[Feature Request]: libayatana-appindicator1 as a replacement/alternative to libappindicator1 #27527
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a sample electron application with this issue is signal-desktop, see signalapp/Signal-Desktop#4761 |
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Agreed, this would be a Good Thing. |
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I think that the correct place to report this is develar/app-builder#51 |
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Closes: #1229 Relevant issue: * electron/electron#27527 The libappindicator package will not be available in the upcoming Debian "bullseye" release and no appropriate alternative has been implemented by default in electron / electron-builder. This is a temporary measure until this issue is dealt with upstream.
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Just ran into this issue on Debian testing (12). Without investigating, I figured it had to be something broken in Testing. Reformat and re-installed with Debian Stable (11) Issue persists in Debian bullseye. Can some sort of (if / then) statement be included so that a .deb file can contain versions for pre-bullseye and post-bullseye? |
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This would be very welcome! |
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Problem Description
The package libappindicator1 is not available in the upcoming debian release (bullseye) anymore [1]. also other debian based distributions will maybe switch.
as far as i can tell this is the library to handle tray icons in linux that is suported right now now and is also set as a default deb dependency by electron builder[2].
This leads to a situation in which an electron app with the default dependencies from electron builder can not be installed on debian bullseye. with the dependency removed it can be installed but the tray icon might not work without changes.
Proposed Solution
Use libayatona-appindicator1 as an alternative for libappindicator1 either by default or optional.
See https://ayatanaindicators.github.io/about/ for more information.
Alternatives Considered
Making libappindicator1 an optional dependency by default. this would enable installation on debian bullseye but may still leave the installations without a working system tray icon.
Additional Information
references:
[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=895037
[2] https://www.electron.build/configuration/linux#debian-package-options
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