Ошибка an error occurred while installing

Steam is the primary way to play video games on Windows 11/10, despite the availability of the Microsoft Store and other competing platforms. We expect it to keep the top spot for multiple years to come, and rightfully so.

Now, we’ve come to understand that some users are facing a particular problem whenever they attempt to install or update their games via the Steam client. You see, they come across an error that reads, “An error occurred while installing/updating…” This is a major problem because you won’t have access to any of your favorite games.

Steam Error – An error occurred while installing or updating a game

We would want to recommend users restart their computer before attempting to troubleshoot Steam in a bid to fix the issue. If that does not help, read on.

1. Open the Steam client as an administrator
2. Is your Firewall blocking Steam? Allow it through
3. Disable apps you’re not using
4. Clear Steams download cache
5. Repair Library Folder
6. Verify Local Files to fix possible corruption
7. Change your download region
8. Disable overclocking if you have it enabled
9. Check computer for hard drive errors
10. Reinstall the Steam client

Let us talk about this issue from a more detailed perspective.

Fix Steam error while updating games

1] Open the Steam client as an administrator

The first thing you should accomplish here is to run Steam as an administrator if you haven’t done so before.

In order to do this, please right-click on the Steam shortcut located on your Desktop, then select Run as administrator, and that’s it. Be sure to check if the error is still making life difficult for you to play games.

2] Is your Firewall blocking Steam? Allow it through

Maybe the Windows Defender Firewall is blocking the Steam client from operating as it should. We can fix this problem with ease by simply whitelisting the program.

From the search area in Windows 10, please type Windows Firewall, and via the search results, go on ahead and select Windows Defender Firewall from the list. Once the app is up and running, look to the left panel and select Allow an app or feature through Windows Defender Firewall.

The final step is for you to click on Change settings > Allow another app.

From there, navigate to C:Program FilesSteambin and select the Steam executable file and run it as admin.

3] Disable apps you’re not using

Chances are, several apps are eating up your RAM space, and as such, you do not have enough resources to update the game. So, what can we do? Well, we suggest disabling apps you’re not using right now to free up RAM space.

OK, to get this job done, please open the Task Manager by right-clicking on the Taskbar, then select Task Manager. After the app opens, select the Process tab, then locate all of the currently running apps you’re not using. Right-click on each and select End Task to close them.

4] Clear Steam’s download cache

Steam saves your data whenever you log in each time. The problem is, there are times when your configuration data becomes corrupt, and as such, you’ll be required to delete the cache.

To do this, fire up the Steam client, then select Steam > Settings.

Once you’ve gone that far, click on Downloads > CLEAR DOWNLOAD CACHE > OK.

5] Repair Library Folder

If you weren’t aware, the Library Folder located on Steam is a place that is home to all of your installed games. For this folder to update correctly, it must be writable, but this isn’t always the case.

To fix it, open the Steam client then navigate directly to Steam > Settings > Downloads > Steam Library Folders > Right click on folder > Repair Folder.

6] Verify Local Files to fix possible corruption

At times, Steam game files located on your hard drive could experience corruption due to defective computer hardware, power outages, and more.

Steam can fix such corruptions by verifying the files. When problems are found, the program proceeds to re-download the affected files to replace the old ones.

To do this, right-click on Game in Library > Properties > Local Files > Verify Integrity of Game Files.

7] Change your download region

One of the best ways to solve problems with updating your game is to make sure your download region in Steam is set to a server closer to you. Or switch to any other server because the one closest to you might be overloaded with activity.

Do this by clicking on Steam > Settings > Downloads > Download Region. Test several servers to find the one that works best.

8] Disable overclocking if you have it enabled

Hardware overclocking is excellent, but it can cause problems such as memory and file corruption. Disable overclocking until you’ve updated or installed your game, then re-enable and continue gaining high performance.

9] Check computer for problematic drive errors

Chances are your hard drive is acting up, and you have no idea what the cause is. We suggest checking for errors by using the built-in tool found in Windows 10.

Learn how to do this by reading: Disk Error Checking: How to run CHKDSK in Windows 10.

10] Reinstall the Steam client

If everything above fails to work, then your best choice at this point is to reinstall the Steam client and attempt to update or install your favorite video games.

READ: Fix Steam error Initializing or Updating Transaction.

Issue description

pipenv install --skip-lock -r requirements.txt
throws several errors of the following type:
An error occurred while installing lib_name==1.2.2! Will try again.

