# Slicer not starting on Linux (Qt plugin issue)

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-not-starting-on-linux-qt-plugin-issue/18856>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 21, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-not-starting-on-linux-qt-plugin-issue/18856 "2021-07-21T12:44:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-not-starting-on-linux-qt-plugin-issue/18856/3 "2021-07-21T13:20:30Z")

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Did you find this thread? That solution should work.

> [@Can't start latest stable on ubuntu 20.04](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/cant-start-latest-stable-on-ubuntu-20-04/14029):
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> Due to the issues we had with Centos 7 and latest stable, I just recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 on a spare machine. This is just a default install, and nothing more (or less). Latest stable doesn’t start with this error: \> maga@magalab-ubuntu:~/Downloads/Slicer-4.11.20200930-linux-amd64$ ./Slicer \> qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found. \> This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the a…

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