Arch Linux User Repository

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:

$ minecraft-launcher
sh: line 1: orca: command not found
Created browser window for reuse: 0x1600004
[34399:34552:0308/133050.212343:ERROR:mime_util_xdg.cc(137)] Invalid mime.cache file does not contain null prior to ALIAS_LIST_OFFSET=44
[34399:34552:0308/133055.416488:ERROR:cast_crl.cc(443)] CRL - Verification failed.

Edit: I found that deleting the webcache2 directory in the .minecraft directory fixes the issue for me.

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The package is outdated only when the bootstrap version you get here is different from the bootstrap version you would get from minecraft.net when using the raw tarball.

I don't understand why it can't be "greater than OR equal"

Legacy launcher requires java "less than or equal to 8" (and also greater than or equal to the minimum compatible version, iirc 5?).

Since version 1.12 Minecraft require 8 as a minimum.

So since 8 is a minimum for Minecraft and a maximum for legacy launcher, it is the only fully compatible version of java right now. Newer versions break legacy launcher, older versions don't support Minecraft.

Even when modlauncher (legacy launcher's replacement in forge 1.13) becomes more commonplace, they'll still be a big proportion of mods using legacy launcher, and mods for older mc versions will likely always use legacy launcher (and always require java=8)

Version 2.1.5410-1 is working alright, thanks a lot.

The version 2.1.5236-1 for me just crashes with a memory access error. I got no Idea why, but it just won't run at all for me. Fresh install on a VM, no luck, same error.

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.