Patches from http://spot.fedorapeople.org/steam/fedora-18/steam-1.0.0.22-2.fc18.src.rpm

steam-1.0.0.22-fedora-rpmnames.patch

diff -upa steam-1.0.0.22/usr/bin/steamdeps.rpmnames steam-1.0.0.22/usr/bin/steamdeps
--- steam-1.0.0.22/usr/bin/steamdeps.rpmnames	2013-02-07 11:07:03.935551942 -0500
+++ steam-1.0.0.22/usr/bin/steamdeps	2013-02-07 11:08:23.219557155 -0500
@@ -280,6 +280,54 @@ def checkConfig( config ):
 
 	return True
 
+###
+def debtorpm( val ):
+	arch32 = ':i386'
+	fixedarch32 = '.i686'
+	arch64 = ':x86_64'
+	fixedarch64 = '.x86_64'
+	myval = val.replace(arch32, fixedarch32)
+	myval = myval.replace(arch64, fixedarch64)
+	myval = myval.replace('libxext6', 'libXext')
+	myval = myval.replace('libnspr4', 'nspr')
+	myval = myval.replace('libcurl3-gnutls', 'libcurl')
+	myval = myval.replace('libogg0', 'libogg')
+	myval = myval.replace('libdbus-1-3', 'dbus-libs')
+	myval = myval.replace('libfreetype6', 'freetype')
+	myval = myval.replace('libgcc1', 'libgcc')
+	myval = myval.replace('libxinerama1', 'libXinerama')
+	myval = myval.replace('libx11-6', 'libX11')
+	myval = myval.replace('libgcrypt11', 'libgcrypt')
+	myval = myval.replace('libstdc++6', 'libstdc++')
+	myval = myval.replace('libc6', 'glibc')
+	myval = myval.replace('libpng12-0', 'libpng12')
+	myval = myval.replace('libxfixes3', 'libXfixes')
+	myval = myval.replace('libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0', 'gdk-pixbuf2')
+	myval = myval.replace('libxrender1', 'libXrender')
+	myval = myval.replace('libglib2.0-0', 'glib2')
+	myval = myval.replace('libvorbisenc2', 'libvorbis')
+	myval = myval.replace('libasound2', 'alsa-lib')
+	myval = myval.replace('libpulse0', 'pulseaudio-libs')
+	myval = myval.replace('libfontconfig1', 'fontconfig')
+	myval = myval.replace('libgl1-mesa-glx', 'mesa-libGL')
+	myval = myval.replace('libpixman-1-0', 'pixman')
+	myval = myval.replace('libnss3', 'nss')
+	myval = myval.replace('libxi6', 'libXi')
+	myval = myval.replace('libvorbis0a', 'libvorbis')
+	myval = myval.replace('libtheora0', 'libtheora')
+	myval = myval.replace('libcups2', 'cups-libs')
+	myval = myval.replace('libudev0', 'systemd-libs')
+	myval = myval.replace('libopenal1', 'openal-soft')
+	myval = myval.replace('libsdl1.2debian', 'SDL')
+	myval = myval.replace('libxrandr2', 'libXrandr')
+	myval = myval.replace('libgtk2.0-0', 'gtk2')
+	myval = myval.replace('libgl1-mesa-dri', 'mesa-dri-drivers')
+	myval = myval.replace('libvorbisfile3', 'libvorbis')
+	myval = myval.replace('zlib1g', 'zlib')
+	myval = myval.replace('libpango1.0-0', 'pango')
+	myval = myval.replace('libcairo2', 'cairo')
+
+	return myval
 
