I'm trying to uninstall Portal 2 from my local copy of Steam, using the right click->Delete Local Content menu option. Upon selecting this, a dialog is presented confirming the delete, followed by an "Uninstalling Portal 2" dialog that disappears after a few seconds. No error messages are presented in the GUI, but the game remains.
I took a look at the system log (tail -f /var/log/system.log), and noticed the following messages that occur every time I try to uninstall:
Sep 19 12:04:10 gladys [0x0-0x7d37d3].com.valvesoftware.steam[25900]: Failed to create Service pipe
Sep 19 12:04:10 gladys [0x0-0x7d37d3].com.valvesoftware.steam[25900]: Failed to connect to Steam Service
Sep 19 12:04:10 gladys [0x0-0x7d37d3].com.valvesoftware.steam[25900]: Failed to load Steam Service
Sep 19 12:04:10 gladys [0x0-0x7d37d3].com.valvesoftware.steam[25900]: ServiceStart: failed to start
The game has been in, and remains in, "Download paused" state. It had been completely downloaded at one point, and played.
Can anyone assist me in successfully uninstalling the game?
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