# Launcher works, but fails to start the game **URL:** \ **Category:** Linux\ **Created:** [March 28, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-works-but-fails-to-start-the-game/66434 "2018-03-28T15:10:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Redd\_Solette](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/redd_solette/32/63368_2.png) [@Redd\_Solette](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Redd_Solette)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-works-but-fails-to-start-the-game/66434/1 "2018-03-28T15:10:06Z")
Hey guys, thanks for all the work into the Linux launcher. I’m excited to get this running on my laptop! Here’s where I’m at, the launcher works, appears to download the correct files and whatnot, but when I first opent he launcher, it shows a small bubble saying `Error: See log for details` ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/5/451c4484480e25449f6fae773cbe6a796c906d9a.jpg) Trying to actually launch the game throws up another error bubble that says “Error: Not ready to play”. Looking at the below referenced errors, I’m assuming that’s because of the missing index files? I’m running the launcher via terminal, here’s the relevant terminal output: ```auto [0328/090013:WARNING:resource_bundle.cc(291)] locale_file_path.empty() for locale Installed Qt WebEngine locales directory not found at location /home/jason/evelauncher/translations/qtwebengine_locales. Trying application directory... Qt WebEngine locales directory not found at location /home/jason/evelauncher/qtwebengine_locales. Trying fallback directory... Translations MAY NOT not be correct. [0328/090013:WARNING:resource_bundle.cc(291)] locale_file_path.empty() for locale ``` And after trying to launch the game, I checked in the `~/.local/share/CCP/EVE/Launcher` directory for the latest log, which reads: ```auto |2018-03-28T09:00:13.480Z|qt.network.ssl|warning|QSslSocket: cannot resolve SSLv2_client_method| |---|---|---|---| |2018-03-28T09:00:13.480Z|qt.network.ssl|warning|QSslSocket: cannot resolve SSLv2_server_method| |2018-03-28T09:00:13.533Z|default|warning|Installed Qt WebEngine locales directory not found at location /home/jason/evelauncher/translations/qtwebengine_locales. Trying application directory...| |2018-03-28T09:00:13.533Z|default|warning|Qt WebEngine locales directory not found at location /home/jason/evelauncher/qtwebengine_locales. Trying fallback directory... Translations MAY NOT not be correct.| |2018-03-28T09:00:15.072Z|default|error|Couldn't open index file "/home/jason/.eve//ResFiles/56/5610a6eb8b5a4975_c8b541d628b2176f444c991fc6f2d07d"| |2018-03-28T09:00:15.075Z|default|warning|Update failed for Tranquility with error: 5| |2018-03-28T09:00:15.320Z|default|error|Couldn't open index file "/home/jason/.eve//ResFiles/56/5610a6eb8b5a4975_2bdc8957f2b1574e361e6ffa015eb8f3"| |2018-03-28T09:00:15.322Z|default|warning|Update failed for Singularity with error: 5| |2018-03-28T09:00:15.551Z|default|error|Couldn't open index file "/home/jason/.eve//ResFiles/56/5610a6eb8b5a4975_dafa6220fbb8fe7d882748e84074b255"| |2018-03-28T09:00:15.554Z|default|warning|Update failed for Duality with error: 5| ``` Unfortunately my Linux knowledge is a bit lacking, so admittedly I’m not positive what to do. I did check the file permissions on the ~/.eve directories, it’s all what you’d expect being in my home directory, I own everything. So I’m just not really sure where to go from here. Any advice or guidance is very much appreciated! Thanks! One last edit: I haven’t installed or done anything else to get this working, I saw some references to QT5 I think? But I’m not really sure if I need to install it or not :\ ---
**Author:** ![Aerious](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aerious/32/287472_2.png) [@Aerious](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aerious)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-works-but-fails-to-start-the-game/66434/2 "2018-03-28T19:09:05Z")
Here’s how i do it. (ubuntu 17.04) Firstly install Wine, If your system is 64 bit, enable 32 bit architecture (if you haven’t already): `sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386` Add the repository: ``` `wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/Release.key sudo apt-key add Release.key sudo apt-add-repository https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/` ``` Install stable wine: `sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable` Once that’s finished installing, use this guide, works everytime. [Installing\_EVE\_on\_Linux](https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Installing_EVE_on_Linux) ---
**Author:** ![Whitehound](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/whitehound/32/59604_2.png) [@Whitehound](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Whitehound)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-works-but-fails-to-start-the-game/66434/3 "2018-03-29T10:13:56Z")
I recommend avoiding the Linux launcher completely. It requires an outdated version of openssl, while openssl itself has practically been replaced by libressl in the open source communities. You’re really just trying to drag dead weight into your distro. Get yourself a recent version of WINE with your distro and try to use the Windows installer for EVE instead if you can. ---
**Author:** ![Redd\_Solette](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/redd_solette/32/63368_2.png) [@Redd\_Solette](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Redd_Solette)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-works-but-fails-to-start-the-game/66434/4 "2018-03-29T13:46:32Z")
Thanks for the feedback guys, I had hoped that the native Linux client (well, whatever you want to call it, I know it’s just a wrapper for WINE in the background) was further along. I’ll see if I can get WINE up and running and get EVE going through that! Thanks for the help, it’s very appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-works-but-fails-to-start-the-game/66434/5 "2018-06-27T13:46:34Z")
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