# Problem with Designer Launcher on Xubuntu 22.04

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-designer-launcher-on-xubuntu-22-04/97364>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [October 17, 2024, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-designer-launcher-on-xubuntu-22-04/97364 "2024-10-17T03:58:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tburgess](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/tburgess/32/67018_2.png) [@Tburgess](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Tburgess)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-designer-launcher-on-xubuntu-22-04/97364/1 "2024-10-17T03:58:31Z")

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Hi! I currently am trying to install ignition on a fresh install of Xubuntu through VMware. Currently, the designer launcher silently fails every time I go to execute it. When I look at the logs this is what I see:

```python
INFO [CompositeClassRejectListFilter] [2024/10/17 10:51:16]: Initialization performed successfully
INFO [CompositeClassRejectListFilter] [2024/10/17 10:51:16]: JVM-wide ObjectInputFilter set up successfully
INFO [CompositeClassRejectListFilter] [2024/10/17 10:51:16]: Platform serialFilter has 88 pattern(s)
INFO [DesignerLauncher] [2024/10/17 10:51:16]: Set initial logging level to INFO
ERROR [RuntimeException] [2024/10/17 10:51:16]: Uncaught exception in thread: main
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no glassgtk3 in java.library.path: /usr/java/packages/lib:/usr/lib64:/lib64:/lib:/usr/lib
	at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.startup(QuantumToolkit.java:301)
	at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.startup(PlatformImpl.java:293)
	at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.startup(PlatformImpl.java:163)
	at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.startToolkit(LauncherImpl.java:659)
	at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:679)
	at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication$2(LauncherImpl.java:196)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:840)
Caused by: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no glassgtk3 in java.library.path: /usr/java/packages/lib:/usr/lib64:/lib64:/lib:/usr/lib
	at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:2434)
	at java.base/java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:818)
	at java.base/java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1993)
	at com.sun.glass.utils.NativeLibLoader.loadLibraryInternal(NativeLibLoader.java:166)
	at com.sun.glass.utils.NativeLibLoader.loadLibrary(NativeLibLoader.java:54)
	at com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkApplication.lambda$new$6(GtkApplication.java:195)
	at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:318)
	at com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkApplication.<init>(GtkApplication.java:179)
	at com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkPlatformFactory.createApplication(GtkPlatformFactory.java:41)
	at com.sun.glass.ui.Application.run(Application.java:146)
	at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.startup(QuantumToolkit.java:291)

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I thought the problem was just that I didn't have gtk3 installed, so against my better judgement, I even ran

```python
sudo apt install libgtk-3-dev

```

with no change. Has anyone ran into this issue before? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-designer-launcher-on-xubuntu-22-04/97364/2 "2024-10-17T04:17:56Z")

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I typically stick with Kubuntu or Ubuntu (or other variations using KDE or GNOME like PopOS). I'm wondering if XFCE is too lightweight to support Ignition.

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**Author:** ![Tburgess](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/tburgess/32/67018_2.png) [@Tburgess](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Tburgess)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-designer-launcher-on-xubuntu-22-04/97364/3 "2024-10-17T07:49:54Z")

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Maybe that is the issue? I have installed Ignition on both Arch and Debian based distros before with no issue ( EndeavourOS with KDE and Linux Mint Cinnamon). This is the first time I've tried to install it in a XFCE desktop environment and this is the only time I have ever had difficulty with the installation.