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Version 9.2.0 released today.

https://whatsnew.vandyke.com/2022/04/securecrt-9-2-and-securefx-9-2-official-releases-now-available/

Highlight is an exciting new feature:

Credentials Manager

A built-in Credentials Manager simplifies password management. With shared credentials, you can change a password in a single location and no longer need to manually locate and update individual sessions.

For anyone following along, I received confirmation that the signature did change. I also received an explanation as to why, which essentially comes down to time.

I will periodically check the hash and update it, as it will be expected to drift, as the release passes a set amount of months.

The commit is complete. Thanks again for the catch

-md5sums=('9F7E5D60E777B22DCB727B1DAD1EFE7D')
+md5sums=('E41778E8D837CA8D3A83F9AE1BDD90A8')

Thanks, Xuebit.

Truly, that's odd. I was sure I checked the md5sum when I originally downloaded the file. But I went to the webpage and confirmed your md5sum is correct

FILE SIGNATURES

    MD5

    E41778E8D837CA8D3A83F9AE1BDD90A8

    SHA1

    0E73455BE1B9C2CC7375D14ED20E262F1EA343BA

    SHA256

    0C4B449225CE8275FFC0836104856DE5ADF4B00FC97BBCFA891CAA6592337165

When I check my file in my cache, for sure, I have the old md5sum

[kazaii@broadview scrt]$ md5sum scrt-9.1.1.2638.ubuntu20-64.tar.gz 
9f7e5d60e777b22dcb727b1dad1efe7d  scrt-9.1.1.2638.ubuntu20-64.tar.gz
[kazaii@broadview scrt]$ 

then I just re-downloaded it and I see the new one

[kazaii@broadview Downloads]$ md5sum scrt-9.1.1.2638.ubuntu20-64.tar.gz 
e41778e8d837ca8d3a83f9ae1bdd90a8  scrt-9.1.1.2638.ubuntu20-64.tar.gz
[kazaii@broadview Downloads]$

There is a Requests section in the top right of this page, where you can make a merge request. But commenting is sufficient as I received an email notification.

I will commit the new md5sum now

Thanks for this package Kazaii, if anyone is having issues with installing this and getting the following error:

==> ERROR: scrt-9.1.1.2638.ubuntu20-64.tar.gz was not found in the build directory and is not a URL.

There is a line in the PKGBUILD file:

To install this package, you need to download the SecureCRT for Linux package in tar.gz format and place it in the same directory as the PKGBUILD

Edit: I was having issues with the MD5 sum. MD5 provided with package: 9F7E5D60E777B22DCB727B1DAD1EFE7D.

Up to date MD5: e41778e8d837ca8d3a83f9ae1bdd90a8

I updated my PKGBUILD file, but how do I make a request to have this updated?

New maintenance release, 9.1.1, is available.

Thank you @GeBo .

I personally use Yay and was not aware of Paru. Double thanks for that

Groups can safely be omitted, as it's essentially unused in this project. I've made a new commit.

Great, thanks!

With paru though, I get an error: key 'groups' requires a value: Line 7: groups =

Deleting that line solves it for me.

My computer is restored and the latest update is published.

Hi everyone. I saw the 9.1 release in my RSS feed. Thank you also to the user, @kistlin, who reported the package quickly.

Unfortunately, my PC with my ssh key for the git repo is currently down (my Ryzen 3900X is dead). Hoping to get a new 5900X next week. I will check to see if I have it in my Restic backups as well.

I will likely clean up my X260 I am currently typing this from and test a new build shortly. Please be patient, if this is not tonight, I'll publish by the weekend.

Version 9.0.2 is now available; Thanks for your patience.

@caldog20. Thanks! Sure, I've added you as a co-maintainer, but feel free to opt out at any time. Sometimes life takes us on new adventures and that's okay.

@kazii, you are now maintainer. I can stay on as a co-maintainer if you want.

