Debian package doesn't work on Ubuntu server

[remram44]

Description

I installed riot-web using the APT repository (as per README) and riot-web doesn't start:

riot-web: error while loading shared libraries: libasound.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Looking at ldd $(which riot-web), I also see other missing libraries:

• libffmpeg.so
• libasound.so.2
• libnode.so

Full output from ldd

        linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fffcb591000)
        libnode.so => not found
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fdd2b5e3000)
        libgtk-3.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0 (0x00007fdd2acdc000)
        libgdk-3.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk-3.so.0 (0x00007fdd2a9e6000)
        libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fdd2a7d9000)
        libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fdd2a58c000)
        libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fdd2a366000)
        libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcairo.so.2 (0x00007fdd2a049000)
        libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fdd29e25000)
        libgio-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fdd29a86000)
        libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fdd29832000)
        libatk-bridge-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libatk-bridge-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fdd29601000)
        libdbus-1.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3 (0x00007fdd293b4000)
        libX11-xcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11-xcb.so.1 (0x00007fdd291b2000)
        libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007fdd28f8a000)
        libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXi.so.6 (0x00007fdd28d7a000)
        libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXcursor.so.1 (0x00007fdd28b70000)
        libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdamage.so.1 (0x00007fdd2896d000)
        libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrandr.so.2 (0x00007fdd28762000)
        libXcomposite.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXcomposite.so.1 (0x00007fdd2855f000)
        libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6 (0x00007fdd2834d000)
        libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXfixes.so.3 (0x00007fdd28147000)
        libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrender.so.1 (0x00007fdd27f3d000)
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 (0x00007fdd27c05000)
        libXtst.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXtst.so.6 (0x00007fdd279ff000)
        libXss.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXss.so.1 (0x00007fdd277fb000)
        libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fdd274e5000)
        libnss3.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss3.so (0x00007fdd271a1000)
        libnssutil3.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnssutil3.so (0x00007fdd26f72000)
        libsmime3.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsmime3.so (0x00007fdd26d46000)
        libnspr4.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnspr4.so (0x00007fdd26b09000)
        libffmpeg.so => not found
        libasound.so.2 => not found
        libcups.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcups.so.2 (0x00007fdd2687d000)
        librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007fdd26675000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fdd26471000)
        libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x00007fdd2622c000)
        libexpat.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1 (0x00007fdd25ffa000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007fdd25c5c000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fdd25a44000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fdd25653000)
        /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fdd2b802000)
        libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fdd2544f000)
        libcairo-gobject.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcairo-gobject.so.2 (0x00007fdd25246000)
        libepoxy.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libepoxy.so.0 (0x00007fdd24f45000)
        libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fdd24d2f000)
        libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXinerama.so.1 (0x00007fdd24b2c000)
        libxkbcommon.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxkbcommon.so.0 (0x00007fdd248ed000)
        libwayland-cursor.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwayland-cursor.so.0 (0x00007fdd246e5000)
        libwayland-egl.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwayland-egl.so.1 (0x00007fdd244e3000)
        libwayland-client.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwayland-client.so.0 (0x00007fdd242d4000)
        libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00007fdd24020000)
        libthai.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthai.so.0 (0x00007fdd23e17000)
        libpixman-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpixman-1.so.0 (0x00007fdd23b72000)
        libpng16.so.16 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng16.so.16 (0x00007fdd23940000)
        libxcb-shm.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-shm.so.0 (0x00007fdd2373d000)
        libxcb-render.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-render.so.0 (0x00007fdd23530000)
        libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007fdd23313000)
        libselinux.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libselinux.so.1 (0x00007fdd230eb000)
        libresolv.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libresolv.so.2 (0x00007fdd22ed0000)
        libmount.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmount.so.1 (0x00007fdd22c7c000)
        libffi.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6 (0x00007fdd22a74000)
        libatspi.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libatspi.so.0 (0x00007fdd22844000)
        libsystemd.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsystemd.so.0 (0x00007fdd225c0000)
        libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0x00007fdd223bc000)
        libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007fdd221b6000)
        libpcre.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3 (0x00007fdd21f44000)
        libplc4.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libplc4.so (0x00007fdd21d3f000)
        libplds4.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libplds4.so (0x00007fdd21b3b000)
        libgssapi_krb5.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgssapi_krb5.so.2 (0x00007fdd218f0000)
        libgnutls.so.30 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30 (0x00007fdd2158b000)
        libavahi-common.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-common.so.3 (0x00007fdd2137f000)
        libavahi-client.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-client.so.3 (0x00007fdd2116e000)
        libharfbuzz.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libharfbuzz.so.0 (0x00007fdd20ed0000)
        libdatrie.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdatrie.so.1 (0x00007fdd20cc9000)
        libblkid.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libblkid.so.1 (0x00007fdd20a7c000)
        liblzma.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007fdd20856000)
        liblz4.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblz4.so.1 (0x00007fdd2063a000)
        libgcrypt.so.20 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcrypt.so.20 (0x00007fdd2031f000)
        libbsd.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbsd.so.0 (0x00007fdd2010a000)
        libkrb5.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkrb5.so.3 (0x00007fdd1fe34000)
        libk5crypto.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libk5crypto.so.3 (0x00007fdd1fc02000)
        libcom_err.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcom_err.so.2 (0x00007fdd1f9fe000)
        libkrb5support.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkrb5support.so.0 (0x00007fdd1f7f3000)
        libp11-kit.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libp11-kit.so.0 (0x00007fdd1f4c4000)
        libidn2.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libidn2.so.0 (0x00007fdd1f2a7000)
        libunistring.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libunistring.so.2 (0x00007fdd1ef29000)
        libtasn1.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtasn1.so.6 (0x00007fdd1ed16000)
        libnettle.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnettle.so.6 (0x00007fdd1eae0000)
        libhogweed.so.4 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhogweed.so.4 (0x00007fdd1e8ac000)
        libgmp.so.10 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmp.so.10 (0x00007fdd1e62b000)
        libgraphite2.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgraphite2.so.3 (0x00007fdd1e3fe000)
        libuuid.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007fdd1e1f7000)
        libgpg-error.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgpg-error.so.0 (0x00007fdd1dfe2000)
        libkeyutils.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkeyutils.so.1 (0x00007fdd1ddde000)

Steps to reproduce

• Install riot-web on a headless server machine. That machine is extremely unlikely to already have a sound system installed.
• Install riot-web package
• riot-web doesn't run because it needs on libraries that the package does not declare as dependencies (and frankly, that it shouldn't need...)

Version information

riot-web package 0.17.8 amd64

Ubuntu 18.04 (Google Cloud)

[t3chguy]

The riot-web package is for the desktop client therefore won't work in a headless environment (and its why electron is there which depends on the "unlisted" dependencies)

[remram44]

You could simply add libasound2 to the dependencies.

Also you're right, this is probably not the package I'm looking for. It wasn't obvious from the README that this wasn't applicable to servers...

[t3chguy]

The .deb is created by electron-builder and it is what specifies the dependencies

[remram44]

Feel free to close this if you don't think it's appropriate for you to change the dependencies. At least it'll give a search result for other people who try to run this on a server 😄

[t3chguy]

I think this issue warrants a change to the readme at the very least

[t3chguy]

Closed by improved readme