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[v25.10 BETA] appImage failed to start, qt.qpa.plugin: From 6.5.0, xcb-cursor0 or libxcb-cursor0 is needed to load the Qt xcb platform plugin. #1727

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OS and Version (please complete the following information):

  • Operating System: Linux Mint 22.2 (Based on Ubuntu 24.04)
  • Shotcut Version: shotcut-linux-x86_64-25.10.9.AppImage

Describe the bug
Here is the console output:

$ ./shotcut-linux-x86_64-25.10.9.AppImage 
qt.qpa.plugin: From 6.5.0, xcb-cursor0 or libxcb-cursor0 is needed to load the Qt xcb platform plugin.
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 application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vkkhrdisplay, vnc, wayland-egl, wayland, xcb.

Aborted (core dumped)

Steps To Reproduce

  1. chmod +x shotcut-linux-x86_64-25.10.9.AppImage
  2. ./shotcut-linux-x86_64-25.10.9.AppImage

Expected behavior

Start shotcut

Other Info

shotcut-linux-x86_64-250816.AppImage works fine on this computer.

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