@kazii, you are listed as a co-maintainer. But if you want, I can disown the package and you can request to own it. Unless there is a better way to transfer the maintainer to you.

@caldog20: Yes, I will take over the package, if you'd like. You could also remain co-maintainer or a contributor, if you'd like.

If someone wants to take over this package I would be happy to hand it over. I don't have as much time as before to keep it maintained.

Here's the full pkgbuild with pkgver, md5sum etc. and allowed me to build with 9.0.2

https://pastebin.com/9C0TMbAC

There's a space now in the depends section

depends=('fontconfig' 'freetype2' 'gcc-libs' 'glibc' 'krb5' 'libcups'
                'libpng' 'libx11' 'libxcb' 'libxkbcommon' 'libxkbcommon-x11' 'openssl'
                'qt5-base' 'qt5-multimedia' 'xcb-util-image' 'xcb-util-keysyms' 'xcb-
                util-renderutil' 'xcb-util-wm' 'zlib' 'icu66')

should become

depends=('fontconfig' 'freetype2' 'gcc-libs' 'glibc' 'krb5' 'libcups'
                'libpng' 'libx11' 'libxcb' 'libxkbcommon' 'libxkbcommon-x11' 'openssl'
                'qt5-base' 'qt5-multimedia' 'xcb-util-image' 'xcb-util-keysyms' 'xcb-util-renderutil' 'xcb-util-wm' 'zlib' 'icu66')

The above will fix it, the space / new line is in 'xcb-util-renderutil'

Fixed space typo per enderst's comment below.

The space before .so breaks the build.

install -Dm 755 ./libCommonUiQt.so ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/scrt/libCommonUiQt .so

Is anyone know how to clean up free trial info for 30 days ?

@ZEBofx: I can confirm that after installing pyenv (thanks for that!) and creating the symlink, I can execute Python scripts in SecureCRT 9.0.1.

I'll leave the environment as it is for now, as for me this is a workable workaround, atm.

Thanks again for your investigation and providing a workaround / temporary solution.

@ZEBofx: Thank you so much for confirming and investigating further!

Hello,

What I have said, is wrong. I can make python work with scrt, but it works because pyenv build an independent environment, but if I delete it after copying the .so in scrt path, it does not work anymore. So I suspect that we need to build a full python installation in scrt, or play with LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Again, if anybody has an idea on how to build a packaged solution...

OK. I am able to make it work by using pyenv (so that I do not break the system installed version of python). And then :
env PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--enable-shared" pyenv install 3.8.7
sudo ln -s /home/XXXX/.pyenv/versions/3.8.7/lib/libpython3.8.so.1.0 /usr/lib/scrt/libpython3.8.so.1.0
But of course, this is not acceptable for a package... Being a newbie on creating arch package, I do not know how to solve this. Of course, we can probably copy the libpythonX.Y.so.1.0 in this package but I think it won't be a very nice solution. (I can confirm this work, but if anybody knows how to safe copy this libpython file so that we can embed it in the package that should be nice)
Any help welcome, here :)

@GeBo, hum right. Same problem here on manjaro, my python scripts are not working anymore : Unable to load the Python scripting engine.
What I see is libpython3Qt.so is looking for libpython3.8.so.1.0. So I have made a very dirty check :
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libpython3.so /usr/lib/scrt/libpython3.8.so.1.0.
But now, I have a crash dump :
sys:1: RuntimeWarning: compiletime version 3.8 of module 'SecureCRT' does not match runtime version 3.9
I do not know how to fix this, for the moment.

Question: am I the only one where the Python scripting is not working in version 9.x? With version 8 I have no problem at all, but with 9 I get an error message dialog: Unable to load the Python scripting engine.

I already emailed Van Dyke and they were very helpful, but could not provide a solution. They say they only support Python 3.8 (and Arch is on 3.9), but after downgrading to 3.8 I get the same error. And I use scripting extensively...

