(Bug report) 0.48.3 deb is broken

[gerroon]

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Trilium Version

0.48.3

What operating system are you using?

Other Linux

What is your setup?

Local + server sync

Operating System Version

Debian Testig x64

Expected Behavior

Proper installation

Actual Behavior

The .deb file does not install properly. This is the first time I getting with the provided .deb file. Please see the log

dpkg -i trilium_0.48.3_amd64.deb 
dpkg-deb: error: archive 'trilium_0.48.3_amd64.deb' uses unknown compression for member 'control.tar.zst', giving up
dpkg: error processing archive trilium_0.48.3_amd64.deb (--install):
 dpkg-deb --control subprocess returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 trilium_0.48.3_amd64.deb

Additional Information

No response

[zadam]

Hi, this is caused by the newly introduced ZStandard compression as the default for dpkg-deb packages. Unfortunately debian does not support ZStandard (yet).

I created an issue electron-userland/electron-installer-debian#272 for allowing configuration of compression which would allow us to switch back to XZ which is supported in debian as well.

The workaround for now would be to use the *.tar.xz file

[Zocker1999NET]

Or if someone like me really requires using the deb package, you can convert it manually for now (requires binutils (for ar) and zstd to be installed):

# configure version
export trilium_version=0.48.4
# jump into own directory
mkdir -p trilium-deb-fix
cd trilium-deb-fix
# download trilium
wget https://github.com/zadam/trilium/releases/download/v${trilium_version}/trilium_${trilium_version}_amd64.deb
ar x trilium_${trilium_version}_amd64.deb
# recompress
< control.tar.zst zstd -d | xz > control.tar.xz
< data.tar.zst zstd -d | xz > data.tar.xz
# create deb archive (I really do not know, what argument "sdsd" is for but something is required for ar to create the archive as desired)
ar -m -c -a sdsd trilium_${trilium_version}_amd64_xz.deb debian-binary control.tar.xz data.tar.xz
## uncomment if you want to install it directly afterwards
# sudo dpkg -i trilium_${trilium_version}_amd64_xz.deb

[zadam]

@Zocker1999NET thanks, I added your workaround to the build process as a temporary solution so 0.48.5 and later should be again compatible with debian.