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@dalto yes i have fixed that . I also added modified version of libffmpeg.so to fix video playback issues

@ahmedmoselhi, great that you take care of this package.

It is a very good idea to add the file libffmpeg.so to the PKGBUILD. However, it seems to me that it would be better and clearer if this file was downloaded directly from the author of this file from https://github.com/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases

@dalto yes i have fixed that . I also added modified version of libffmpeg.so to fix video playback issues

@dalto yes i have fixed that . I also added modified version of libffmpeg.so to fix video playback issues

It looks like you forgot to update the package sums in your last version bump.

Also, the .SRCINFO changes seem wrong.

You don't need to edit the .SCRINFO manually. You can use makepkg --printsrcinfo > .SRCINFO after you have updated the PKGBUILD.

I have updated to slimjet 35.0.2.0

1. Go to https://www.slimjet.com/en/dlpage.php
2. Download ~Package(tar.xz)
3. Copy slimjet_amd64.tar.xz to folder what you want and extract archive.
4. Open terminal at folder slimjet
5. Run script with a code ./flashpeak-slimjet
6. Done!

This is fastest browser. (tested on Windows Starter 32-bit, Intel Celeron N3060, 2Gb RAM ) Now install it on Ctlos (ctlos.github.io)

Current version : Slimjet Version 34.0.2.0 (based on Chromium 98.0.4758.9) (Official Build) (64-bit)

@dalto Maybe you can try to use the *.tar.xz files,it seems that more stable,and not so many dependency files.

After reading these linked articles, I don't see anything to worry about. This information from 2018 is mostly out of date (you can now use the Duck Duck Go search engine) and the Windows user mentioned there probably had some malware for Windows.

Slimjet has many advantages and it would be good if there was a slimjet package maintainer to update it to the latest version 33.

@beserkk: Okay, the second reference you provided is subjective in my opinion. Those users could have picked up the backdoor from the browser they used to download Slimjet or they may have picked it up beforehand and only noticed it after installing Slimjet. Additionally, all of the users were using Windows, not Linux.

Regarding the first reference that you provided, it appears that that user was also using Windows. Maybe it's a Windows thing?

If you have an account for the Slimjet forums, it would be interesting to see what the Slimjet devs response would be to your findings. I just searched the forums and didn't find anything.

@beserkk: Both references provided are from 2018. Is the information still valid?

@dalto: You might consider reaching out to the Slimjet development team about the issues you're encountering. I also appreciate the work you've done; thank you.

Thanks Dalto for your work up til now! Btw I've just found these pages - https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/slimjet.html and https://borncity.com/win/2018/03/26/is-flashpeak-inc-shipping-slimjet-browser-with-a-backdoor/ - and therefore I have decided to remove Slimjet from my machine today.

I have decided to disown this package.

There are too many concerning things with the upstream packaging of this browser which make me uncomfortable with continuing to provide it to others.

Currently, the files which are on the site as 32.0.4.0 are different than the files that were on the site yesterday as 32.0.4.0. As far as I can tell, there was no notification or explanation of this change. This isn't the first or even the second time this has happened.

While it would be easy enough for me to update the package sums and bump the pkgrel, I just can't get comfortable with that. The purpose of the package sums is to ensure the integrity and validity of the source files. When the same source file versions don't have consistent sums, it makes this process pointless.

If anyone wants to pick up this package and needs help understanding how to update it, feel free to reach out to me.

Validating source_x86_64 files with md5sums... slimjet-32.0.4.0_amd64.deb ... FAILED

On page https://www.slimjet.com/en/dlpage.php for the 64-bit .deb MD5:0E1CA905FE0171733FEF4D70FA0F2922)

while PKGVER has md5sums_x86_64=('e636017dee55595abff84ff1d5f118be')

If you receive an error like this:

ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!

It probably means the package has been updated upstream. In this case, please flag the package as out-of-date and I will update it.

This happens because upstream uses the same filenames for each release.

Same here. I have built it a few times and I have even gone as far as removing the package, though I kept my config. I dropped a note in their feedback section. It is unclear if anybody reads those.

