How to start PrusaSlicer 2.9.2 on Linux  

RE: How to start PrusaSlicer 2.9.2 on Linux

Use the editor for your start menu (gnome or kde) and create a new entry there with the correct path to your executable.

RE: How to start PrusaSlicer 2.9.2 on Linux

The problem is that the proper start command according to the instructions is

flatpak run com.prusa3d.PrusaSlicer

but that starts the RC2 version instead of the the newly installed final release.

I have found that 'alacarte' can be used to edit the start menu (I do not know what to edit when you say 'edit the start menu' but even when I change the run command to what we are supposed to use, it starts RC2. I have unpinned  the quick start button for PS, started 2.9.2 (final) via the 'app details' option on the quick start button which then allows me to pin the new quick start button. When I close the current session and attempt to start a new session with the newly installed quick start button, I get the RC2 version starting up 🙁

Flatpak is a truly horrible environment for the average user; are you using Flatseal to manage updates?

Cheerio,

RE: How to start PrusaSlicer 2.9.2 on Linux

From what I can find this editor can deal with flatpak menu entries:
https://flathub.org/apps/page.codeberg.libre_menu_editor.LibreMenuEditor

I myself still have several old appimage versions of PrusaSlicer on my system and after they changed the format to flatpak I had some problems with file permissions and also the window sometimes stayed blank. Then I started to compile PrusaSlicer from source. The build instructions on github should work on linux systems that are close to Ubuntu which is the reference they give. I am on debian unstable. I find this less complicated than to figure out the intricacies of flatpaks. 🙂 And I don't have to wait for the flatpak maintainers to update the package.

RE: How to start PrusaSlicer 2.9.2 on Linux

OMG, I have done the occasional compile here and there maybe 20 years ago but that is something I definitely do not wish to get involved with any more. It might be easy once a person gets used to it but this is definitely a mountain I do not wish to climb at my age. 

RE: How to start PrusaSlicer 2.9.2 on Linux

also see https://help.prusa3d.com/article/install-prusaslicer_1903

RE: How to start PrusaSlicer 2.9.2 on Linux

Posted by: @_kaszpir_

try in the terminal some commands:

# run specific version of the app
flatpak run --branch=beta com.prusa3d.PrusaSlicer
flatpak run --branch=stable com.prusa3d.PrusaSlicer

# remove specific version that you do not want
flatpak remove com.prusa3d.PrusaSlicer 
Similar installed refs found for ‘com.prusa3d.PrusaSlicer’:

   1) app/com.prusa3d.PrusaSlicer/x86_64/stable (system)
   2) app/com.prusa3d.PrusaSlicer/x86_64/beta (user)
   3) All of the above

Which do you want to use (0 to abort)? [0-3]: 2


# disable whole flatpak beta builds
flatpak remote-delete flathub-beta

Ding ding ding, we have a winner !!!! (mostly)

The option --branch=stable added to the original running instructions brings up the final release. I re-pinned the final version, closed it and opened it via the pinned shortcut ..... it started up RC2 again! However, now knowing how to actually run the final version, I started alacarte and modified the run command to include the --branch=stable command and now, when I click on the quick start icon, I get 2.9.2 (final). Wooohooo !!!!!   THANK YOU!

As a side note, IMHO there is a bug in the flatpak because if I run the final version of 2.9.2 and pin it, then the proper run commands should be set up in the pinned shortcut to run that final release.

RE:

No, it's not a bug in the flatpak, or the window manager that you use, it's by design, you probably have a beta set as a default.

Try

flatpak make-current com.prusa3d.PrusaSlicer stable

RE: How to start PrusaSlicer 2.9.2 on Linux

Ok, I followed your suggestion just in case the issue comes up with the next release.

Thanks!

RE: How to start PrusaSlicer 2.9.2 on Linux

Look hear for an appimage if you want that.  Proves that an appimage can be created for PrusaSlicer.  Currently at 2.9.2.

PrusaSlicer.AppImage