Package Details: franz 1:5.10.0-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/franz.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: franz
Description: Free messaging app for services like WhatsApp, Slack, Messenger and many more.
Upstream URL: https://meetfranz.com
Licenses: Apache
Submitter: 314eter
Maintainer: ItachiSan
Last Packager: ItachiSan
Votes: 146
Popularity: 0.000000
First Submitted: 2017-10-26 11:34 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2023-09-11 20:46 (UTC)

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ItachiSan commented on 2019-10-07 08:26 (UTC) (edited on 2021-09-08 07:58 (UTC) by ItachiSan)

If you have troubles, read this message!

Please go to the relevant section of this comment in order to make both your and my life easier :)

  1. Errors when starting the app like: the chat area is all blue
  2. (Obsolete) I get an error when upgrading packages

Now, to the resolutions!

1. The app opens but I got a blue screen and nothing more / The app refuses to start / ...

The package depends on Node.js native stuff which are compiled at build time, which makes it break on Electron updates.

With a PKGBUILD between 2020-11-15 till 2021-09-08, you should always have gad a correct matching between Electron and Franz versions.

After 2021-09-08, while the Electron packages follows just the official Arch package dependency, as it is based on not-rolling versions (AKA following a specific Electron branch) breakages are unlikely.

If you would like to help me on this, whenever you have problems starting it, do the following:

  1. Open Franz
  2. Franz is broken: maybe for a recent update?
  3. Reinstall Franz from AUR; this will make it rebuild the native blobs
  4. Re-open Franz
  5. Franz should work fine; if so, it was a Node.js/Electron/else update problem

If the above steps help you, report the package as outdated here and write in the comment something like:

Electron update broke Franz

If you have some other issues, you should open the developer tools and give me its output, in addition to what is your environment, so I can figure out if it is a packaging issue (my job to fix) or an upstream/code issue (their job to fix); in the second case, I will open a bug request and mention it in a comment, so that you can track it.

2. (Obsolete) I cannot upgrade Electron

The following resolution is not valid since 2021-09-08, it is kept for historic purposes

This is intended; since the PKGBUILD for Franz 5.5.0-4, the package marks as dependency a version-locked Electron package in order to avoid issues with binary modules over upgrades.

In such scenario, you should, assuming _electron="electron" in the PKGBUILD (meaning the Electron used is bundled in the package electron):

  1. Mark this package as out of date
  2. Do you regular updates with: pacman -Syu --ignore electron

If you want however to upgrade the Electron package, do

  1. Upgrade the electron package with pacman -S --assume-installed electron=FRANZ.REQUIRED.VERSION electron
  2. Rebuild Franz if needed

Hope this was a good explanation, might get updates if I missed something :)

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FFY00 commented on 2018-09-08 19:49 (UTC)

Well, me neither :/

https://github.com/meetfranz/franz/issues/1068

MattMcHackit commented on 2018-09-08 19:43 (UTC)

Franz always starts in Dev Mode. I'm not sure why? Any help would be appreciated! Thank you!

silverbluep commented on 2018-09-07 20:25 (UTC)

I'm having the same problem; I can't add any of the services. Does anyone know how to resolve this issue?

veedelastro commented on 2018-09-07 11:52 (UTC)

is "nodejs-ts-carbon" a typo? can´t install franz because of it. and yay is adding to the problem by not letting me edit pkgbuild, --editmenu flag doesnt work. any help appreciated.

cocconat commented on 2018-09-05 07:55 (UTC)

It is impossible to add any service. The error message is "Could not load service recipe".

Please fix it :)

doc_56 commented on 2018-08-26 20:16 (UTC)

It is impossible to add any service. The error message is "Could not load service recipe". Also there is no icon for the application window in Openbox WM.

FFY00 commented on 2018-08-19 20:15 (UTC)

I am aware of the poor state of the pkgbuild. I was rewritting it to use system's electron instead of bundling it's own version. That's why I haven't fixed it yet. I'll apply the patch.

ItachiSan commented on 2018-08-18 22:40 (UTC)

@FFY00, I've created a small patch for the PKGBUILD, to make it

  • handle variables better
  • avoid cluttering users folder with npm cache, instead use $srcdir for the npm cache
  • remove useless dependencies (nodejs-nan) and install needed ones (git as makedepends)
  • some formatting tweaks

It is available here: https://gist.github.com/ItachiSan/268de4fd81c581a6405ad900414fa624

I hope you will apply it to the package.

mrzapp commented on 2018-08-17 07:23 (UTC) (edited on 2018-08-17 07:26 (UTC) by mrzapp)

I made a quick little patch for those of you who want to unlock the "premium" features:

Just paste this into the PKGBUILD, below the "cd $pkgname-$_pkgver" line:

curl https://gitlab.com/snippets/1745746/raw > src/models/User.js

It might still ask you to create an account, but you can just type garbage into the fields.

gavsiu commented on 2018-08-12 18:29 (UTC)

@closingin That got it installed, but the only service I wanted to use, WhatsApp, has an error: Could not load service recipe. =(

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