So, the website claims to have released 32.0.3.0. However, the files in the release channel still identify themselves as 32.0.2.0. The download links on the website are pulling it from the beta channel.

To make things even more confusing, they have pushed a new version to the release channel which still identifies itself as 32.0.2.0 but has different checksums than the old version which is why you are getting errors @bezerk.

So I also pulled the files from the beta channel and they are the same files in the release channel.

The only conclusion I can make from this is that 32.0.3.0 is misidentifying itself as 32.0.2.0.

I guess I will release this as 32.0.2.0-3 and see if flashpeak actually fixes this before the next release.

My Arch is just fully udated and rebooted. Then trying to install Slimjet 32.0.2.0-2 and executing a cleanbuild using yay I get: ==> Validating source_x86_64 files with md5sums... slimjet-32.0.2.0_amd64.deb ... FAILED ==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check! -> error making: slimjet

Thanks for the help everyone. The latest version works for me as well so it has been updated.

32.0.1.0 has been released and I was able to build and launch (64bit) successfully on Manjaro xfce unstable.

I get FATAL:double_fork_and_exec.cc(131)] execv /opt/slimjet/crashpad_handler: No such file or directory (2) with 32.0.0.0

In my case, I cannot browse using slimjet 31.0.2.0. It says timeout error. Firefox ESR/developer edition both work fine.

Neither the version 32.0.0.0 Final nor the Beta (64 bit) worked for me. Manjaro xfce Unstable.

The error is:

[20696:20696:0915/080941.194720:FATAL:double_fork_and_exec.cc(131)] execv /opt/slimjet/crashpad_handler: No such file or directory (2)

slimjet 32.0.0.0 doesn't seem to work on any of my Arch installs so I am reluctant to bump the pkgver as the prior version is still working.

Can anyone confirm the 32.0.0.0 works for them?

For version 30.0.5.0 you could use libffmpeg.so from opera codec here: https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/o/opera-ffmpeg-codecs/opera-ffmpeg-codecs-88.0.4324.150-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

If you have "no sound" problem when playing video or audio, you could try to run "flashpeak-slimjet" script with "--no-sandbox" flag.

If you have youtube high cpu usage problem because of sw.js service worker problem (you can check it with slimjet taskmanager), you could try to block service worker with "Reject Service Worker" extension.

Version 29x has problems with streaming videos, and the suggestion on the website about ffmpeg has ceased working. Previous releases didn't had such problem. The same thing happens on Debian also, so don't fiddle much with your system.

@dalto: Thank you, the snapshot method worked just fine in building the package. This is a secondary browser for me, but I like to keep it on hand if for some reason I think FF nightly is not working on a particular site. It's a pity that they do not update the codebase very often. Turbo downloader, search box and built in video downloader are nice features.

@jrichard326, that isn't really the correct way to build an AUR package. It only works for packages without additional files.

You really should either git clone the package or download the snapshot. Then you can call makepkg.

I was able to build it by removing the reference to "license" in source and in the package section of the PKGBUILD. I typically run makepkg -cs --skipchecksums in the folder where the PKGBUILD was copied to.

@jrichard326, it is working fine here. How are you trying to build it? Did you download all the files or only the PKGBUILD? Downloading only the PKGBUILD will not work.

When I try to build, I get this error:

==> ERROR: LICENSE was not found in the build directory and is not a URL.

@sankadub, That libglesv2 error is "normal" it happens even on supported platforms.

What isn't normal is those audio errors. I am not sure what, specifically, is causing those. It happens on Arch as well. Most likely, the version of slimjet is not compatible with current libraries in Arch.

Since this is a binary package provided by flashpeak, unless someone knows of a workaround, the fix will need to come from upstream.

