2 Moderate Issues On Linux Mint (Need Help)

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Hey guys, I got some moderate issues going on Linux Mint. It originally started with me trying to install & run Steam on linux & I kept getting this error.
Error: You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run:
libc.so.6
I tried installing Steam for Linux through steampowered.com & through the terminal & kept getting the same error. I looked at some forums & tried this command
sudo apt-get install libc:i386 & it installed but I got this & I can't install or remove anything either.

(synaptic:3332): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_child_watch_add_full: assertion 'pid > 0' failed
Can't exec "locale": No such file or directory at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Encoding.pm line 16.
Use of uninitialized value $Debconf::Encoding::charmap in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Encoding.pm line 17.
dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable
dpkg: error: 1 expected program not found in PATH or not executable
Note: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable
dpkg: error: 1 expected program not found in PATH or not executable
Note: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin

Anyway I can fix these issues? If you guys have a solution out there, let me know.
 
i dont know exctaly what you need but you may need to get them -- use your software manager open it and in serch type ''lib'' or ''32 bit'' or ''glib'' and review the listed things if its somthing you may need ?

some times using the phoronix test suite running some of there bench test may trigger these downloads for there test to run as well and will get and installl them [also found in software manager ]