 is to be installed.

 libxcb-glx0:i386 : Breaks: libxcb-glx0 (!= 1.9.1-3ubuntu1) but 1.10-1~xedgers~saucy1 is installed.

 libgl1-mesa-glx : Breaks: libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 (!= 10.1.0~git20140102.5a51c1b0-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy) but 9.2.1-1ubuntu3 is to be installed.

 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 : Breaks: libgl1-mesa-glx (!= 9.2.1-1ubuntu3) but 10.1.0~git20140102.5a51c1b0-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy is installed.

 libdrm-nouveau2 : Breaks: libdrm-nouveau2:i386 (!= 2.4.50+git20140102.e8cbc579-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy) but 2.4.46-1ubuntu1 is to be installed.

 libdrm-nouveau2:i386 : Breaks: libdrm-nouveau2 (!= 2.4.46-1ubuntu1) but 2.4.50+git20140102.e8cbc579-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy is installed.

 libdrm2 : Breaks: libdrm2:i386 (!= 2.4.50+git20140102.e8cbc579-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy) but 2.4.46-1ubuntu1 is to be installed.

 libdrm2:i386 : Breaks: libdrm2 (!= 2.4.46-1ubuntu1) but 2.4.50+git20140102.e8cbc579-0ubuntu0ricotz~saucy is installed.

The following actions will resolve these dependencies:



      Remove the following packages:                                                        

1)      gir1.2-totem-1.0                                                                    

2)      gnome-contacts                                                                      

3)      gnome-control-center                                                                

4)      gnome-control-center-datetime                                                       

5)      gnome-control-center-signon                                                         

6)      gnome-control-center-unity                                                          

7)      gstreamer1.0-clutter                                                                

8)      gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad                                                            

9)      indicator-bluetooth                                                                 

10)     libcheese-gtk23                                                                     

11)     libcheese7                                                                          

12)     libclutter-1.0-0                                                                    

13)     libclutter-gst-2.0-0                                                                

14)     libclutter-gtk-1.0-0                                                                

15)     libcogl-pango12                                                                     

16)     libcogl12                                                                           

17)     libegl1-mesa                                                                        

18)     libegl1-mesa-drivers                                                                

19)     libgbm1                                                                             

20)     libgl1-mesa-dri                                                                     

21)     libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0                                                       

22)     libtotem0                                                                           

23)     libxatracker1                                                                       

24)     ubuntu-desktop                                                                      

25)     xorg                                                                                

26)     xserver-xorg-glamoregl                                                              

27)     xserver-xorg-video-all                                                              

28)     xserver-xorg-video-vmware                                                           



      Keep the following packages at their current version:                                 

29)     libdrm-intel1:i386 [Not Installed]                                                  

30)     libdrm-nouveau2:i386 [Not Installed]                                                

31)     libdrm-radeon1:i386 [Not Installed]                                                 

32)     libdrm2:i386 [Not Installed]                                                        

33)     libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 [Not Installed]                                                

34)     libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 [Not Installed]                                                

35)     libglapi-mesa:i386 [Not Installed]                                                  

36)     libx11-6:i386 [Not Installed]                                                       

37)     libxcb-dri2-0:i386 [Not Installed]                                                  

38)     libxcb-glx0:i386 [Not Installed]                                                    

39)     libxcb1:i386 [Not Installed]                                                        

40)     libxdamage1:i386 [Not Installed]                                                    

41)     libxext6:i386 [Not Installed]                                                       

42)     libxfixes3:i386 [Not Installed]                                                     

43)     libxxf86vm1:i386 [Not Installed]                                                    



      Leave the following dependencies unresolved:                                          

44)     gnome-bluetooth recommends gnome-control-center                                     

45)     indicator-power recommends gnome-control-center (>= 3.1) | ubuntu-system-settings   

46)     indicator-sound recommends gnome-control-center | ubuntu-system-settings            

47)     libaccount-plugin-1.0-0 recommends gnome-control-center-signon                      

48)     unity recommends gnome-control-center-unity                                         

49)     unity recommends indicator-bluetooth                                                

50)     xserver-xorg recommends libgl1-mesa-dri                                             

51)     ubuntu-restricted-addons recommends gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad                        

52)     gnome-control-center-data recommends gnome-control-center (>= 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu45.2)  

53)     indicator-datetime recommends gnome-control-center-datetime | ubuntu-system-settings

54)     xserver-xorg-core recommends libgl1-mesa-dri (>= 7.10.2-4)                          

55)     libgl1-mesa-glx recommends libgl1-mesa-dri (>= 7.2)                                 

56)     xserver-xorg-video-nouveau recommends libgl1-mesa-dri (>= 7.11.1)                   

57)     libegl1-mesa recommends libegl1-mesa-drivers                                        





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./danielrichter2007-grub-customizer-saucy.list

./danielrichter2007-grub-customizer-saucy.list.save

./dropbox.list

./dropbox.list.save

./google-chrome.list

./google-chrome.list.save

./linrunner-tlp-saucy.list

./linrunner-tlp-saucy.list.save

./me-davidsansome-clementine-saucy.list

./me-davidsansome-clementine-saucy.list.save

./steam.list

./steam.list.save

./webupd8team-java-saucy.list

./webupd8team-java-saucy.list.save