How to fix infinite loading of gtk-engines-murrine in autoload script ? (arch linux)

[DoubleWopper]

I recently decided to install my favorite config for hyprland on my laptop, but I ran into a problem where gtk-engines-murrine starts loading endlessly while loading.

[dwilliam62]

Hello. Do you mean when you are trying to install it, it hangs?

[DoubleWopper]

No, if you remove the part of the code responsible for the mandatory installation of gtk-engines-murrine from the sh file, the script works perfectly.

[AndyBodnar]

The gtk-engines-murrine infinite loading is usually caused by a dependency issue or the package not being available in the expected repos.

Quick fixes:

1. Install murrine manually first:

sudo pacman -S gtk-engine-murrine

2. If that fails, try the AUR:

yay -S gtk-engine-murrine

3. Skip the check in the install script - find the murrine check and comment it out temporarily:

# Look for the check in the install script
grep -r "murrine" ~/.config/hypr/

4. Check if its already installed:

pacman -Qs murrine

The issue is often that the script is waiting for a package manager confirmation or the package name differs slightly between Arch versions.

If none of that works, share the exact error or the script line thats hanging and I can help debug further.

[DoubleWopper]

Hi, yes indeed, if I comment out the part of the code responsible for gtk-engine-murrine, everything goes smoothly, but I still can't install gtk-engine-murrine.
If I use pacman, I get: error: target not found: gtk-engine-murrine
warning: 'gtk-engine-murrine' is a file. Did you mean -U/--upgrade instead of -S/--sync?
If I use yay, it tells me: (Build Files Exist) and starts an endless download to the AUR.
If I try to uninstall gtk-engine-murrine using the command: yay -R gtk-engine-murrine , I get: error: target not found: gtk-engine-murrine
-> exit status 1

[DoubleWopper]

After trying many options, I suddenly remembered how I installed this config last time. If you are also from Russia and encountered this problem, just use any VPN. It turns out that gtk-engines-murrines was still downloading, but at a speed of 5 kb per second. When I installed the VPN, everything worked.