Eve Launcher on Linux (Lutris) not working after launcher update 5/08/2025

EVE Technology and Research Center Linux
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here you go

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I also did not have the older launcher version anymore because a re-install was the 1st step in my troubleshoot. However! We can re-download the old launcher files using the steam console following the steps:

  1. Open the Steam console by navigating to this url in your browser: steam://nav/console
  2. In the steam console run this command to download the old launcher files: download_depot 8500 8501 3847310921196821515
  3. It will save the files of launcher version 1.9.4 to directory: ~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steamapps/content/app_8500/
  4. You can now delete files in directory: ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Eve Online/
  5. And delete the files from this directory as well: ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/8500/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Application Data/EVE Online/
  6. Copy the old launcher files from: ~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steamapps/content/app_8500/ to directory: ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Eve Online/
  7. You should now be able to start the old launcher again using Steam
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u are my hero :slight_smile:

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just make sure to delete the 1.10 folder after coping the 1.9 folder to the proper directory

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Yeah. None of this is working. Tried all of the above to the letter.

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No sooner EVE starts to runs well, another silly launcher update and it breaks… back to square one, around and around we go. ‘Use Windows!’ says the crowd. How about no?

And yet, I am almost 100% certain there are far more Linux players than MacOS ones..I’d bet money on it. Not sure how hard a native Linux launcher would be, but it sure would be nice.. :frowning:

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I have no idea how to open the steam console on ubuntu lol. I’ve never had to. I tried replacing the file manually but no luck. This actually cost me about 6 bil in my abyss ship and pod. Had a brief power outage. Came back on like two minutes later. Booted up the PC and tried launching eve but it wouldn’t launch with the new launcher. Thanks CCP!

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was able to get launcher to start on STEAM by removing the app-1.10.0 folder however its now is running less then optimal… freezing and glitching

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Try this: open a terminal and copy these commands:

  1. cd ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Eve\ Online/
  2. wget https://launcher.ccpgames.com/eve-online/release/win32/x64/eve-online-1.9.4-full.nupkg
  3. unzip eve-online-1.9.4-full.nupkg -d out
  4. mv out/lib/net45/ app-1.9.4
  5. rm -r app-1.10.0/

in words: you download the last working version directly from CCP, unpack it Steam’s installation folder, then delete the broken version. If none of that makes sense, better wait for CCP to fix it.

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I’ve now got a working launcher following steps in this thread but clients still don’t launch. I get a little cmd window for a split second and then nothing. No LogLite, nothing. Anyone else experiencing this?

Debian 12 with Steam downgraded to 1.9.4

EDIT: Working in wine-staging but I have never been able to get THAT to use my dedicated graphics card…

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Thank you very much! It’s a bit different under Debian with Lutris, but I managed to install it again.

Open the console and download the 1.9.4 installer:

wget https://launcher.ccpgames.com/eve-online/release/win32/x64/eve-online-1.9.4+Setup.exe

Then simply install in Lutris (GE-Proton latest in my case) and specify the downloaded file. Of course, do not start the program after installation, but close it when it is ready to play, as the installer script has to be terminated first.

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This worked, got the launcher to load. Thank you, i was going mad all I did was relaunch the game and it was bricked.

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Thank you very much, to me that is the only workaround that works.

Just a note: for various Linux distributions exact folder locations may vary. For instance, on my Debian 12:

  1. ~/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/steamapps/content/app_8500/depot_8501/
  2. ~/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Eve\ Online/
  3. ~/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/compatdata/8500/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Application\ Data/EVE\ Online

P.S. Proton 10 beta works at least for my hardware and configuration, if anyone reading this still struggles to launch the game.

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Champion, thanks,

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you are a godsend, a legend, and i hope you have a happy life my friend

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hi, i try to get on eve, proton 9.0.4 on Steam Linux, and see the launcher is broken. I try to hot fix, by uninstall, delete the eve folder, see the app-1.10.0. I’m on Garuda Linux. Maybe i will wait and see

EDIT: I fix it, by delete the app-1.10.0 and just get the folder app-1.9.4 on eve directory

Compatibility problem so with the new version

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Actually, the Launcher is as native as it gets, as it also detects WINE and appropriately downloads a different linux/wine package branch than the original Windows package - thanks to Stroopwafel.

Still, not officially supported - since 2009.

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removing app-1.10.0/ worked for me. I had the previous two launchers there and eve launched fine…

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Fairly normal Kubuntu LTS installation. Running through Steam.
Yep, launcher 1.10 fails to launch (that’s a very meta-failure: launcher didn’t launch)
Deleting (through the Dolphin file manager) the app-1.10.0 folder from ~/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Eve Online worked nicely.

Interestingly, now it is launching through the 1.9.4 launcher and makes no attempt to re-download 1.10.0 - I wonder what that mechanism is?

I’ll keep a copy of the 1.10.0 folder as a back-up out of the way somewhere.

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I got the game to run by deleting the app-1.10.0 folder, but unfortunately the game freezes for a couple seconds or so pretty frequently now. Anyone else having issues like that? Switching to DX11 may have helped it slightly but didn’t fix it.