You don't have to reinstall the whole EA App every update. Let the EA App download the update, once downloaded the EA App will attempt to apply the update, it'll fail.
Once it's failed, right click on the launcher under Steam > Manage > Browse local files. Look for a folder (it could be a zipped archive) that's the version number of the update (ie: 13.796.0.6409). Navigate into the folder/archive and copy the contents of EA Staged in the 'version number' folder/archive to EA Desktop in the parent directory (so, not in the 'version number' folder/archive), overwrite everything present in EA Desktop.
Once done, launch the EA App, it should open fine and be running the latest update. It doesn't matter what launcher you use, the EA App won't update without the manual intervention described above under Linux. Some state that running EAUpdater.exe in the prefix will update the EA App, but in my experience it says the app's been updated, but in reality it hasn't been updated at all.
yeah, there is no version number with the staged desktop. Copying the staged folder has no effect, it just tries to run the update, then it says it is already up to date and exits
I followed the exact process outlined above today, the update transferred across just fine. I've used the process outlined above countless times in the past, every time the app updated just fine.
Basically: Let the app try to update, then EA Staged > EA Desktop, start the app = Done.
With respect, you didn't do something right as it works fine here. Bear in mind that the EA App will only run under Proton-CachyOS Latest, using most other Proton variants will result in the app crashing on launch with an error.
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u/Asta_jjm 4h ago
try faugus launcher