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I've repackaged mendeley. Can you try this PKGBUILD?

I'm using manjaro XFCE

https://pastebin.com/mwqu3sk6

With the last update, I get this: https://pastebin.com/SRaNFWVD

Whats the output of mendeleydesktop --debug-launcher? Post pastebin. Which DE do you use?

I was just checking the package in more details and I got it to work with system packages (qt, ssl, etc.). Maybe I will repackage it this weekend.

I couldn't reach my documents. Open, open containing folder and open files externally are greyed out. When I double click, it gives ssl handshake and certificatee errors as I mentioned in my last post. Connection tab of options window says "unable to connect". I don't use proxy, firewall, etc.

@sispus your output of whereis is ok though I am not sure why asoid jsdfi LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/mendeleydesktop/lib/mendeleydesktop/plugins/platforms fails in this case since you should have the directory which contains necessary qt shared library. Mendeley always recreates the desktop file, that`s why you had to change install-mendeley-link-handler.sh. It has so many files since it bundles them with the package. Does "Open Files Externally" work for you?

AUR uses python markdown, you can check the wiki for more details.

hi akstrfn,

output of "whereis" is: mendeleydesktop: /usr/bin/mendeleydesktop /opt/mendeleydesktop/bin/mendeleydesktop

I removed mendeleydesktop and all residual files, and reinstall it. "whereis" was the same. I removed the LD_LIBRARY_PATH part from the "exec" line in /opt/mendeleydesktop/bin/install-mendeley-link-handler.sh After I started mendeley it recreates .desktop file with /home/venus/.local/share/mendeleydesktop %f command. Now it downloads all the files in the library everytime it starts. It is the case also when I synch the library from gui. Is it expected behavior? It means about 500 files for me...

P.S. I realize that I cannot really download or open the files in my library. When I click on a file it says "There was a problem connecting to mendeley.com to sync your library: SSL handshake failed The issuer certificate of a locally looked up certificate could not be found (Cert: DigiCert Baltimore CA-2 G2)" What do you suggest?

P.S. I am a newbie here. How do you add this yellow command highlights to your comments. thank you

@sispus what's the output of whereis mendeleydesktop?

If it is installed in /opt you can change this line in /opt/mendeleydesktop/bin/install-mendeley-link-handler.sh and then remove the ~/.local/share/applications/mendeleydesktop.desktop. After you start mendeley it recreates the *.desktop file without LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

hi,

After update, mendeley won't start for second try. It restores everytime the menu .desktop file exec as:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/mendeleydesktop/lib/mendeleydesktop/plugins/platforms /home/venus/.local/share/mendeleydesktop %f

and gives error:

failed to execute command "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/mendeleydesktop/lib/mendeleydesktop/plugins/platforms /home/venus/.local/share/mendeleydesktop %f"

failed to execute child process "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/mendeleydesktop/lib/mendeleydesktop/plugins/platforms" (no such file or directory)"

It starts from terminal with "mendeleydesktop" command, or fixing the .desktop file exec line as mendeleydesktop", and resumes the line as is, so won't start second time. How can i fix it?

Thanks. Fixed.