[MCL-25152] Debian package (Minecraft.deb) contains a typo in the dependencies list

The .deb package contains a typo (at least for Debian) in the dependencies list for libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0).

To solve the problem the control file must be modified:

Original dependency:

libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0)

Corrected one:

libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) | libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0)

The following steps solve the problem:

Open a terminal, go to the directory were Minecraft.deb is and execute as root:

mkdir tmpdir
dpkg-deb --raw-extract Minecraft.deb tmpdir

Open tmpdir/DEBIAN/control with your favorite text editor, find libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), and replace it with libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) | libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) save changes.

dpkg-deb --build tmpdir Minecraft-corrected.deb

Now you can dpkg --install Minecraft-corrected.deb, and apt-get --fix-broken install if needed (if there was any complain about dependencies with the install step), or use any other helper as gdebi or a Software center for installing it.

The package distributed in the official web should be corrected.

The maintainer is unreachable via email, [email protected] doesn’t seem to exist anymore.

Linked issues

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MCL-26563 minecraft launcher fails to install on linux (debian) Open

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MCL-25721 Minecraft Launcher for Debian 13 seeks incorrect dependency name Resolved

MCL-25787 Debian's new stable release breaks the Debian version of the Minecraft Launcher Installer Resolved

MCL-25843 Minecraft Launcher does not support The new Debian 13 that released on August 9 2025 Resolved

MC-302349 Minecraft Launcher does not support The new Debian 13 that released on August 9 2025 Resolved

MCL-25854 Unable to install on Debian 13.1 Resolved

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Comments 22

Debianist 2025-04-08T21:09:15Z

It seems that the original report can’t be edited. I forgot to say explicitly. Without the proposed modifications the package can’t be installed.

Debianist 2025-04-12T10:18:22Z

A correction to the correction:

Where it says Open tmpfile/DEBIAN/control it should say Open tmpdir/DEBIAN/control.

@[MOD] Greymagic27 Have now changed it for you 🙂

GiantJupiter 2025-04-18T18:49:05Z

Nope, it’s still showing the same…

GiantJupiter 2025-04-18T18:54:18Z

Even the tar files aren’t functional…

GiantJupiter 2025-04-18T19:51:12Z

Here’s the error I got

Created browser window for reuse: 0x1e00004
[13497:13497:0419/001903.507397:ERROR:gl_surface_presentation_helper.cc(260)] GetVSyncParametersIfAvailable() failed for 1 times!

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enigma9o7 2025-04-27T22:44:43Z

To be clear, it is not exactly a typo.

Years ago the contents of libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 was broken into two seperate packages - libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 and libgdk-pixbuf-xlib-2.0-0 so that those using pure wayland can install it without the x11 components.

On current debian stable (bookworm) there is a transitional dummy package libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 than depends on libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 and libgdk-pixbuf-xlib-2.0-0, however that transitional package is going away in the next debian version (trixie) which will be released this year.

So to fix this Minecraft.deb need to depend on both packages, or depend on one and recommend the x11 one, as many users still using x11.

enigma9o7 2025-04-27T22:46:16Z

apperantly no way to edit, cuz then i made a typo! I meant to say second paragraph:

On current debian stable (bookworm) there is a transitional dummy package libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 that depends on libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 and libgdk-pixbuf-xlib-2.0-0, however that transitional package is going away in the next debian version (trixie) which will be released this year.

Peter van Dijk 2025-04-28T06:26:51Z

I noticed this problem on a fresh Trixie yesterday as well.

Bn 2025-09-23T17:09:46Z

Can confirm this. The .deb installer no longer works on Debian 13.1, even when the packages are installed manually. It has to be updated to account for the new packages.

Jeff McNeill 2025-11-22T11:32:46Z

Still not working for the same reason, months later.

