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jq was compiled without ONIGURUMA regex library error #6
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Status review for v3.1.0: still open / likely not fixed.
Reason: this is about jq builds that lack ONIGURUMA support for regex functions. Current release changes did not fully remove regex-dependent jq usage across the compatibility pipeline.
Keeping this open for a compatibility patch (or fallback parsing path) for environments like Batocera.
Release reviewed: https://github.com/FlyingEwok/MinecraftSplitscreenSteamdeck/releases/tag/v3.1.0
I pushed a compatibility fix branch for this:
fix/issue-6-jq-compatIt removes regex-dependent jq filters (
test(...)) and uses regex-free jq expressions, so it should work on builds without ONIGURUMA.Could you please test with this installer URL and share the full output?
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FlyingEwok/MinecraftSplitscreenSteamdeck/fix/issue-6-jq-compat/install-minecraft-splitscreen.shIf it still fails, please include:
- distro + version
jq --version- exact error text
Thank you for your assistance.
Attempted to use the new installer script you sent, got this error message:
========================================== ☕ AUTOMATIC JAVA SETUP ========================================== 🔄 Checking Java requirements for Minecraft 26.1.2... 💡 Minecraft 26.1.2 requires Java 25 🔄 Searching for Java 25 installation... ⚠ Found Java executable but version doesn't match requirement ⚠ Java 25 not found on system 💡 Automatically installing Java 25 using Steam Deck JDK installer... 💡 This installation: 💡 • Downloads official Oracle/OpenJDK builds with SHA256 verification 💡 • Installs to ~/.local/jdk/ (no root access needed) 💡 • Supports multiple Java versions side-by-side 💡 • Sets up proper environment variables automatically ❌ Git is required to download the JDK installer but is not installed ❌ Please install git first: sudo pacman -S git ❌ Automatic Java installation failed ❌ Please install Java 25 manually and try again 💡 Manual installation options: 💡 • Or run the JDK installer separately: 💡 git clone https://github.com/FlyingEwok/install-jdk-on-steam-deck.git 💡 JDK_VERSION=25 ./install-jdk-on-steam-deck/scripts/install-jdk.sh 🧹 Cleaning up temporary modules...So went here: https://github.com/FlyingEwok/install-jdk-on-steam-deck/tree/main/scripts and downloaded your script and ran that, which appeared to work fine:
=== Change Default Java Version === Installed JDK versions: 1) JDK 25 - openjdk version "25.0.3" 2026-04-21 LTS 2) JDK 26 - openjdk version "26.0.1" 2026-04-21 Select which JDK to set as default (1-2) [default: 2 for JDK 26 - RECOMMENDED]: 2 ✓ Set JDK 26 as the default Java version (latest version) Updated ~/.profile with all installed JDK versions For new terminals, restart your shell or run: source ~/.profile Manual config commands: export PATH="/userdata/system/.local/jdk/jdk-26/bin:$PATH" export JAVA_HOME="/userdata/system/.local/jdk/jdk-26" Installation completed!`I applied the manual confit commands and that appeared to work:
[root@BATOCERA /userdata/system]# java -version openjdk version "26.0.1" 2026-04-21 OpenJDK Runtime Environment Temurin-26.0.1+8 (build 26.0.1+8) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-26.0.1+8 (build 26.0.1+8, mixed mode, sharing)However, running the install-minecraft-splitscreen.sh still produces the same error as before. It is not detecting that I have installed JDK for some reason.
I am still running Batocera 41. jq --version is jq-1.7.1
Many thanks.
Hello Everyone,
I'm trying to run this script on a machine running Batocera 41 (not a steamdeck). I'm getting the following error:
"jq: error (at :775): jq was compiled without ONIGURUMA regex library. match/test/sub and related functions are not available."
Then I get the message:
🧹 Cleaning up temporary modules...
and then it exits back to the terminal.
Any help with this would be immensely appreciated as I think this could be very useful for many batocera users.
Thanks!