Where to find announced Slicer 2.9.0?
The "old" Prusa Slicer told there is a new release 2.9.0, but when I follow the instructions on the webpage that the info linked me to, I install slicer via flatpak and when I run it, i still have 2.8.1
When i try to go via the webpage, I get to https://www.prusa3d.com/page/prusaslicer_424/ - which also says 2.9.0 is there, but when I follow the download link, it leads me to a flathub page https://flathub.org/apps/com.prusa3d.PrusaSlicer that currently still says the latest version is 2.8.1
I also checked github releases https://github.com/prusa3d/PrusaSlicer/releases - which proves 2.9.0 really exists, but i need the Linux version, and that is not available on github.
I'm a bit confused - does anyone know how to get this mysterious existing but nonexisting 2.9.0 version?
Best Answer by Walter Layher:
I just checked again: the new version 2.9.0 is there now!
RE: Where to find announced Slicer 2.9.0?
I think the flatpak repo is just not yet updated with the new version. Somebody probably has to do that and it is just before the holidays ...
RE: Where to find announced Slicer 2.9.0?
I just checked again: the new version 2.9.0 is there now!
RE: Where to find announced Slicer 2.9.0?
Yeah, unfortunately flatpak gets few hours of delay due to release and publish process.
You just need to be patient 🙂
See my GitHub and printables.com for some 3d stuff that you may like.
SOLVED Where to find announced Slicer 2.9.0?
It's there now, thanks all!
RE:
I noticed this discussion and wanted to add a related observation. Even though the official PrusaSlicer website lists version 2.9.0, when you download the Flatpak file and run it, it redirects to Linux Mint’s Software Manager, where only version 2.8.1 is available.
This raises a couple of questions for me:
Does the Flatpak version generally lag behind other platforms like Windows?Is Linux Mint’s Software Manager actually an official or recommended way to get the Flatpak version of PrusaSlicer?
However, I recently got an update for PrusaSlicer through the Update Manager, which offered to update the Flatpak version to 2.9.0. 🙂
RE: Where to find announced Slicer 2.9.0?
I am on debian. I installed flatpak (the package manager) via apt and the debian repo. Then I followed the instructions on the Prusa github for the 2.9.0 alpha that detailed how to install the flatpak versions (beta and stable). I only use apt and flatpak (because I have to) for package management, because I want to keep things as simple as possible, e.g. I refuse to use the gnome software update management app.
The lag between the Windows and linux/flatpak versions is because the Windows and Mac binaries are probably compiled by the Prusa devs and the flatpak package has to be created by a third party, so that involves a (short) delay. I compiled the source on linux (VM with Ubuntu 22.04, because that was the platform recommended by Prusa some time ago), but that binary will not run on my debian unstable. Some of the dependencies (library versions) are different there and that causes problems. Hence the move to flatpak by Prusa. They don't have the resources to cater for all the different linux flavors.