@caldog20: Thank you for taking the time to update this package in AUR!

thnx guys. worked ok.

Hello,

There are tabs in the depends section which might need to be removed. And there is an extra space before .so on line ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/scrt/libCommonUiQt .so

That should fix all remaining problems. Is there a way for me to post my own PKGBUILD (since I added some double quotes) so that @caldog20 does not need to copy paste the result ?

Best regards, and thank you @caldog20 for your time.

Z

Well, i am a newbie. I removed the extra spaces in "Depends" section, and you guys fixed the previous error, Now i get:

Preparing... Cloning scrt build files... Checking scrt dependencies... Synchronizing package databases... Resolving dependencies... Checking inter-conflicts...

Building scrt... ==> Making package: scrt 9.0.1-2 (Σαβ 03 Απρ 2021 09:56:05 πμ EEST) ==> Checking runtime dependencies... ==> Checking buildtime dependencies... ==> Retrieving sources... -> Found scrt-9.0.1.2451.ubuntu20-64.tar.gz ==> Validating source files with md5sums... scrt-9.0.1.2451.ubuntu20-64.tar.gz ... Passed ==> Removing existing $srcdir/ directory... ==> Extracting sources... -> Extracting scrt-9.0.1.2451.ubuntu20-64.tar.gz with bsdtar ==> Removing existing $pkgdir/ directory... ==> Entering fakeroot environment... ==> Starting package()... install: target '.so' is not a directory ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in package(). Aborting...

The PKGBUILD has been updated and formatting for install lines fixed. Please comment on any other issues.

Thanks @ ZEBofx for the updated PKGBUILD

thnx m8

I will update and repush this tomorrow.

Yes, right. This is because of new lines inserted, before each ${pkgdir}. That have to be corrected.

install: missing destination file operand after './libClientConfigUiQt.so'

Please keep in mind this does not automatically pull down the installation package from Vandykes website. Due to the need of an account, and licensing, you must download the file manually from their website. The correct version would be: scrt-9.0.1.2451.ubuntu20-64.tar.gz. Place this file in the directory of the package build to install.

Package has been updated from @ZEBofx version for 9.0.1

I will make the changes and update the PKGBUILD for 9.x shortly

Hello,

Version 9.0.1 is out, but it is not as easy to install as versions 8. I was able to make it run, making the changes "by hand". I will see, when I can make a PKGBUILD so that may help you gain some time. At least, the new build depends on icu66 (which can be installed from AUR) and not on icu63 anymore.

Regards and thank you for your packages !

i read fcitx wiki : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/fcitx in the "XIM" Section, qt5 did not support xim as qt4 did, and SecureCRT just happend to be a qt5 program, and so you have to qtconfig-qt4 , switch to tab "interface", set "DEFAULT INPUT METHOD" to fcitx if you want to use fcitx on a qt5 program. now that is the problem , my qtconfig-qt4 only show me one selection , which is "xim", i can not switch to "fcitx". do you know how to fix this problem?

./SecureCRT: /usr/lib/libtiff.so.5: no version information available (required by ./SecureCRT)

i think libtiff is the reason that why it can use fcitx.

I have updated this PKGBUILD for 8.7.3. Due to license issues, this PKGBUILD is not able to automatically retrieve the source at Vandyke's website. Therefore, the file must be manually provided in the PKGBUILD directory, and cannot be installed with an AUR helper.

To install SecureCRT 8.7.3: - install icu63 from AUR first! - Download SecureCRT-8.7.3 - filename is scrt-8.7.3.2279.ubuntu19-64.tar.gz - Place file in same folder as PKGBUILD - run makepkg -si

Perfect worked a charm BrokenRouter, much appreciated. (I alread had the ICU63 installed)....

Until this gets updated, you can install by doing the following: install icu63 separately from the AUR.

