Package Details: howdy-git r586.c4521c1-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/howdy-git.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: howdy-git
Description: Windows Hello style facial authentication for Linux
Upstream URL: https://github.com/boltgolt/howdy
Keywords: auth camera face hello ir windows
Licenses: MIT
Conflicts: howdy
Provides: howdy
Submitter: CCF_100
Maintainer: SelfRef
Last Packager: SelfRef
Votes: 10
Popularity: 1.13
First Submitted: 2021-08-23 14:08 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-03-25 09:37 (UTC)

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SelfRef commented on 2025-12-23 07:11 (UTC)

After every Python version update, libraries needs to be updated as well (python-dlib and python-opencv). This is not howdy's fault.

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snowiemischief commented on 2026-07-16 21:42 (UTC) (edited on 2026-07-16 21:43 (UTC) by snowiemischief)

I also had the same problem as @maoyaotang1. Seems to be a problem with python-dlib and a .so file name change (latest comment is talking about this). I fixed it by switching to python-dlib-git since it's on an older version (though it is orphaned and it's probably a bad idea to do this).

SelfRef commented on 2026-06-22 08:05 (UTC)

@maoyaotang1 I cannot recreate this error. Please try clean makepkg (with -C).

maoyaotang1 commented on 2026-06-21 21:28 (UTC)

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/howdy/compare.py", line 18, in <module> import cv2 ImportError: libx265.so.215: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory nknown error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/howdy/compare.py", line 18, in <module> import cv2 ImportError: libx265.so.215: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory nknown error:

SelfRef commented on 2026-03-25 09:37 (UTC)

@hour-keeper Thanks, I've added the fix.

hour-keeper commented on 2026-03-10 07:05 (UTC) (edited on 2026-03-12 05:28 (UTC) by hour-keeper)

Please add content similar to the following:

# /etc/systemd/system/polkit-agent-helper@.service.d/override.conf
[Service]
PrivateDevices=no
DeviceAllow=char-video4linux rw
DeviceAllow=/dev/uinput rw

Because polkit-agent-helper@.service now uses DevicePolicy=strict, this prevents pam_howdy.so from accessing the camera device. See: howdy#1077

pblague commented on 2025-12-24 01:31 (UTC)

@SelfRef Well... I tested it again and yes... I hadn't actually installed python-dlib back then because of the same error and python-opencv was already installed, but python-dlib apparently doesn't put gcc14 as their build dependency so yea... Sorry for putting it on you man, I will go and comment on their page if necessary.

Thank you for keeping it up! You're Awesome!

SelfRef commented on 2025-12-23 07:13 (UTC)

@pblague Are you sure this is an issue from this package? I see comments in python-dlib about this. Howdy itself builds just fine.

SelfRef commented on 2025-12-23 07:11 (UTC)

After every Python version update, libraries needs to be updated as well (python-dlib and python-opencv). This is not howdy's fault.

pblague commented on 2025-12-16 20:16 (UTC)

Please add gcc14 as one of the build dependencies. I kept having issues until I installed it. Thank you!

donko3005 commented on 2025-10-10 04:54 (UTC) (edited on 2025-10-10 05:01 (UTC) by donko3005)

after recent python update,it shows this 

Traceback (most recent call 
      File "/usr/lib/howdy/compare.py", line 18, in <
       import cv2
    ImportError: /usr/lib/libopencv_highgui.so.412: undefined symbol:_ZN9QtPrivate17expectedAllocSizeEmm, version Qt_6 
nknown error:

rebuilding the python3.12 package does not solve the issue,neither updating the mirrors just in case there was a recent update on that package

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