MCL-22331Can't identify latest launcher for NixOS
I run NixOS on Linux amd64, and Minecraft stopped working at version 1.19, crashing at startup, ostensibly as per bug MC-254297. Thus I need to upgrade the Minecraft Launcher from version 2.2.1441 as currently installed by NixOS to whichever is the latest. Unhappily, NixOS needs the exact URL of the latest of said latest version to download it, and there seems to be no easy way to identify that URL.
Could you:
- Tell me what is the URL of the latest launcher? The one used by NixOS is: https://launcher.mojang.com/download/linux/x86_64/minecraft-launcher_2.2.1441.tar.gz but replacing that version by 2.3.394 doesn't work.
- Document how to programmatically locate the latest version so updating the launcher isn't quite as excruciatingly hard next time over?
Environment
NixOS master 9f867325 on Linux 5.18.15 on amd64.
openjdk 17.0.4 2022-07-19
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 17.0.4+8-nixos)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.0.4+8-nixos, mixed mode, sharing)
Created Issue:
Can't identify latest launcher for NixOS
I run NixOS on Linux amd64, and Minecraft stopped working at version 1.19, crashing at startup, ostensibly as per bug
MC-254297. Thus I need to upgrade the Minecraft Launcher from version 2.2.1441 as currently installed by NixOS to whichever is the latest. Unhappily, NixOS needs the exact URL of the latest of said latest version to download it, and there seems to be no easy way to identify that URL.Could you:
- Tell me what is the URL of the latest launcher? The one used by NixOS is: https://launcher.mojang.com/download/linux/x86_64/minecraft-launcher_2.2.1441.tar.gz but replacing that version by 2.3.394 doesn't work.
- Document how to programmatically locate the latest version so updating the launcher isn't quite as excruciatingly hard next time over?
Environment
NixOS master 9f867325 on Linux 5.18.15 on amd64.
openjdk 17.0.4 2022-07-19
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 17.0.4+8-nixos)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.0.4+8-nixos, mixed mode, sharing)
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I disagree. This is not a "help me find the information on the existing websites and documentation" issue that the Community could solve. It's a "please generate the missing information on the existing websites and documentation" that requires developer support, albeit towards the release end of your development cycle.
Also, pending a permanent solution that may involve a change in your release automation, could you at least tell me the URL to the current launcher tarball, which involves no such changes?
Note that it is not possible to e.g. browse a list of files under https://launcher.mojang.com/download/linux/x86_64/ to identify the latest one.