Hello! After updating Manjaro Plasma (KDE Plasma 5.21.1) Slimjet stopped playing videos (youtube.com, 1tv.ru, etc.). Konsole error: $ flashpeak-slimjet [5352: 5352: 0227 / 085821.171354: ERROR: gl_implementation.cc (282)] Failed to load /opt/slimjet/libGLESv2.so: /opt/slimjet/libGLESv2.so: unable to open shared object file: No such file or directory [5352: 5352: 0227 / 085821.172194: ERROR: viz_main_impl.cc (150)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization [5354: 5366: 0227 / 085823.035777: ERROR: ssl_client_socket_impl.cc )] handshake failed; returned -1, SSL error code 1, net_error -107 [5354: 5366: 0227 / 085823.055192: ERROR: ssl_client_socket_impl.cc (960)] handshake failed; returned -1, SSL error code 1, net_error -107 The futex facility returned an unexpected error code. The futex facility returned an unexpected error code. [5394: 4: 0227 / 085917.788694: ERROR: batching_media_log.cc (38)] MediaEvent: {"error": "audio render error"} [5394: 1: 0227 /undefined 085917.788916: ERROR: batching_media_log.cc (35)] MediaEvent: {"pipeline_error": 19} The futex tool returned an unexpected error code. The futex facility returned an unexpected error code. [5394: 4: 0227 / 085919.141729: ERROR: batching_media_log.cc (38)] MediaEvent: {"error": "Sound rendering error"} [5394: 1: 0227 / 085919.141950: ERROR: batching_media_log.cc (35)] MediaEvent : {"pipeline_error": 19} Thank you! undefined

@punkrockguy318 Those gitkeep files are part of the official package from flashpeak.

You might want to report that upstream.

package() in this PKGBUILD currently installs various empty .gitkeep files

$ pacman -Ql slimjet | grep gitkeep
slimjet /opt/.gitkeep slimjet /usr/bin/.gitkeep slimjet /usr/share/doc/slimjet/.gitkeep slimjet /usr/share/man/man1/.gitkeep.gz

I overhauled the PKGBUILD pretty heavily. I brought the dependencies up to date, fixed the permissions issues where everything in opt was being set executable and removed a bunch of unused/unneeded misc stuff.

I tested it quite a bit but if anything is no longer working please let me know.

@TrialnError, yes, I never cleaned it up properly after I took it over. I will take a look at it this week.

Hi.
I noticed some quirks with this PKGBUILD.
Firstly provides and replaces should be removed from the PKGBUILD. The first one doesn't do anything and the latter is used wrongly in this case :)
Same goes for the makedepends line. I kinda understand why it was added (architecture specific sources and deps) but it isn't really a makedep of slimjet itself.
Extracting the source is something that should be done in the prepare-function. package() should only contain the instructions where stuff gets shoved into $pkgdir.
All points which can be read in the AUR Guidelines in the Arch wiki in case you're wondering if I'm telling the truth :D

Best regards

@twnaing, two comments.

1. Wouldn't that force the proprietary codecs on everyone?
2. Are you allowed to include an unofficial binary like that in an AUR package? I thought that was considered bad form.

@dalto, with separate approach, ffmpeg code will be overwritten by slimjet package on every update.

Isn't it better to have latest (compatible) ffmpeg as another source?

# Maintainer: dalto <dalto[at]fastmail.com>
# Contributor: eagleeyetom <eagleeyetom@gmail.com>
# Original Maintainer: raininja <dandenkijin@gmail.com>
pkgname=slimjet
pkgver=27.0.5.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Fast, smart and powerful browser based on Blink"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://www.slimjet.com"
license=('custom:freeware')
depends=('alsa-lib' 'desktop-file-utils' 'flac' 'gconf' 'gtk2' 'harfbuzz' 'harfbuzz-icu' 'hicolor-icon-theme'
         'icu' 'libpng' 'libxss' 'libxtst' 'nss' 'openssl' 'nspr' 'opus' 'snappy' 'speech-dispatcher' 'ttf-font' 'xdg-utils')
optdepends=('kdialog: needed for file dialogs in KDE' 'ttf-liberation: fix fonts for some PDFs')
makedepends=('pacman>=4.2.0')
provides=('slimjet')
options=('!emptydirs' '!strip')
replaces=('slimjet')
_channel=release
source=('LICENSE')
source_i686=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}_i386.deb::http://www.slimjet.com/${_channel}/${pkgname}_i386.deb" "https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/download/0.46.5/0.46.5-linux-ia32.zip")
source_x86_64=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}_amd64.deb::http://www.slimjet.com/${_channel}/${pkgname}_amd64.deb" "https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/download/0.46.5/0.46.5-linux-x64.zip")
md5sums=('e2f3d75bbf4ea8cef106adb30c6b4c83')
md5sums_i686=('SKIP' 'SKIP')
md5sums_x86_64=('SKIP' 'SKIP')