Update the PKGBUILD here as follows (changed lines only):

pkgver=8.7.3
incrver=2279
md5sums=('da6bb62ab6435b81eb8326e5d5a6cbe5')

Manually download SecureCRT as per the directions, makepkg, and you're good until the next update.

Kinda new here so might be making a dogs dinner here, just attempted to run the script there utilizing the latest package from vandyke scrt-8.7.3.2279.ubuntu19-64.tar.gz I get the following output

==> Making package: scrt 8.7.2-1 (Thu 17 Sep 2020 23:50:37 BST)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
==> ERROR: scrt-8.7.2.2214.ubuntu19-64.tar.gz was not found in the build directory and is not a URL.

Even updating the srcinfo still refers to the previous build. Until a new varient of the aur is built where can I addin the latest build onto to deploy it for the meantime?

@kmcrae you have to install icu63 separately through aur. Seems to still work fine.

This is no longer working for me. I cannot install icu63.

Also the fcitx is a qt5 issue you may look at the SecureCRT docs and see if you can find exactly what QT package it may require but I could never find it.

That is a problem with the icu63 package itself not my PKGBUILD. I had installed icu63 from aur and it pulled correct deps with makepkg. Including clang.

update :

i didnot up my archlinux system to date , that is why i can not install icu63 from aur directly .

but fcitx problem still

well , i did the following: 1. edit icu65 PKGBUILD, and remove clang , install it 2. edit icu63 PKGBUILD, and remove clang , install it 3. install scrt-8.7.2 all done.

problem: can not activate fcitx input

can install icu63 from aur , icu63 depends on clang , but which clang version ?

The PKGBUILD is now updated for the latest version of SecureCRT. Please download "scrt-8.7.2.2214.ubuntu19-64.tar.gz" from Vandyke's website and place it in the same folder as the PKGBUILD. icu63 is a required dependency that will need to be installed from the AUR prior to running this PKGBUILD. Please let me know if there are any issues.

how can I become Maintainer and keep package up to date ?

Hello.

Gonna post here the PKGBUILD i've modified for the latest version. x64 only.

Maintainer : Remy van Elst

https://raymii.org

You need to download the files yourself from the VanDyke website and place the

m in the folder.

pkgname=scrt pkgver=8.3.1 incrver=1537 pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="Vandyke SecureCRT SSH Client" arch=('x86_64') url="http://www.vandyke.com/products/securecrt/" license=('custom')

depends=('openssl' 'glibc' 'qt4')

source_x86_64=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.${incrver}.ubuntu16-64.tar.gz") md5sums_x86_64=('3503749f163ef8bc82e560d326495a27') options=('!strip')

package() { cd "${srcdir}"/${pkgname}-${pkgver}

install -Dm 755 ./SecureCRT ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/securecrt/SecureCRT

echo '#!/bin/sh' > "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/securecrt/run.sh"
echo '[[ -z "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" ]] && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/securecrt || export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/lib/securecrt' >> "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/secur

ecrt/run.sh" echo 'exec /usr/lib/securecrt/basename "$0" "$@"' >> "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/securecrt/run.sh" chmod +x "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/securecrt/run.sh" mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/bin/" ln -s /usr/lib/securecrt/run.sh "$pkgdir/usr/bin/SecureCRT"

install -Dm 644 ./SecureCRT.desktop ${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/SecureCRT.desktop
install -Dm 644 ./securecrt_64.png ${pkgdir}/usr/share/vandyke/data/securecrt_64.png

install -Dm 644 ./SecureCRT_HISTORY.txt ${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/securecrt/SecureCRT_HISTORY.txt
install -Dm 644 ./SecureCRT_README.txt ${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/securecrt/SecureCRT_README.txt
install -Dm 644 ./SecureCRT_EULA.txt ${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/securecrt/SecureCRT_EULA.txt 
cp -r ./SecureCRTHelp ${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/securecrt/

install -Dm 644 ./changelog.Debian.gz ${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/securecrt/changelog.Debian.gz

}