Epic Games Launcher No Longer Working

Issues & Assistance Games & Emulators
,
1

The epic games launcher (installed using wine) previously worked before I updated it after not using it for ages, but now after reinstalling the launcher to update it (didn’t figure out any other way to do it).

When I open the launcher it runs, initializing and then verifying files, all within a second before disappearing.

It remains open in the background and as long as it does I can’t reopen it. It has to be sniped using the system monitors kill signal.

Everywhere I tried looking just isnt the same problem, and full of answers just being to use the heroic games launcher and I would just use this heroic games launcher but i’m trying to use unreal engine and the heroic games launcher just sends me to the download page for the epic games launcher because it says the epic games launcher is required.

I was able to install unreal engine without the launcher using the epic games instructional website on how to install it on linux, but then my specific problem becomes that I need to use the epic games launcher to install plugins?

https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/linux-development-quickstart-for-unreal-engine

I either need the epic games launcher to work again, or another way to install plugins to unreal engine.

Kernel: 6.12.20-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
root=UUID=f10a241d-0c15-4038-a252-60be3d163b2b rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.12.0
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4021 date: 08/10/2021
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA201210
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB
desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1752 min/max: 550/4851 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 1752 2: 1752 3: 1752
4: 1752 5: 1752 6: 1752 7: 1752 8: 1752 9: 1752 10: 1752 11: 1752 12: 1752
13: 1752 14: 1752 15: 1752 16: 1752 bogomips: 121408
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070 Lite Hash Rate]
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 570.133.07
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550/565.xx+ status: current (as
of 2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: none off: DP-1
empty: DP-2,DP-3,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2488
class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 157 s-size: 621x341mm (24.45x13.43")
s-diag: 708mm (27.89")
Monitor-1: DP-1 mapped: DP-0 note: disabled model: Acer XB283K KV
serial: <filter> built: 2023 res: mode: 3840x2160 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1)
dpi: 157 gamma: 1.2 size: 621x341mm (24.45x13.43") diag: 708mm (27.9")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 3840x2160 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia gbm:
drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 570.133.07 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 7.81 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 layers: 6 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:2488
surfaces: xcb,xlib
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 09:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0b:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Astro Gaming A50 driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-2:2
chip-ID: 9886:002c class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.12.20-1-lts status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 5 Wireless-AC 9x6x [Thunder Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 04:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-5:2
chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1
lmp-v: 10 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 8.19 TiB used: 866.34 GiB (10.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B4QFXO7 temp: 41.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST8000DM004-2U9188
size: 7.28 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 866.34 GiB (93.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 608 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 866.34 GiB (93.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 866.34 GiB (93.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 866.34 GiB (93.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.24 GiB used: 16 MiB (0.1%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 16
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 58.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 48 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.24 GiB used: 7.75 GiB (24.8%)
Processes: 450 Power: uptime: 2m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.43 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 0 pm: pacman pkgs: 1770 libs: 530
tools: octopi,pamac,paru Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1
Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 4.0.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
System install date:     2024-02-18
Last full system update: 2025-03-26
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:
2

Hmm did you try to run it via Bottles?

Usually I run 3rd party launchers like GoG using Bottles instead of directly wine.

1 Like
3

Just post garuda-inxi, not fastfetch.

From template

  • After rebooting, post the FULL output of garuda-inxi in the body of the post (not linked externally, or collapsed with the “hide details” feature)
  • Format terminal output (including your garuda-inxi) as a code block by clicking the preformatted text button (</>) , or put three tildes (~) above and below the text
2 Likes
4

Did I do it right?

5

I just tried installing it with bottles, but i honestly don’t know if its not letting me or if its a skill issue on my part. First i tried creating a new bottle, but it wouldn’t let me make a new bottle, or even click most of the buttons. Then I tried opening the epic games installer with bottles by right clicking on the installer which just led me to create a new bottle, making me run into the same issue.

6

I also just tried installing with lutris, which did install it, but trying to launch it through lutris just gives me the same problem of only staying open for a few seconds, but this time I don’t need to snipe it to try opening it again. Is the problem the epic games launcher update? can I install an older version? how would I do that?

7

Tried it in lutris and could start it with setting wine to TKG Staging in the start options of Epic. If not present you need to install it via paru in terminal.
paru -S wine-tkg-staging-bin

5 Likes
8

this worked, thank you!

1 Like
9

This topic was automatically closed 2 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.