package() {
    msg2 "Extracting the data tarball..."
    bsdtar -xf data.tar.xz -C "$pkgdir/"

    msg2 "Correcting permissions..."
    chmod -R 0755 "$pkgdir/"

    _crypto_files="libnspr4.so.0d libplds4.so.0d libplc4.so.0d libssl3.so.1d libnss3.so.1d libsmime3.so.1d libnssutil3.so.1d"
    _libdir="/usr/lib"

    add_crypto_symlinks() {

      for f in $_crypto_files; do
        target=$(echo $f | sed 's/.[01]d$//')
        if [ -f "/$_libdir/$target" ]; then
            ln -snf "/$_libdir/$target" "$pkgdir/opt/slimjet/$f"
            else echo "CHECK NSS, OPENSSL, AND NSPR VERSIONS"
            exit 1
        fi
        done
    }

    add_license_note() {
        mkdir "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/"
        install  "/$srcdir/LICENSE" "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
    }

    # Arch has  libudev.so.1, slimjet wants .0
    _libudev_0=libudev.so.0
    _libudev_1=libudev.so.1

    add_udev_symlinks() {
        ln -snf "/$_libdir/$_libudev_1" "$pkgdir/opt/slimjet/$_libudev_0"
    }

    add_ffmpeg() {
        install "/$srcdir/libffmpeg.so" "$pkgdir/opt/slimjet/libffmpeg.so"
    }

    msg2 "Adding udev and crypto symlinks, and a LICENSE ..."
    add_udev_symlinks
    add_crypto_symlinks
    add_license_note

    msg2 "Installing ffmpeg"
    add_ffmpeg

    msg2 "Adding Icons..."
    for i in 16x16 22x22 24x24 32x32 48x48 64x64 128x128 256x256; do
        install -Dm644 "$pkgdir"/opt/slimjet/product_logo_${i/x*}.png \
                       "$pkgdir"/usr/share/icons/hicolor/$i/apps/flashpeak-slimjet.png
    done
}

I mean I am not sure I can explain it any better than it is explained in what you copied in.

It wants root access the first time it runs, you select the number for what you want to do.

@dalto i don't understand it:
$ flashpeak-slimjet
Admin access is needed to enable the sandbox for enhanced security. Choose 'Use sudo command' if you have sudo access on systems like ubuntu. Choose 'Use su command' if you have access to root account. If you don't have admin access, select 'Quit' and add the switch '--no-sandbox' to run Slimjet without sandbox (less secure).
1) Use sudo command
2) Use su command
3) Quit
Please select an option to proceed:
Google chrome have exactly all these stuffs ?

@abd, if something isn't working you need to say what it is specifically for me to investigate it.

That being said, if something is failing to compile, it probably isn't this package but one of it's dependencies since this package is a binary.

Other than that, try running it from a terminal by typing flashpeak-slimjet

Why did it not launch as compiled perfectly?

The new MD5 for the amd64 version seems to be "fd2b45d1b88d5b1136a6302f4873bb21" → change it in the PKGBUILD if you are getting any errors!!

Many thanks raininja for keeping this great Linux Browser updated!! It is one of very few Chrome-based browsers with a default and built in Mouse-Gestures that works well on Linux (without the need for double click "workaround" to reach the browser context menu). It is also easy on computer resources. Thanks once again!

In reference to the codecs, I would think it would make sense to have it in a separate package, as an optional dependency consistent with how it is done for other browsers. For example, like Vivaldi does, https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vivaldi-ffmpeg-codecs/

Can we do something about "need to install ffmpeg on every update" described in here (https://www.slimjet.com/en/libffmpeg.php)?

