Those who are bothered by the new version notification, here is actual "recent" version (from tar.gz file download from Minecraft website: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/ & running launcher using ./minecraft-launcher
file after extracting.)
pkgver=2.1.13829
in sha256 sum, replace the first hash with this: e525c31bd6bacb7483929a674a5c8515a8ebb1b3f67ffd018f6f12a84f4e7051
Edit: Release Notes https://imgur.com/t99QJAy
@petr you might want to update this. This package has been flagged out of date for long time now.
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wheat32 commented on 2025-03-08 18:32 (UTC) (edited on 2025-03-08 19:30 (UTC) by wheat32)
I seem to be having a different issue than what others are describing. Suddenly today, I an unable to start the launcher without getting a generic "An unexpected issue occurred" message. Here's what I get in the terminal:
Edit: I found that deleting the webcache2 directory in the .minecraft directory fixes the issue for me.
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The package is outdated only when the bootstrap version you get here is different from the bootstrap version you would get from minecraft.net when using the raw tarball.