Package Details: slack-desktop 4.44.60-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/slack-desktop.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: slack-desktop
Description: Slack Desktop (Beta) for Linux
Upstream URL: https://slack.com/downloads
Licenses: custom
Submitter: ogarcia
Maintainer: ogarcia
Last Packager: ogarcia
Votes: 623
Popularity: 8.39
First Submitted: 2015-10-19 09:59 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-05-26 14:44 (UTC)

Pinned Comments

ogarcia commented on 2020-02-06 11:44 (UTC) (edited on 2020-02-06 11:44 (UTC) by ogarcia)

Please, don't ask for add lsb-release as dependency. In Arch Linux this package is not needed to run Slack Desktop.

And before asking for any other dependency as make or patch or whatever, please read the wiki.

Latest Comments

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Envek commented on 2025-06-02 15:20 (UTC)

Had to remove and reinstall the package to get it working. Bumping pkgrel would be nice

Smoerrebroed commented on 2025-05-28 05:49 (UTC)

Thanks for making the change @ogarcia Could you also bump the pkgrel please? Then everyone will get/see the update.

IXTEN commented on 2025-05-27 09:42 (UTC)

Using the --gtk-version=3 flag helped bypass the initial startup errors, but on my setup (GNOME 48 with Wayland), the application icon would show up in the dash with no actual window appearing. What finally worked for me was adding the following flags: --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland After including those, the window launched properly.

ogarcia commented on 2025-05-26 14:46 (UTC)

@marmis @Smoerrebroed @dbb @arestivo I have updated the desktop file to include the --gtk-version=3 option to correct the problem for everyone.

arestivo commented on 2025-05-26 14:26 (UTC) (edited on 2025-05-26 14:27 (UTC) by arestivo)

To solve the "Using GTK 2/3 and GTK 4 in the same process is not supported", if you prefer not messing with system files, you can also just add the file ~/.local/share/applications/slack.desktop with the following contents:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Slack
StartupWMClass=Slack
Comment=Slack Desktop
GenericName=Slack Client for Linux
Exec=/usr/bin/slack --gtk-version=3 -s %U
Icon=slack
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;InstantMessaging;
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/slack;

I also add to make it executable.

dbb commented on 2025-05-16 13:23 (UTC)

Echoing @marmis and @Smoerrebroed, using --gtk-version=3 gets Slack to start on GNOME.

Smoerrebroed commented on 2025-05-16 12:04 (UTC) (edited on 2025-05-16 12:05 (UTC) by Smoerrebroed)

Same issue here. Currently running Slack from the command line:

$ slack --gtk-version=3

Seems like a new version -2 would be in order.

marmis commented on 2025-05-15 10:37 (UTC) (edited on 2025-05-16 17:49 (UTC) by marmis)

Slack 4.44.60 not starting on GNOME 48, because "Using GTK 2/3 and GTK 4 in the same process is not supported", tracked by issue electron/electron#46538. The proposed workaround is using --gtk-version=3, so if you're having issues, you can apply that like this:

sudo sed -Ei 's#^(Exec=/usr/bin/slack) -s#\1 --gtk-version=3 -s#' /usr/share/applications/slack.desktop

I'm not sure how this option affects other DEs, so maybe it'll need to be patched on per-system basis, instead of patching the whole package.

filotek commented on 2025-03-21 20:43 (UTC)

Updated slack to 4.43.43 and the Lato font (default font) is atrocious (very blurry)! I tried adjusting the font properties through fontconfig and every app obeys this except for Slack.

Reverting to 4.41.105 fixes the issue for me. Any tips on how to get slack to respect fontconfig settings or restore previous behaviour?

gauravkumar37 commented on 2025-03-12 06:03 (UTC)

The new version 4.43.43 has a bug. It takes 3-5 seconds for the window to appear when clicking the notification icon. Reverted to 4.41.105 and the bug went away.

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