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Using SteamBox as DevKit

Using SteamBox as DevKit

In SteamOS go to Settings / Intefrace and check "Enable access to the Linux desktop" option.

Click on Exit, choose "Return to Desktop".

Open terminal and set password so sudo can work:

passwd

Add Debian packages into repositories. Edit /etc/apt/sources.list, and at the bottom add:

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free

Run:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -f install

Installing CA certificates (needed for SSL):

sudo apt-get install ca-certificates

After this point SteamOS will behave more-or-less like regular Debian distro (apt-get whatever).

Installing Steam Runtime SDK:

wget http://media.steampowered.com/client/runtime/steam-runtime-sdk_latest.tar.xz
tar xf steam-runtime-sdk_latest.tar.xz
cd steam-runtime-sdk_2013-09-05
./setup.sh

Run shell from Steam Runtime SDK:

./shell-amd64
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