Package Details: briar-desktop 0.6.5.beta-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/briar-desktop.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: briar-desktop
Description: Prototyping the next generation for Briar on desktop devices
Upstream URL: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-desktop
Licenses: GPL
Submitter: lsf
Maintainer: tblFlip
Last Packager: tblFlip
Votes: 6
Popularity: 0.000000
First Submitted: 2022-01-21 17:23 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-01-15 14:06 (UTC)

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taivlam commented on 2026-02-25 00:32 (UTC)

There is an error when the SHA256 checksums are verified for the briar-desktop directory.

Below is the stdout when I try to build this package:

$ makepkg -sirc
==> Making package: briar-desktop 0.6.5.beta-1 (Tue 24 Feb 2026 08:34:38 AM EST)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Cloning briar-desktop git repo...
Cloning into bare repository '/home/tai/AUR/briar-desktop/briar-desktop'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 13338, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (13338/13338), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3532/3532), done.
remote: Total 13338 (delta 6974), reused 13091 (delta 6817), pack-reused 0 (from 0)
Receiving objects: 100% (13338/13338), 18.01 MiB | 12.38 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (6974/6974), done.
  -> Cloning briar git repo...
Cloning into bare repository '/home/tai/AUR/briar-desktop/briar'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 164312, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (559/559), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (292/292), done.
remote: Total 164312 (delta 276), reused 418 (delta 206), pack-reused 163753 (from 1)
Receiving objects: 100% (164312/164312), 173.81 MiB | 14.83 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (95507/95507), done.
  -> Found briar16.png
  -> Found briar32.png
  -> Found briar48.png
  -> Found briar64.png
  -> Found briar128.png
  -> Found briar192.png
  -> Found briar-desktop.desktop
==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
    briar-desktop ... FAILED
    briar ... Passed
    briar16.png ... Passed
    briar32.png ... Passed
    briar48.png ... Passed
    briar64.png ... Passed
    briar128.png ... Passed
    briar192.png ... Passed
    briar-desktop.desktop ... Passed
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!

nurobo commented on 2023-03-09 14:51 (UTC) (edited on 2023-03-12 13:57 (UTC) by nurobo)

SOLVED (updated from 0.4.0.beta to 0.4.1.beta) : I get this error "Could not load font" whenever I open briar-desktop and it closes after I click "OK". What fonts do I need to have?

lsf commented on 2022-04-15 17:33 (UTC)

@reclusivesage: thanks for bringing it up. should be handled better / more cleanly now.

reclusivesage commented on 2022-04-15 16:38 (UTC)

When I try to open Briar Desktop, this is what I get on the CLI:

$ briar-desktop 
/usr/bin/briar-desktop: line 2: /usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk/bin/java: No such file or directory

Also, jdk-openjdk is currently on version 18-2. Trying to remake the package results in an error asking for OpenJDK version 17:

$ makepkg -sirc
==> Making package: briar-desktop 0.2.0.beta-1 (Fri 15 Apr 2022 12:31:39 PM EDT)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Installing missing dependencies...
[sudo] password for uSER: 
error: target not found: jdk-openjdk<18
==> ERROR: 'pacman' failed to install missing dependencies.
==> Missing dependencies:
  -> jdk-openjdk<18
==> ERROR: Could not resolve all dependencies.

reclusivesage commented on 2022-01-29 20:47 (UTC)

@B28302:

Not a comprehensive place, but the Arch Wiki page for the AUR explains the difference between package and package-git.

@lsf: 1. Seems the "This is a test version..." message is supposed to appear, since it's in the screenshot on the desktop client page. 2. Cool, hopefully there will be a way to export chat history in the near-ish future.

lsf commented on 2022-01-27 00:43 (UTC) (edited on 2022-01-27 00:45 (UTC) by lsf)

@reclusivesage:

  1. I think so. It's at a beta stage atm, so they might want to avoid people using old-ish versions. If it also appears with briar-desktop-bin, then it's probably intended to be that way ^^

  2. Yep, no linking-to-a-phone stuff like with Signal or WhatsApp ^^

@B28302:

briar-desktop follows upstream/official releases, but is built from source. briar-desktop-bin uses the official precompiled .jar file from upstream releases. briar-desktop-git is built from source, but always from the very latest commit (even in between stable/beta releases)

=> so: all packages give you briar-desktop – you can pick what you want (fastest way / basically just a repackaged (stable) official release: briar-desktop-bin; stable release, but you want to use the source instead of something prebuilt: briar-desktop; most cutting-edge, hot-off-the-presses release: briar-desktop-git)

B28302 commented on 2022-01-27 00:31 (UTC)

What's the main differences between these AUR packages (besides version)?

briar-desktop (e.g. briar-desktop 0.1.0.beta-4)
briar-desktop-bin (e.g. briar-desktop-bin 0.1.0.beta-3)
briar-desktop-git (e.g. briar-desktop-git r307.38723c4-3)

Which is the main package I should install?

Thank you.

reclusivesage commented on 2022-01-26 04:55 (UTC) (edited on 2022-01-26 04:55 (UTC) by reclusivesage)

@lsf Thanks for fixing the SHA256 sums!

  1. I get the message below in a thing top red banner. Is this normal?

    This is a test version of Briar that will expire in 86 days. Please update to a newer version in time.

  2. I'm a bit confused about Briar Desktop - is this supposed to be used stand-alone, as in there's no need to sync the Desktop client with the Android client? (For no good reason reason, my mind is conditioned to expect the use case of Signal.)

lsf commented on 2022-01-24 22:58 (UTC)

That was an error on my end – should be fixed now!

lsf commented on 2022-01-24 22:58 (UTC)

That was an error on my end – should be fixed now!

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