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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The package is outdated only when the bootstrap version you get here is different from the bootstrap version you would get from minecraft.net when using the raw tarball.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 downloaded this launcher for Arch, but I am having the problem that every few seconds the player will turn instantly and be facing in a random direction, basically making the game unplayable. I had the same problem recently in Manjaro and I'm not sure how to fix it.

It seems the launcher requires gconf, which is obsolete and not available in the main Arch repo, to run at all. I tried to remove the dependency from the PKGBUILD but it wouldn't run before installing gconf from AUR.

For anyone who want to use this launcher, it work great up to the 1.14.3. But if you try to play in 1.14.4 or higher than that it wont work.

When i try to execute the launcher in terminal this is what i get :

minecraft-launcher 
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::logic_error'
  what():  basic_string::_M_construct null not valid
[1]    11433 abort (core dumped)  minecraft-launcher

@milaskiller Try installing it using the official method. Open a terminal and type:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/minecraft-launcher.git
cd minecraft-launcher
makepkg -si

If any errors occur during this process, we are more likely to help you.

hi could anyone help me. i keep having this problem where it cant find the tatget. then it refrenses where the tar.gz file is. https://imgur.com/02TsSBs.png

@petr Maybe you need to change the code looking up the libraries?

chenjunyu19@chenjunyu19-Linux ~> pacman -Q libglvnd 
libglvnd 1.3.1-1
chenjunyu19@chenjunyu19-Linux ~> minecraft-launcher
[0320/141519.497430:ERROR:gl_implementation.cc(241)] Failed to load /opt/minecraft-launcher/swiftshader/libGLESv2.so: /opt/minecraft-launcher/swiftshader/libGLESv2.so: 无法打开共享对象文件: 没有那个文件或目录
[0320/141519.500106:ERROR:gpu_child_thread.cc(254)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization
[0320/141519.893732:ERROR:gl_implementation.cc(241)] Failed to load /opt/minecraft-launcher/swiftshader/libGLESv2.so: /opt/minecraft-launcher/swiftshader/libGLESv2.so: 无法打开共享对象文件: 没有那个文件或目录
[0320/141519.895469:ERROR:gpu_child_thread.cc(254)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization
[0320/141520.309888:ERROR:gl_implementation.cc(241)] Failed to load /opt/minecraft-launcher/swiftshader/libGLESv2.so: /opt/minecraft-launcher/swiftshader/libGLESv2.so: 无法打开共享对象文件: 没有那个文件或目录
[0320/141520.311888:ERROR:gpu_child_thread.cc(254)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization
[0320/141520.711561:ERROR:gl_implementation.cc(241)] Failed to load /opt/minecraft-launcher/swiftshader/libGLESv2.so: /opt/minecraft-launcher/swiftshader/libGLESv2.so: 无法打开共享对象文件: 没有那个文件或目录
[0320/141520.713662:ERROR:gpu_child_thread.cc(254)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization

Updated to current release.

RE skins not working: It works for me without any of the symlinking/copying. Are you sure that's necessary? Or is just adding libglvnd as a dependency enough?

Hm, it is a popular packet and out of date for quite some time. :(