Is it better to have a separate package and require it or include it in here?

It has been adopted and updated. Please let me know if there are any issues going forward.

A permanent solution to MD5 sums is to run yay as follows (I prefer yay, use the equivalent in tridzen etc): yay -S --mflags --skipinteg slimjet

Stable Version is now: 26.0.3.0

Can you update the pkgbuild please?

Again needs update, thanks!

Stable Version (25.0.6.0)

Please update to latest version, thanks.

Slimjet Stable Version v24.0.6.0 (11/10/19)

Sorry to inform you raininja that slimjet 24.0.5.0 is available since 2019-10-5. Anyway thanks for your work.

The current release is listed as 24.0.2.0 but the version in the About section of the settings says 24.0.3.0 . IDK, ask the slimjet devs!

I just tried to install Slimjet and got the same error message as @scjet below. This is what I got.

Preparing... Cloning slimjet build files... Checking slimjet dependencies...

Building slimjet... ==> Making package: slimjet 23.0.10.0-1 (Fri 23 Aug 2019 14:07:08 AEST) ==> Checking runtime dependencies... ==> Checking buildtime dependencies... ==> Retrieving sources... -> Found LICENSE -> Found slimjet-23.0.10.0_amd64.deb ==> Validating source files with md5sums... LICENSE ... Passed ==> Validating source_x86_64 files with md5sums... slimjet-23.0.10.0_amd64.deb ... FAILED ==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!

Thanks, Ian

EDIT: I fixed the problem by editing the PKGBUILD before applying it (using the GUI to copy and paste a new MD5 checksum value into the script). I realised too late that I had copied the checksum from the wrong version, 23.0.11.0, but I hadn't changed the version, it was still 23.0.10.0. However, strangely, the build worked and Slimjet was successfully installed. I don't know how two different versions could have the same checksum, but I'm a complete noob. On top of that the version it installed was 23.0.11.0.

;-) Ian

Hi raininja, are you still going to maintain this package?

@j1simon this bowser sends data like any other browsers. Privacy and security different things

FYI: https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/slimjet.html

I think this package should be removed for a basic security issue.

Why can't it work without root permissions? This is by itself a security risk.

It does not seem to provide a system wide pepper-flash (It is in /opt/slimjet/PepperFlash, but not installed system-wide). So, consider removing the provides-entry, since it creates unnessesary conflicts with other packages.

(Same with slimjet. There is no slimjet symlinked to /usr/bin.)

license=('custom:slimjet'), but the package fails to install the license text (or at least a note) to /usr/share/licenses/${pkgdir}.

This package provides a precompiled binary. So please rename it to slimjet-bin, or build it from source. (Building from source might also solve segfault-issues.)

md5sums are wrong (at least for x86_64).

And makepkg -Ci, as noted in a comment, is definitely not a solution.

Thanks for maintaining!

If you are having problems with sums, simply use makepkg -Ci and it works fine.

Thanks for this package. I'm very grateful to have a browser that doesn't phone home. For some reason the only way to install this package currently is by

yaourt -G slimjet
pushd slimjet
makepkg -si --noconfirm --skipchecksums
popd

Maintainer:

The new checksums are:

md5sums_i686=('4678a99a43ec459ed0f9f71625ec3264')
md5sums_x86_64=('6de3c8e8bd88ca3e298b1166ff8b25e2')

hth

5fbb183539d40dbe7c2e3bdf71a3bb7c slimjet-17.0.9.0_amd64.deb

Thanks for maintaining the package :)

After the update to 17.0.5.0-1, md5 sums don’t pan out:

==> Validating source_x86_64 files with md5sums...

slimjet-17.0.5.0_amd64.deb ... FAILED

==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!

I can't flag this package out-of-date (cause it is not), nor can I install it because of checksums missmatch, error that persist from y. 2015. What to do?

This package should be renamed to slimjet-bin, as it is not compiled from sources.