Arch Linux User Repository

The PKGBUILD for this package is hosted here (contributions are welcome!): https://gitlab.com/dpeukert/pkgbuilds/tree/main/expresslrs-configurator

I'm talking about the AUR package for that version of electron (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/electron20). I'm pretty sure I'm not the only person that won't want that installed system-wide. Like I said, it's your package, do what you want, I'll maintain a binary version here (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/expresslrs-configurator-bin) for anyone that wants it.

@FryDay: It's not compiled, but there is a build process and the package is using the Electron version used by upstream (see https://github.com/ExpressLRS/ExpressLRS-Configurator/blob/master/package.json#L267)

If this was a compiled program, sure, maybe. But instead you have an outdated and unmaintained version of electron as a dependency instead of using the dependency versions the project is designed for? It's your package, so you can do whatever you want, but I really don't think this is the correct way to install this program.

@FryDay: Building from source and using system dependencies is preferred when possible.

Why make the PKGBUILD so complex? The ExpressLRS project has already gone through the trouble of creating a pacman package for us, why reinvent the wheel?

The PKGBUILD for this package is hosted here (contributions are welcome!): https://gitlab.com/dpeukert/pkgbuilds/tree/main/expresslrs-configurator

@Akholic: Until someone adopts and fixes the electron20 package, you can use electron20-bin.

for everyone who got the "failed to build electron20 dependency"

Fryday's approach works. for those of us wondering how to rebuild a package:

$ cd ~/.cache/yay/expresslrs-configurator/
$ vim PKGBUILD
*replace content with @FryDay code snippet*
$ makepkg -si
*continue your day*

@dpeukert Sounds good. Here is the PKGBUILD I've been using. Feel free to copy it if you want.

pkgname=expresslrs-configurator
pkgver=1.6.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Cross platform configuration & build tool for the ExpressLRS radio link"
arch=('x86_64')
url="https://github.com/ExpressLRS/ExpressLRS-Configurator"
license=('GPL')
source=(
    "https://github.com/ExpressLRS/ExpressLRS-Configurator/releases/download/v$pkgver/expresslrs-configurator-$pkgver.pacman"
)
sha512sums=('cc421ed74ffcafa17222747ed58d8353e0286ff0f45c129b5d3864f71ec52edca202164906d0adf7e829b177ea3391c5b59297d4157b21fdd19c4ee91be3e89b')

package() {
    # Install the application files in /opt
    install -d "${pkgdir}/opt"
    cp -R "${srcdir}/opt/ExpressLRS Configurator" "${pkgdir}/opt/"
    # Install the .desktop file
    install -D -m644 "${srcdir}/usr/share/applications/${pkgname}.desktop" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/${pkgname}.desktop"
    # Install the icons
    for icon_size in 16 24 32 48 64 96 128 256 512; do
        icons_dir="/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${icon_size}x${icon_size}/apps"
        install -d "${pkgdir}/${icons_dir}"
        install -m644 "${srcdir}${icons_dir}/${pkgname}.png" \
                      "${pkgdir}${icons_dir}/${pkgname}.png"
    done

    # Make symlink in /usr/bin
    install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"
    ln -s "/opt/ExpressLRS Configurator/${pkgname}" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname}"
}

@FryDay: Hi, I've adopted the package a couple of weeks ago and I've got the update almost ready, just need to test if everything works. I'll hopefully get around to that this weekend. Sorry for the delay :)