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April 13, 2025

3D Painter 2025 (Steam) won't launch on Linux Fedora

  • April 13, 2025
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I bought the indie subscription on Steam to try out Painter for a month. However, when I launch in Steam nothing happens. It simply quits without any screen appearing and no error message. I have tried different proton versions and also without so that it tries to run native Linux version.

 

Initially I had a libtiff symlink issue that I resolved. Now if I try to launch it from the terminal I get the error qt.qpa.plugin: Could not find the Qt platform plugin "wayland" in "". I have searched the web, but I cannot figure out what causes this issue and how to fix it.

 

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

Specs:

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X

RAM: 32gb

GPU: RX 7800 XT

OS: Linux Fedora

1 reply

Cyril Dellenbach
Community Manager
Community Manager
April 14, 2025

Hi @diningtable,

 

https://steamcommunity.com/app/2718190/discussions/0/6495968678940721823/

 

This should solve your problem.

 

Best regards,

 

Cyril Dellenbach (Micro) | QA Support Artist | Adobe