| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/minecraft-launcher.git (read-only, click to copy) |
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| Package Base: | minecraft-launcher |
| Description: | Official Minecraft Launcher |
| Upstream URL: | https://mojang.com/ |
| Keywords: | game minecraft |
| Licenses: | custom |
| Conflicts: | minecraft-launcher-beta |
| Provides: | minecraft-launcher-beta |
| Submitter: | shoghicp |
| Maintainer: | pschichtel |
| Last Packager: | pschichtel |
| Votes: | 1097 |
| Popularity: | 2.73 |
| First Submitted: | 2017-01-18 14:17 (UTC) |
| Last Updated: | 2024-06-17 22:10 (UTC) |
So the only reason for not making it java-runtime>=8 is because users might not actually have jre 8 installed and wonder why mods dont work? I don't like to have an extra version of java just because LegacyLauncher is old and unsupported. I don't understand why it can't be "greater than OR equal". Currently, it is only "equal".
Besides, arch will prompt for a choice of the java version to install, when installing minecraft-launcher for the first time, while having no Java installed.
This package should depend on gtk2 - as without gtk2 installed, the launcher won't start. See https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/59904 for basically the same issue for another package.
If it helps:
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 97aa16a..5a80df1 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
# Maintainer: Petr Mrázek <petr@mojang.com>
pkgname=minecraft-launcher
-pkgver=2.1.2472
+pkgver=2.1.2482
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Official Minecraft Launcher"
arch=('x86_64')
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ minecraft-launcher.desktop
minecraft-launcher.svg
)
sha256sums=(
-'ceab99e810b6e0bdf784d8600e5e01b6730af6103df7a23a406501c2b3bb5741'
+'1a50aa83ab45ad69795e2ea5209cfd8092b5be4592731c4442c5e642279d0f00'
'677e2442a1ae83cc58d8d403666e508129e97dbed37fdfafdceac6101dc0dee7'
'35c2bcaeb09fa4b8864e9422fd66bf60847706f8b4400ec4a66ba6436b101f71'
)
The future plan for this is to turn the main package into a downloader/updater and bring it in line with the other platforms. Please switch to using minecraft-launcher.
I tried manually building the package by changing the pkgver in the PKGBUILD file and it installed but it would only open when run as root.
ERROR: One or more files did not pass validity checks
@jpegxguy that's answered in the pinned message. JRE 1.8 (java-runtime=8) is required for anything using legacy launcher (aka launch wrapper), which is almost all mods and also legacy versions of the game.
Newer JRE versions break stuff that legacy launcher depends on (ABIs).
He did note that there is nothing to stop you having JRE 1.8 in addition to other java versions since they do not conflict.
@petr Why not java-runtime>=8 ?
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.