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[SOLVED] Advice on installing steam

I have read the wiki but just wanted to double check whether I'm doing steam installation correctly. I recently had to re-install my OS (due to some unforeseen circumstances).

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~ 10s ❯ sudo pacman -S steam
resolving dependencies...
:: There are 2 providers available for lib32-libgl:
:: Repository lib32
   1) lib32-libglvnd
:: Repository multilib
   2) lib32-libglvnd

Enter a number (default=1):
:: There are 13 providers available for lib32-vulkan-driver:
:: Repository galaxy
   1) lib32-nvidia-390xx-utils
:: Repository lib32
   2) lib32-amdvlk  3) lib32-nvidia-utils  4) lib32-vulkan-intel  5) lib32-vulkan-radeon  6) lib32-vulkan-swrast  7) lib32-vulkan-virtio
:: Repository multilib
   8) lib32-amdvlk  9) lib32-nvidia-utils  10) lib32-vulkan-intel  11) lib32-vulkan-radeon  12) lib32-vulkan-swrast  13) lib32-vulkan-virtio

Enter a number (default=1): 3
looking for conflicting packages...
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: lib32-mesa will be installed before its lib32-libglvnd dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: lib32-nvidia-utils will be installed before its lib32-libglvnd dependency

Packages (46) lib32-alsa-lib-1.2.10-2  lib32-alsa-plugins-1.2.7.1-2  lib32-brotli-1.1.0-1  lib32-bzip2-1.0.8-3  lib32-curl-8.4.0-2
              lib32-expat-2.5.0-2  lib32-icu-73.2-1  lib32-libdrm-2.4.117-1  lib32-libelf-0.190-1  lib32-libffi-3.4.4-1  lib32-libglvnd-1.7.0-1
              lib32-libidn2-2.3.4-2  lib32-libpciaccess-0.17-1  lib32-libpsl-0.21.2-1  lib32-libssh2-1.11.0-1  lib32-libtasn1-4.19.0-1
              lib32-libunistring-1.1-1  lib32-libunwind-1.7.2-1  lib32-libx11-1.8.7-1  lib32-libxau-1.0.11-1  lib32-libxcb-1.16-1
              lib32-libxcrypt-compat-4.4.36-1  lib32-libxdamage-1.1.6-1  lib32-libxdmcp-1.1.4-1  lib32-libxext-1.3.5-1  lib32-libxfixes-6.0.1-1
              lib32-libxml2-2.12.1-1  lib32-libxshmfence-1.3.2-1  lib32-libxss-1.2.4-1  lib32-libxxf86vm-1.1.5-1  lib32-llvm-libs-16.0.6-2
              lib32-lm_sensors-1:3.6.0.r41.g31d1f125-2  lib32-mesa-1:23.2.1-2  lib32-ncurses-6.4_20230520-1  lib32-nspr-4.35-1  lib32-nss-3.95-1
              lib32-nvidia-utils-545.29.06-1  lib32-p11-kit-0.25.3-1  lib32-sqlite-3.44.0-1  lib32-vulkan-icd-loader-1.3.269-1
              lib32-wayland-1.22.0-1  lib32-zlib-1.3-1  libxcrypt-compat-4.4.36-1  lsof-4.99.0-1  zenity-3.44.2-1  steam-1.0.0.78-2

Total Download Size:   114.26 MiB
Total Installed Size:  496.57 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] ^C
Interrupt signal received

I'm specifically concerned about:

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looking for conflicting packages...
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: lib32-mesa will be installed before its lib32-libglvnd dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: lib32-nvidia-utils will be installed before its lib32-libglvnd dependency
 

Re: Advice on installing steam

Reply #1 –
Just so you know that's OK as the 32 bit libraries are missing by default including the video driver's ones.