[MCL-22315] Linux launcher binary fails to launch on Linux machine

The following error occurs when attempting to launch the Linux binary on a Linux machine with JRE 17 installed:

https://launchermeta.mojang.com/v1/products/launcher/6f083b80d5e6fabbc4236f81d0d8f8a350c665a9/linux.json MessageBox(Minecraft Launcher): Couldn't load launcher core from /home/<user>/.minecraft/launcher/liblauncher.so: LoadErrorNotPresent ----------------------------------------------------------------------- If this is your first time running Minecraft, please ensure you are connected to the internet so we can download updates.

Inspection of the bottom of the launcher log shows the following:

[Info: 2022-08-31 16:20:00.387073916: StartLibrary.cpp(61)] Starting /.../liblauncher.so

[Error: 2022-08-31 16:20:00.387557323: LauncherPluginLinux.cpp(20)] Failed to load /home/<user>/.minecraft/launcher/liblauncher.so: libcups.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[Error: 2022-08-31 16:20:00.387572081: StartLibrary.cpp(90)] Couldn't load launcher core from /home/<user>/.minecraft/launcher/liblauncher.so: LoadErrorNotPresent

What is libcups.so.2, and why did the launcher not fetch it for me? My Internet connection is fine, and the launcher was able to download other files.

Linked issues

duplicates 1

MCL-22317 Could not load launcher core - launcher.dll: LoadErrorNotPresent Resolved

Attachments

launcher_log.txt

Comments 2

migrated 2022-09-01T01:05:27Z

We're getting similar on Windows. See MCL-22317 or MCL-22316.

migrated 2022-10-10T00:33:50Z

Request to reopen this please. Still getting the exact same error and launcher_log.txt when I download the latest version of the Linux minecraft-launcher binary from https://launcher.mojang.com/download/Minecraft.tar.gz. The issue that this was said to be a duplicate of has a workaround solution that only applies to Windows machines; thus, this is not the same issue.