flathub / flathub/com.valvesoftware.Steam

Wont install While trying to checkout fgetxattr(user.ostreemeta): No data available

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Description

**Game information**
Installation

**Distribution name and version where applicable**

```
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=24.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=noble
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 24.04 LTS"

```
**Flatpak info**

Flatpak 1.14.6

**Problem description**

When I try and install I get this message:

```
guy@golem6:~$ flatpak install flathub com.valvesoftware.Steam
Looking for matches…
Remote ‘flathub’ found in multiple installations:

1) system
2) user

Which do you want to use (0 to abort)? [0-2]: 2

com.valvesoftware.Steam permissions:
ipc network pulseaudio wayland
x11 devices bluetooth devel
multiarch per-app-dev-shm file access [1] dbus access [2]
bus ownership [3] system dbus access [4] tags [5]

[1] xdg-music:ro, xdg-pictures:ro, xdg-run/app/com.discordapp.Discord:create
[2] org.freedesktop.Notifications, org.freedesktop.PowerManagement,
org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver, org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys,
org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher
[3] com.steampowered.*
[4] org.freedesktop.UDisks2, org.freedesktop.UPower
[5] proprietary

ID Branch Op Remote Download
1. [✗] com.valvesoftware.Steam stable i flathub 1.0 kB / 21.3 MB

Error: While trying to checkout 173cd565d98d4951bd858bad290e8481a9e72dbf5f7c9c980165a060666184b1 into /home/guy/.local/share/flatpak/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/x86_64/stable/.173cd565d98d4951bd858bad290e8481a9e72dbf5f7c9c980165a060666184b1-QR5JVc: Opening content object d1a53fc76a0be406d35fd0a0f61cafd8ca96f98dfa88a7658ef636cbce54274f: fgetxattr(user.ostreemeta): No data available
error: Failed to install com.valvesoftware.Steam: While trying to checkout 173cd565d98d4951bd858bad290e8481a9e72dbf5f7c9c980165a060666184b1 into /home/guy/.local/share/flatpak/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/x86_64/stable/.173cd565d98d4951bd858bad290e8481a9e72dbf5f7c9c980165a060666184b1-QR5JVc: Opening content object d1a53fc76a0be406d35fd0a0f61cafd8ca96f98dfa88a7658ef636cbce54274f: fgetxattr(user.ostreemeta): No data available
```

I have tried running ``flatpak repair`` , tried both system and user, same result. Also tried deleting ```/home/guy/.local/share/flatpak/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/`` and made sure to run flatpak upgrade. Still getting it.

Output of: ``flatpak remote-info --log flathub com.valvesoftware.Steam``
```
guy@golem6:~$ flatpak remote-info --log flathub com.valvesoftware.Steam
Remote ‘flathub’ found in multiple installations:

1) system
2) user

Which do you want to use (0 to abort)? [0-2]: 2

Steam - Launcher for the Steam software distribution service

ID: com.valvesoftware.Steam
Ref: app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/x86_64/stable
Arch: x86_64
Branch: stable
Version: 1.0.0.79
License: LicenseRef-proprietary
Collection: org.flathub.Stable
Download: 21.3 MB
Installed: 45.5 MB
Runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/23.08
Sdk: org.freedesktop.Sdk/x86_64/23.08

Commit: 173cd565d98d4951bd858bad290e8481a9e72dbf5f7c9c980165a060666184b1
Parent: 98f034b154eed70b957bedcba0a5ce3785e70999b4aef85e1f6dd66f2eb15ff7
Subject: Add pressure-vessel's overrides data dir to XDG_DATA_DIRS (ee358536)
Date: 2024-04-03 13:45:40 +0000
History:

Commit: 98f034b154eed70b957bedcba0a5ce3785e70999b4aef85e1f6dd66f2eb15ff7
Subject: Update hwdata (a380271d)
Date: 2024-03-05 13:07:50 +0000

Commit: 31e5dfccc4e4b287b5c07776bfe9b9168805f45443710b90a27b81aa3ac2093b
Subject: Update 5 modules (9e6dc98e)
Date: 2024-03-02 18:29:51 +0000

Commit: 75a2aa53fe4b99ae4c05f5af0fd0465fc2633513edb77b6406cbf930d3a7c6ed
Subject: Update gamemode (3806ac98)
Date: 2023-12-14 20:21:16 +0000
```
Which is not the same as the commit: https://github.com/flathub/com.valvesoftware.Steam/commit/ee3585364fcfaa210c1a679001159d76ca57bb64

**Does this issue reproduce with native Steam**

N/A

Contributor guide

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported `flatpak install flathub com.valvesoftware.Steam` command on Ubuntu 24.04, using the supplied Flatpak version and checkout error as the initial lead. Compare the system and user installations and inspect the checkout path involved; done means identifying a reproducible cause and a verified installation outcome.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
linux, ubuntu
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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