Solved Bambu Lab Studio wont open

[Kat4568]

I am trying to open Bambu Studio in Ubuntu 24.04. I keep getting this message, "Idconfig failed, exit status 256".
I have gone through trying to install flathub flatpak. I have rebooted and still get this message. I am not a computer wiz, I'm just trying to send files to my printer. What does the message mean? and what do I need to type in the Terminal to get Bambu Studio to open?
Thank you in advance,
Ken

 

[Condobloke]

G'day, Welcome to Linux.org

Why am I getting this Flatpak error: ldconfig failed, exit status 256, with every Flatpak?

For the past month or so, since upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04 (during the beta period), I've been getting this error when launching Flatpak applications from Gnome-Software or the terminal: ldconfig fa...

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Bambu Studio Troubleshooting

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Cannot open or install Bambu Studio 02.02.1.60 under Ubuntu 24.04

The application does not open or install. Trying with last 3 public release builds (non-beta) (2.2.1.60) Bambu_Studio_ubuntu-24.04_PR-8017.appimage (2.2.0) Bambu_Studio_ubuntu-24.04_PR-7829.AppImage (2.1.1) BambuStudio_ubuntu-24.04_PR-7292.zip Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS Error as follows on running...

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Where was the app downloaded from? Was it an appimage?

 

[Kat4568]

I didn't download an app. I went to bambulab.com/download/studio. I'm relatively new to Ubuntu. I didn't download an app.

 

[Condobloke]

You may find it simpler if you go to the software store on Ubuntu.... it is name Ubuntu store...it should be in the menu. It is likely a 'snap' app. Not everyone likes snaps.
If you choose to use the bambulab.com/download/studio, etc etc....they will have a contact us are a there.... they will lend help directly.

Simpler still is to install Linux mint. Bambulab is in the software manager there, available as a flatpak. It does install from there, I just tried it.
Why it won't install from ubuntu I have no idea. Ubuntu sometimes has its 'moments'
Linux Mint is usually more reliable than that

 

[Kat4568]

I just went through the Ubuntu store and there is no Bambu. I looked in Education, Development, Art and Design,
Entertainment, Science.
Thank you for pointing out the store.
Ken

 

[KGIII]

Open your terminal. CTRL + ALT + T will do that, if you'd like.

Enter the following:

sudo apt install flatpak -y

It will ask for your password. Type it in. Nothing will appear on the screen as you're typing. This is normal. Just type it and press the ENTER key.

flatpak install flathub com.bambulab.BambuStudio

You may need to confirm it by pressing the Y button.

Let that complete.

It should now appear in your application menu.

 

[Kat4568]

Thank you KGIII. The computer is now talking to the printer.
Thank you again,
Ken

 

[KGIII]

Thank you KGIII. The computer is now talking to the printer.
Thank you again,
Ken

You're most welcome. I went ahead and edited your first post to add the 'solved' prefix.

I figured that you were new and could use step-by-step instructions.

Now that you've enabled Flatpaks, you can install a bunch of other Flatpaks in an easy way. Just go to Flathub and search. When you find something, check the installation command and run it. You can easily copy and paste it. The site will also tell you how to run the newly installed application via the terminal, but you don't need to do that. Any GUI flatpak app should automatically appear in your application menu.

Also, flatpaks are installed for your user. If you have other users on the device, they would need to install it themselves. That's a good thing and is by design. It's also why you don't need elevated permissions (note that the command I shared did not contain sudo in it) to install them.

This is the site:

Flathub - Apps for Linux

Find and install hundreds of apps and games for Linux. Enjoy Firefox, Telegram, RetroArch, GIMP and many more!

flathub.org

They have a ton of applications, all indexed and ready to be installed.