Hmmm, after installing, I run minecraft from the terminal.
Launcher pops up, attempts to download update files (small dialog with progress bar) but disappears shortly afterwards.
$ minecraft-launcher
https://launchermeta.mojang.com/v1/products/launcher/6f083b80d5e6fabbc4236f81d0d8f8a350c665a9/linux.json
(doesn't show dialog, press Ctrl + C, goes to next line and dialog appears)
^Chttps://launchermeta.mojang.com/v1/products/launcher/6f083b80d5e6fabbc4236f81d0d8f8a350c665a9/linux.json
OK
https://launchermeta.mojang.com/v1/products/launcher/6f083b80d5e6fabbc4236f81d0d8f8a350c665a9/linux.json
(launcher disappears at this point)
https://launchermeta.mojang.com/v1/products/launcher/6f083b80d5e6fabbc4236f81d0d8f8a350c665a9/linux.json
OK
https://launchermeta.mojang.com/v1/products/launcher/6f083b80d5e6fabbc4236f81d0d8f8a350c665a9/linux.json
Process is still running (with no dialog visible), and continues (for atleast 12 hours)
ps -au | grep minecraft
cybex 130202 3.8 0.2 1162716 66896 pts/5 Sl+ 05:01 0:06 minecraft-launcher
cybex 130367 17.7 0.1 875252 62972 pts/5 Rl+ 05:02 0:14 /home/cybex/.minecraft/launcher/minecraft-launcher --nativeLauncherVersion 928 --chainLoad
cybex 131735 0.0 0.0 6672 2596 pts/6 S+ 05:04 0:00 grep --color=auto minecraft
Running on Java 8 (originally had java-18, no go)
java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_332"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_332-b04)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.332-b04, mixed mode)
System setup
Kernel: x86_64 Linux 5.17.3-arch1-1
Shell: bash 5.1.16
DE: GNOME 42.0
WM: Mutter
Pinned Comments
petr commented on 2021-10-08 09:04 (UTC)
The package version is the version of the launcher bootstrap - the part that actually downloads and updates the launcher.
That means the version number of the actual launcher (2.x.xxx) is different from the version here (9xx+) on a fundamental level, and should not be compared.
The package is outdated only when the bootstrap version you get here is different from the bootstrap version you would get from minecraft.net when using the raw tarball.