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Before marking the package out of date, please first check that the new version is not a pre-release. I'm tracking releases, not pre-releases.

Talk to community members here:

https://matrix.to/#/#teams-for-linux_community:gitter.im

I maintain the latest built package at:

https://github.com/frealgagu/archlinux.teams-for-linux/releases

@mluque, are you actually using xwayland? Have you tried running teams-for-linux natively on wayland? I think that's much better than trying to running as a xwayland app...

I'm using:

teams-for-linux --closeAppOnCross --disableAutogain --ozone-platform-hint=auto --enable-webrtc-pipewire-capturer --enable-features=WaylandWindowDecorations

That allows running teams-for-linux natively on wayland. And I have no issues sharing my screen.

On wayland, the only way to share screen is through a desktop portal with pipewire. See:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PipeWire#WebRTC_screen_sharing

I would recommend not adding strict dependencies on xwayland stuff, perhaps have them as opt depends. And teams-for-linux is working natively on wayland just fine, including screen sharing. One just needs pipewire and the proper desktop portal, which BTW, are still required if wanting to use something like xwaylandvideobridge.

And as the requirements for a proper desktop portal and pipewire are still there on wayland, I see no purpose on running teams-for-linux on xwayland, and adding on top a video bridge. I do believe you better try native wayland teams-for-linux. I wouldn't like to install the video bridge, when it so happens I don't need it BTW, that's why perhaps it might be an opt dep...

Just my $0.02...

Is anyone else unable to build the latest version? (1.4.30)

error /home/mthw/.cache/paru/clone/teams-for-linux/src/teams-for-linux-1.4.30/node_modules/electron: Command failed.
Exit code: 126
Command: node install.js
Arguments: 
Directory: /home/mthw/.cache/paru/clone/teams-for-linux/src/teams-for-linux-1.4.30/node_modules/electron
Output:
/bin/sh: /tmp/yarn--1714205521625-0.09212958110086245/node: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Text file busy
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
Aborting...
error: failed to build 'teams-for-linux-1.4.30-1': 
error: packages failed to build: teams-for-linux-1.4.30-1

@mluque I think that this could be a good idea. XWaylandVideoBridge is a relatively new project and probably is not widely known or considered stable, and that might be the reason why it is not widely used. Anyway I'm using it with profit and no issues since many months so I'd say it can be a nice and useful improvement for this package.

@packagers what do you think?

@snack, thanks a lot. If the package xwaylandvideobridge were really necessary, shouldn't it be added as a dependency in the PKGBUILD file?

You can test your screen sharing using something like this https://www.webrtc-experiment.com/Pluginfree-Screen-Sharing/. Make sure you have the right xdg-desltop-portal installed, depending on your DE.

@mluque You probably have to use something like XWaylandVideoBridge (https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/xwaylandvideobridge/).

When I'm on a call in Teams (with Gnome and Wayland) I can't get the other person to see my shared screen.

Since some days the tray icon does not show an indicator for new chat messages anymore. I suspect this might be due to one of the recent package updates or to the switch to the "new Teams". Anyone else with the same problem? Any idea about how to fix it?

Edit: I found the way to revert to "Classic Teams" and now the system tray notifications work again. I'll stick with classic mode as long as possible.

FYI: it seems I'm currently the only maintainer pushing updates to the package: I'll be back from vacation tomorrow.

@Exanime

Thanks, I used the hack described here:

https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux/issues/1156#issuecomment-2022136873