I am trying to install around 700 packages from a dependencies.txt file.
Installation fails for many of them, as seen below.

pipenv version 2021.5.29
MacOS Mojave 10.14.6
Tried several times:

• deleted the virtual env
• uninstalled pipenv
• reset computer
  pipenv installed with brew

Expected result

Successful installation of packages

Actual result

Requirements file provided! Importing into Pipfile...
/usr/local/Cellar/python@3.9/3.9.6/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/http/cookiejar.py:1221: ResourceWarning: unclosed <ssl.SSLSocket fd=6, family=AddressFamily.AF_INET, type=SocketKind.SOCK_STREAM, proto=0, laddr=('192.168.43.18', 55327), raddr=('151.101.128.223', 443)>
return map(adict.get, keys)
ResourceWarning: Enable tracemalloc to get the object allocation traceback
Installing dependencies from Pipfile...
An error occurred while installing allennlp==1.2.2! Will try again.
An error occurred while installing anaconda-client==1.7.2! Will try again.
An error occurred while installing anaconda-project==0.8.3! Will try again.
An error occurred while installing autogluon.core==0.0.15b20201207! Will try again.
An error occurred while installing basemap==1.2.1! Will try again.

…….

And the list of the same error for different packages goes on.
It took 30 min to go through the first 150 dependencies and 26/150 threw the error above.

Steps to replicate

pipenv install —skip-lock -r requirements.txt

Please run $ pipenv --support, and paste the results here. Don’t put backticks (`) around it! The output already contains Markdown formatting.

$ pipenv —support

Pipenv version: '2021.5.29'

Pipenv location: '/usr/local/Cellar/pipenv/2021.5.29/libexec/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pipenv'

Python location: '/usr/local/Cellar/pipenv/2021.5.29/libexec/bin/python3.9'

Python installations found:

• 3.9.6: /usr/local/bin/python3
• 3.9.6: /usr/local/bin/python3.9
• 3.9.5: /Users/mihaela/.pyenv/versions/3.9.5/bin/python3
• 3.9.4: /Users/mihaela/.pyenv/versions/3.9.4/bin/python3
• 3.8.8: /opt/anaconda3/bin/python3
• 3.8.8: /opt/anaconda3/bin/python3.8
• 3.7.10: /Users/mihaela/.pyenv/versions/3.7.10/bin/python3
• 2.7.10: /usr/bin/python2.7

PEP 508 Information:

{'implementation_name': 'cpython',
 'implementation_version': '3.9.6',
 'os_name': 'posix',
 'platform_machine': 'x86_64',
 'platform_python_implementation': 'CPython',
 'platform_release': '18.7.0',
 'platform_system': 'Darwin',
 'platform_version': 'Darwin Kernel Version 18.7.0: Tue Aug 20 16:57:14 PDT '
                     '2019; root:xnu-4903.271.2~2/RELEASE_X86_64',
 'python_full_version': '3.9.6',
 'python_version': '3.9',
 'sys_platform': 'darwin'}

System environment variables:

• PATH
• TERM_PROGRAM
• TERM
• SHELL
• TMPDIR
• CONDA_SHLVL
• Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render
• CONDA_PROMPT_MODIFIER
• TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION
• TERM_SESSION_ID
• LC_ALL
• ZSH
• USER
• COMMAND_MODE
• CONDA_EXE
• SSH_AUTH_SOCK
• __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING
• PAGER
• _CE_CONDA
• LSCOLORS
• _
• CONDA_PREFIX
• PWD
• LANG
• ITERM_PROFILE
• XPC_FLAGS
• _CE_M
• XPC_SERVICE_NAME
• SHLVL
• HOME
• COLORFGBG
• LC_TERMINAL_VERSION
• ITERM_SESSION_ID
• CONDA_PYTHON_EXE
• LESS
• LOGNAME
• LC_CTYPE
• CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV
• LC_TERMINAL
• SECURITYSESSIONID
• COLORTERM
• PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK
• PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE
• PIP_SHIMS_BASE_MODULE
• PIP_PYTHON_PATH
• PYTHONFINDER_IGNORE_UNSUPPORTED

Pipenv–specific environment variables:

Debug–specific environment variables:

• PATH: /usr/local/Cellar/pipenv/2021.5.29/libexec/tools:/opt/anaconda3/bin:/opt/anaconda3/condabin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
• SHELL: /bin/zsh
• LANG: en_US.UTF-8
• PWD: /Users/mihaela/.local/share/virtualenvs/FineTune-DistilBERT-main-GxfCaxzz

requirements.txt