# Ubuntu 18.04 cannot launch etcher 1.4.6

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/ubuntu-18-04-cannot-launch-etcher-1-4-6/4253>\
**Category:** balenaEtcher\
**Created:** [October 30, 2018, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/ubuntu-18-04-cannot-launch-etcher-1-4-6/4253 "2018-10-30T08:31:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![brucehvn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/brucehvn/32/1246_2.png) [@brucehvn](https://forums.balena.io/u/brucehvn)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/ubuntu-18-04-cannot-launch-etcher-1-4-6/4253/1 "2018-10-30T08:31:02Z")

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I just downloaded the appimage for linux x64. Trying to launch the appimage on Ubuntu 18.04 is resulting in several node errors. Below is a screenshot of the error dialog that comes up. Hitting ok, just brings up the errors again. I have to kill the app to close it. Any ideas what might be wrong? I’m guessing the appimage should contain all the node modules that the program requires.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/balena/original/2X/9/98bb50cce04cc2d167d05aaa1d85186c3a9ef1c9.png)

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**Author:** ![CTAC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@CTAC](https://forums.balena.io/u/CTAC)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/ubuntu-18-04-cannot-launch-etcher-1-4-6/4253/2 "2018-11-06T09:12:29Z")

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have exact the same problem

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**Author:** ![xginn8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/8baadc/32.png) [@xginn8](https://forums.balena.io/u/xginn8)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/ubuntu-18-04-cannot-launch-etcher-1-4-6/4253/3 "2018-11-06T10:03:24Z")

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Hi there @brucehvn & @CTAC,

This issue appears to be the same as the one being tracking in this GitHub issue: [https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/2508](https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/2508). Can you both please try the fix outlined in [this comment](https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/2508#issuecomment-432415759) and let us know the outcome?

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**Author:** ![brucehvn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/brucehvn/32/1246_2.png) [@brucehvn](https://forums.balena.io/u/brucehvn)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 5:47am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/ubuntu-18-04-cannot-launch-etcher-1-4-6/4253/4 "2018-11-19T05:47:52Z")

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This did not work for me. The only thing I’ve gotten to work is to install 1.4.4 from the .deb file. But after running the problem file (1.4.6), I have to blow away all the subfolders in ~/.config/etcher-electron before launching 1.4.4 will work.