 ###
 def main( *args ):
@@ -353,20 +401,38 @@ def main( *args ):
 		del os.environ[ "COLUMNS" ]
 
 	if distro == 'fedora' or distro == 'rhel':
-		process = subprocess.Popen( ['rpm', '-qf', '"ii\t%{NAME}\t%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}\t%{SUMMARY}\n"', '-q'] + list( packages.keys() ), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE )
+		rpmpackages = packages.keys()
+		newlist = []
+		deblist = []
+		for idx, val in enumerate(rpmpackages):
+			myval = debtorpm(val)
+			if myval == 'multiarch-support' or myval == 'jockey-common' or myval == 'python-apt':
+				# these are debianisms that do not exist in our universe
+				# lie and say we have them.
+				packages[myval].setInstalled('100')
+			else:
+				deblist.append(val)
+				newlist.append(myval)
+		process = subprocess.Popen( ['rpm', '-q', '--qf', 'ii %{NAME} %{VERSION}-%{RELEASE} %{SUMMARY}\n'] + newlist, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE )
 	else:
 		process = subprocess.Popen( ['dpkg', '-l'] + list( packages.keys() ), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE )
+
 	installed_pattern = re.compile( r"^ii\s+([^\s]+)\s+([^\s]+)" )
-	for line in process.stdout:
+	for idx, line in enumerate(process.stdout):
 		line = line.decode( "utf-8" ).strip()
 		match = re.match( installed_pattern, line )
 		if ( match is None ):
 			continue
-
 		name = match.group(1)
-		if ( name not in packages ):
-			name = getFullPackageName( name )
-		packages[ name ].setInstalled( match.group(2) )
+		if distro == 'fedora' or distro == 'rhel':
+			debname = deblist[idx]
+			if ( debname not in packages ):
+				debname = getFullPackageName ( debname )
+			packages [ debname ].setInstalled( match.group(2) )
+		else:
+			if ( name not in packages ):
+				name = getFullPackageName( name )
+			packages[ name ].setInstalled( match.group(2) )
 
 	# See which ones need to be installed
 	needed = []

steam-1.0.0.22-fedora-steamdeps.patch

diff -up steam-1.0.0.22/usr/bin/steamdeps.fedora steam-1.0.0.22/usr/bin/steamdeps
--- steam-1.0.0.22/usr/bin/steamdeps.fedora	2013-01-31 08:37:38.642000679 -0500
+++ steam-1.0.0.22/usr/bin/steamdeps	2013-01-31 09:45:00.336061325 -0500
@@ -14,12 +14,46 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
 
+try:
+	from platform import architecture, uname
+	if sys.version_info[:2] < (2, 6): # Python < 2.6
+		from platform import dist
+	else:
+		from platform import linux_distribution as dist
+except: # "platform" not installed. Python < 2.3
+	sys.exit("Python too old for platform, upgrade!")
+
 # This is the set of supported Steam runtime environments
 SUPPORTED_STEAM_RUNTIME = [ '1' ]
 
 # This is the set of supported dependency formats
 SUPPORTED_STEAM_DEPENDENCY_VERSION = [ '1' ]
 
+def getDistro():
+	"""
+	Try to identify distribution of Linux
+	"""
+	global _distro
+	if dist()[0].lower() == 'fedora':
+		_distro = 'fedora'
+		_distro_version = dist()[1]
+	elif dist()[0].lower() == 'redhat':
+		_distro = 'rhel'
+		_distro_version = dist()[1]
+	elif dist()[0].lower() == 'debian':
+		_distro = 'debian'
+		_distro_version = dist()[1]
+	elif dist()[0].lower() == 'ubuntu':
+		_distro = 'ubuntu'
+		_distro_version = dist()[1]
+	elif dist()[0].lower() == 'suse':
+		_distro = 'suse'
+		_distro_version = dist()[1]
+	else:
+		_distro = 'unknown'
+		_distro_version = '1'
+	return _distro
+
 ###
 # Get the current package architecture
 # This may be different than the actual architecture for the case of i386
@@ -29,10 +63,15 @@ def getArch():
 	"""
 	Get the current architecture
 	"""
+	distro = getDistro()
+
 	global _arch
 
 	if ( _arch is None ):
-		_arch = subprocess.check_output(['dpkg', '--print-architecture']).decode("utf-8").strip()
+		if distro == 'fedora' or distro == 'rhel' or distro == 'suse':
+			_arch = subprocess.check_output(['rpm', '--eval', '%{_arch}']).decode("utf-8").strip()
+		elif distro == 'ubuntu' or distro == 'debian' or distro == 'unknown':
+			_arch = subprocess.check_output(['dpkg', '--print-architecture']).decode("utf-8").strip()
 	return _arch
 
