Arch (installed via AUR): GUI startup failure

[OrfeasLitos]

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Bug Description

After latest arch update, signal-desktop (installed from AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/signal-desktop-bin/) fails to start. The most relevant part of the error is:

Error: Cannot find module '/usr/lib/signal/resources/app.asar/node_modules/@journeyapps/sqlcipher/lib/binding/electron-v7.1-linux-x64/node_sqlite3.node'

Steps to Reproduce

1. execute signal-desktop

Actual Result:

Set Windows Application User Model ID (AUMID) { appUserModelId: 'org.whispersystems.signal-desktop' }
NODE_ENV production
NODE_CONFIG_DIR /usr/lib/signal/resources/app.asar/config
NODE_CONFIG {}
ALLOW_CONFIG_MUTATIONS undefined
HOSTNAME undefined
NODE_APP_INSTANCE undefined
SUPPRESS_NO_CONFIG_WARNING undefined
userData: [REDACTED]/.config/Signal
config/get: Successfully read user config file
config/get: Successfully read ephemeral config file
App threw an error during load
Error: Cannot find module '/usr/lib/signal/resources/app.asar/node_modules/@journeyapps/sqlcipher/lib/binding/electron-v7.1-linux-x64/node_sqlite3.node'
Require stack:
- /usr/lib/signal/resources/app.asar/node_modules/@journeyapps/sqlcipher/lib/sqlite3.js
- /usr/lib/signal/resources/app.asar/app/sql.js
- /usr/lib/signal/resources/app.asar/main.js
- /usr/lib/electron/resources/default_app.asar/main.js
- 
    at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:717:15)
    at Function../lib/common/reset-search-paths.ts.Module._resolveFilename (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:7601:16)
    at Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:622:27)
    at Module._load (electron/js2c/asar.js:717:26)
    at Function.Module._load (electron/js2c/asar.js:717:26)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:775:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:68:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/signal/resources/app.asar/node_modules/@journeyapps/sqlcipher/lib/sqlite3.js:4:15)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:880:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:892:10)
Unhandled Error: Error: Cannot find module '/usr/lib/signal/resources/app.asar/node_modules/@journeyapps/sqlcipher/lib/binding/electron-v7.1-linux-x64/node_sqlite3.node'
Require stack:
- /usr/lib/signal/resources/app.asar/node_modules/@journeyapps/sqlcipher/lib/sqlite3.js
- /usr/lib/signal/resources/app.asar/app/sql.js
- /usr/lib/signal/resources/app.asar/main.js
- /usr/lib/electron/resources/default_app.asar/main.js
- 
    at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:717:15)
    at Function../lib/common/reset-search-paths.ts.Module._resolveFilename (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:7601:16)
    at Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:622:27)
    at Module._load (electron/js2c/asar.js:717:26)
    at Function.Module._load (electron/js2c/asar.js:717:26)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:775:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:68:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/signal/resources/app.asar/node_modules/@journeyapps/sqlcipher/lib/sqlite3.js:4:15)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:880:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:892:10)
Unhandled Error
Error: Cannot find module '/usr/lib/signal/resources/app.asar/node_modules/@journeyapps/sqlcipher/lib/binding/electron-v7.1-linux-x64/node_sqlite3.node'
Require stack:
- /usr/lib/signal/resources/app.asar/node_modules/@journeyapps/sqlcipher/lib/sqlite3.js
- /usr/lib/signal/resources/app.asar/app/sql.js
- /usr/lib/signal/resources/app.asar/main.js
- /usr/lib/electron/resources/default_app.asar/main.js
- 
    at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:717:15)
    at Function../lib/common/reset-search-paths.ts.Module._resolveFilename (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:7601:16)
    at Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:622:27)
    at Module._load (electron/js2c/asar.js:717:26)
    at Function.Module._load (electron/js2c/asar.js:717:26)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:775:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:68:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/signal/resources/app.asar/node_modules/@journeyapps/sqlcipher/lib/sqlite3.js:4:15)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:880:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:892:10)

Expected Result: Signal GUI showing up

Platform Info

Signal Version: 1.27.4

Operating System: Arch linux

Linked Device Version: Android v9

[Cerberus0]

I'm not sure if Arch Linux is officially supported yet, let alone desktop versions from sources other than https://signal.org/download/. Have you tried reporting this issue to the AUR package maintainer, @JBBr?

[scottnonnenberg-signal]

We don't support these unofficial install channels. Given the error you reported, it looks like it's not being built/packaged properly.

[OrfeasLitos]

Just for reference, solution was to do a clean reinstall:
sudo pacman -Rns signal
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/signal-desktop.git
cd signal-desktop
makepkg -si
source: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/signal-desktop/#comment-715580

[jthomaschewski]

I'm the maintainer of this package, and couldn't reproduce this, neither on Manjaro nor Arch.
Probably something has gone wrong while unpacking during the build process.

If you experience any bugs in the future, please report in the comment section of the package: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/signal-desktop-bin/

or in my pkgbuild github project, which contains all my aur packages: https://github.com/jbbr/pkgbuilds