# Can't launch Slicer on Linux - failed to obtain launcher executable name

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/cant-launch-slicer-on-linux-failed-to-obtain-launcher-executable-name/2694>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [April 26, 2018, 8:34am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/cant-launch-slicer-on-linux-failed-to-obtain-launcher-executable-name/2694 "2018-04-26T08:34:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/cant-launch-slicer-on-linux-failed-to-obtain-launcher-executable-name/2694/13 "2021-06-23T15:14:54Z")

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A post was split to a new topic: [Cannot start Slicer on LInux - cannot connect to X server](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/cannot-start-slicer-on-linux-cannot-connect-to-x-server/18302)

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