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@aryklein, They might be overkill to declare, but I noticed that the app wouldn't start in a fresh arch distrobox with only yubico-authenticator-bin installed. I had to install both gtk-3 and libnotify for the application to launch properly.

@gentoofan, I’m not sure they’re mandatory. Why do you think these packages are runtime dependencies? Would anything break if they weren’t included?

Change done @muneoarch. Thanks

To make this package compliant with Arch RFC 0016, could you please rewrite the license field as follows?

license=('Apache-2.0')

The current PKGBUILD is actually missing some runtime dependencies: gtk3 and libnotify. Here's a patch to fix that:

diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index b3757ce..f6b4833 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pkgdesc="Cross-platform application for managing your YubiKey's second factor cr
 arch=('x86_64')
 url="https://github.com/Yubico/yubioath-flutter"
 license=('Apache')
-depends=('ccid' 'zenity')
+depends=('ccid' 'zenity' 'gtk3' 'libnotify')
 conflicts=('yubico-authenticator')
 options=(!strip)
 optdepends=('gnome-screenshot: QR scanning feature on GNOME'

For months now I'm seeing the below error. On the GUI it shows up as "Failed connecting over ccid and otp". Using ykman works for retrieving OTP keys, so communication with Yubikey is fine.

Any ideas how to fix this? Some Python dependency needs updating, maybe?

Logs:

(com.yubico.yubioath:1827179): Gtk-WARNING **: 10:46:32.494: Theme parsing error: gtk-contained-dark.css:2871:228: Missing closing bracket for :not()
Fontconfig warning: using without calling FcInit()
10:46:32.909 [desktop.init] INFO: Logging initialized, outputting to stderr
10:46:32.911 [desktop.init] INFO: Window hidden on startup: false
10:46:32.911 [desktop.init] INFO: Starting Helper subprocess: /opt/yubico-authenticator/helper/authenticator-helper
10:46:32.916 [desktop.init] INFO: Helper process started
10:46:32.916 [main] INFO: Running Yubico Authenticator...
{app_version: 7.2.3, dart: 3.8.1 (stable) (Wed May 28 00:47:25 2025 -0700) on "linux_x64", os: linux, os_version: Linux 6.6.99-1-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Jul 17 22:09:32 UTC 2025}
10:46:33.178 [helper.ykman.logging] INFO: Logging at level: INFO
10:46:33.178 [helper.helper.device] INFO: Log level set to: INFO
10:46:33.178 [desktop.init] INFO: Helper log level set
10:46:33.642 [desktop.devices] INFO: USB state change
{"data":{"state":-4951949724652823801,"pids":{"1031":1}},"actions":["get","scan"],"children":{"12091705":{"pid":1031,"name":"YubiKey 5 NFC","serial":12091705}}}
10:46:33.667 [desktop.devices] INFO: USB state updated, unaccounted for: {}
10:46:33.713 [helper.helper.device] WARNING: Error opening connection
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "helper/device.py", line 374, in otp
  File "helper/device.py", line 336, in _create_connection
  File "ykman/device.py", line 251, in open_connection
ValueError: Unsupported Connection type
10:46:33.713 [helper] INFO: Attempting recovery on "state-reset"
10:46:34.003 [helper.helper.device] WARNING: Error opening connection
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "helper/device.py", line 374, in otp
  File "helper/device.py", line 336, in _create_connection
  File "ykman/device.py", line 251, in open_connection
ValueError: Unsupported Connection type
10:46:34.003 [desktop.otp.state] WARNING: Failed connecting to yubiotp via UsbInterface.otp
10:46:34.385 [desktop.otp.state] WARNING: Failed connecting to yubiotp via UsbInterface.ccid
10:46:34.516 [helper.helper.device] WARNING: Error opening connection
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "helper/device.py", line 374, in otp
  File "helper/device.py", line 336, in _create_connection
  File "ykman/device.py", line 251, in open_connection
ValueError: Unsupported Connection type

...The logs repeat...

@aryklein: Works fine, thank you

@tuxxx, I applied the change as you requested. Please let me know if it works for you. I don't have a KDE environment to test it.

Desktop File Issue Fix

The desktop file com.yubico.yubioath.desktop in this package causes KDE Plasma to display a generic Wayland logo instead of the proper application icon after launch.

Solution Options:

1. Rename the desktop file:

# Rename the desktop file to match the window class
com.yubico.yubioath.desktop -> authenticator.desktop

1. Add StartupWMClass to existing desktop file:

# Add this line to com.yubico.yubioath.desktop
StartupWMClass=authenticator

Either approach will ensure KDE Plasma correctly associates the running application window with the desktop entry, displaying the proper Yubico Authenticator icon in the taskbar instead of the generic Wayland application icon.

Would be great if you could implement one of the solutions. I tested option 2 and can confirm that this is working properly.

@WithTheBraid, zenity is a dependency. Why do you say it's not? https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=yubico-authenticator-bin#n9