 
@@ -61,12 +100,46 @@ class Package:
 		self.installed = version
 
 	def isAvailable(self):
+		distro = getDistro()
+
 		if ( self.installed is None ):
 			return False
 
 		for (op, version) in self.versionConditions:
-			if ( subprocess.call( ['dpkg', '--compare-versions', self.installed, op, version] ) != 0 ):
-				return False
+			if distro == 'fedora' or distro == 'rhel':
+				import rpm
+				comp_result = rpm.labelCompare(('1', self.installed, '1'), ('1', version, '1'))
+				if op == '=':
+					if comp_result == 0:
+						return True
+					else:
+						return False
+				elif op == '>=':
+					if comp_result == 1 or comp_result == 0:
+						return True
+					else:
+						return False
+				elif op == '<=':
+					if comp_result == -1 or comp_result == 0:
+						return True
+					else:
+						return False
+				elif op == '>':
+					if comp_result == 1:
+						return True
+					else:
+						return False
+				elif op == '<':
+					if comp_result == -1:
+						return True
+					else:
+						return False
+				else:
+					# Unknown op, just go with False
+					return False
+			else:
+				if ( subprocess.call( ['dpkg', '--compare-versions', self.installed, op, version] ) != 0 ):
+					return False
 
 		return True
 
@@ -132,6 +205,7 @@ def updatePackages( packages ):
 	Function to install or update package dependencies
 	Ideally we would call some sort of system UI that users were familiar with to do this, but nothing that exists yet does what we need.
 	"""
+	distro = getDistro()
 
 	packageList = " ".join( [ package.name for package in packages ] )
 
@@ -141,7 +215,19 @@ def updatePackages( packages ):
 
 	# Create a script to run, in a secure way
 	(fd, scriptFile) = tempfile.mkstemp()
-	script = """#!/bin/sh
+	if distro == 'fedora' or distro == 'redhat':
+		script = """#!/bin/sh
+cat <<__EOF__
+Steam needs to install these additional packages:
+       	%s
+__EOF__
+sudo yum install %s
+echo $? >%s
+echo -n "Press return to continue: "
+read line
+""" % ( ", ".join( [ package.name for package in packages ] ), packageList, statusFile )
+	else:
+		script = """#!/bin/sh
 cat <<__EOF__
 Steam needs to install these additional packages: 
 	%s
@@ -198,6 +284,7 @@ def checkConfig( config ):
 ###
 def main( *args ):
 	config = {}
+	distro = getDistro()
 
 	# Check the command line arguments
 	if ( len(args) < 1 ):
@@ -265,7 +352,10 @@ def main( *args ):
 	if ( "COLUMNS" in os.environ ):
 		del os.environ[ "COLUMNS" ]
 
-	process = subprocess.Popen( ['dpkg', '-l'] + list( packages.keys() ), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE )
+	if distro == 'fedora' or distro == 'rhel':
+		process = subprocess.Popen( ['rpm', '-qf', '"ii\t%{NAME}\t%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}\t%{SUMMARY}\n"', '-q'] + list( packages.keys() ), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE )
+	else:
+		process = subprocess.Popen( ['dpkg', '-l'] + list( packages.keys() ), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE )
 	installed_pattern = re.compile( r"^ii\s+([^\s]+)\s+([^\s]+)" )
 	for line in process.stdout:
 		line = line.decode( "utf-8" ).strip()