Jeff McNeill 2025-11-22T14:04:19Z

If you install this first, then Minecraft installer will install…


http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gdk-pixbuf-xlib/libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0_2.40.2-2_amd64.deb

CSIPAK Attila 2025-11-22T18:09:59Z

Yeah, let me just quote the official package description:

https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0

This transitional package depends on the main library libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 and the deprecated Xlib integration library libgdk-pixbuf-xlib-2.0-0.
Packages that only require the main library should depend on libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 | libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0.
Packages that require the Xlib integration should port away from it, or until that can be done, depend on libgdk-pixbuf-xlib-2.0-0 | libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0.

Also note the URL points to a Bookworm (now oldstable) version of this package.

At the time I write this, there’s no such package in Trixie (stable):

https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=default&section=all&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0

So how about you guys follow the quoted recommendation and replace the transitional package dependency with a package that actually still exists in Debian stable?

CSIPAK Attila 2025-11-29T18:45:32Z

Also, after applying the workaround described by @Debianist above and correcting the deb control file, package install still fails bevause a missing dependencies:

libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.39.4)
This package does not exist in Trixie - it seems to have been replaced by either oflibglib2.0-0t64 / libglib2.0-0t64:i386 packages.

libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.18.9)
This package does not exist in Trixie - it seems to have been replaced by the libgtk-3-0t64 package.

Fixing these dependencies in the same manner as proposed by @Debianist seems to be a propert workaround.

Zekirax 2025-12-15T20:08:37Z

the solution of Debianist works on ubuntu 25.10. But there is an error when running minecraft-launcher:

error while loading shared libraries: libOpenGL.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

OpenGL is not in the dep list. It can be fixed with :

sudo apt install libopengl0

Donuts1000 2026-02-02T19:39:40Z

should be fixed in early dec

TheDark_Gamer 2026-03-22T23:07:15Z

This is not fixed despite saying so here and in the launcher changelog, the dependencies still has (only) the two dash version, libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) on the launcher version 2.1.3 obtained from minecraft.net, checked just now. Trying to install with the replacement package installed manually, which has 3 dashes, libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 fails since it strictly wants the two dash version (which was a transitional package that got removed from debian and ubuntu in latest releases)

Evgeniy Loginov 2026-04-15T10:55:03Z

Just downloaded Minecraft.deb - and issue still here. Need to unpack deb file, edit dependencies, pack again - then it starts.

Alexander Dahl 2026-04-30T07:45:26Z

Confirmed on Debian 13 (trixie) for the Minecraft.deb containing minecraft-launcher 2.1.3 downloaded today. Seems to be the same issue as MCL-26580 and MCL-26579 and MCL-26563 and probably others. Please fix!

Anarchy Evolution 2026-05-02T00:11:58Z

Same here:

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
openjdk version "25.0.3-ea" 2026-04-21
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 25.0.3-ea+7-Ubuntu-2)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.0.3-ea+7-Ubuntu-2, mixed mode, sharing)

If I try to install it through the App Center, it gets stuck in an endless "Installing..." state.

Via terminal:

$ sudo dpkg -i Minecraft.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f

Selecting previously unselected package minecraft-launcher.
(Reading database… 163539 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack Minecraft.deb…
Unpacking minecraft-launcher (2.1.3)…
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of minecraft-launcher:
minecraft-launcher depends on default-jre; however:
Package default-jre is not installed.
minecraft-launcher depends on libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0); however:
Package libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package minecraft-launcher (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.38.1-1ubuntu1)…
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.28-1build1)…
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.18-2build1)…
Errors were encountered while processing:
minecraft-launcher
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
Solving dependencies... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
minecraft-launcher
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 1 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
(Reading database… 163540 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing minecraft-launcher (2.1.3)…
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.18-2build1)…
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.38.1-1ubuntu1)…
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.28-1build1)…

ArBerToR 2026-05-30T16:26:21Z

THIS IS NOT FIXED

Andrés Martínez Brun 2026-08-07T14:34:51Z

This issue is marked as fixed even though it’s not. Stellar work mojang.

[MOD] Greymagic27 2026-08-10T13:01:17Z

Please see MCL-26563 as the bug is being tracked there