Arch Linux User Repository

You are free to report issues regarding the packaging here! Please read all the info of this message as they include quite some information.

Be aware that sometimes the package will fail to build because of outdated upstream and updated dependency, which will require me some time to test and solve the problem.

I do also have life stuff, packaging is a free-time activity.

I believe I have an issue that is Arch-related and not upstream related

I too found out only recently this way to debug the app (as of: 2021-06-13), which helps immensely.

Whenever reporting here or on the Github issues, please provide the output of the command:

popcorntime --enable-logging=stderr

In case you are forwarding the log to a file, as the log entries will end in stderr, remember to redirect stderr to stdout

popcorntime --enable-logging=stderr 2>&1 > my_output.log

Info regarding the package

1. The package uses the sources available at: https://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-desktop. I am aware of the different clones and branches; I do still believe that this code is acceptable (not affected itself from malware).

2. This package uses a custom NW.js build provided from the PopcornTime team; essentially, a custom compiled browser. While this won't affect you as it should be used only within the app, you are here informed that I have no power over this component.

3. The above point stands as the official NW.js Chromium source lacks multiple modern codecs, such as AC3 and HEVC (H.265).

4. Earlier this package used the official nw.js toolchain provided available at https://dl.nwjs.io/ and the prebuilt FFmpeg library with additional codecs available at https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/ . This was because the nw.js toolchain provided by the PopcornTime team can not be proven as non-malware easily. However, due to point 3, this approach was reverted. You are free to use an older PKGBUILD with the appropriate variable updates to re-enable this, however you will miss support for recent codecs.

5. In addition, the PKGBUILD won't point to the Git release reference but will also include important commits, for e.g. security reasons or providers changes.

@PowerdollKirby you probably need to synchronize your repos (pacman -Sy).

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warning: failed to retrieve some files
error: failed to commit transaction (failed to retrieve some files)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
 -> Failed to install layer, rolling up to next layer.error:error installing repo packages
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

@ItachSan, now 0.5.0 is available.

@illandrc, in general *-bin packages just wraps around a binary package, like a deb or a rpm one, or a tarball binary if offered by the application. Non *-bin packages usually build the package. Build doesn't necessarily means compiling into machine language, but rather nodejs/npm/yarn sort of builds, which are usually used to build electron apps. popcorntime builds one of such electron apps...

Hello,

What's the difference between popcorntime and popcorntime-bin packages?

Thanks! Good day.

it errors on build because it is not creating the correct directories - replacing . with -

==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting package()...
/home/ruben/popcorn/popcorntime/PKGBUILD: line 94: cd: /home/ruben/popcorn/popcorntime/src/popcorn-desktop/build/Popcorn-Time/linux64: No such file or directory


flatbush:[ruben]:~/popcorn/popcorntime$ ls -al  /home/ruben/popcorn/popcorntime/src/
total 4
drwxr-xr-x  4 ruben ruben   97 Jun  4 21:03 .
drwxr-xr-x  5 ruben ruben  179 Jun  4 21:03 ..
lrwxrwxrwx  1 ruben ruben   48 Jun  4 21:03 gulp-fixes.patch -> /home/ruben/popcorn/popcorntime/gulp-fixes.patch
drwxr-xr-x  3 ruben ruben   16 Jun  4 21:00 npm_cache
drwxr-xr-x 12 ruben ruben 4096 Jun  4 21:03 popcorn-desktop
lrwxrwxrwx  1 ruben ruben   51 Jun  4 21:03 popcorntime.desktop -> /home/ruben/popcorn/popcorntime/popcorntime.desktop

@ItachiSan, 0.4.9 now available: https://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-desktop/releases/tag/v0.4.9

Error:

0 verbose cli /usr/bin/node /usr/bin/npm
1 info using npm@8.14.0
2 info using node@v18.6.0
3 timing npm:load:whichnode Completed in 0ms
4 timing config:load:defaults Completed in 1ms
5 timing config:load:file:/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/npmrc Completed in 2ms
6 timing config:load:builtin Completed in 2ms
7 warn config production Use `--omit=dev` instead.
8 timing config:load:cli Completed in 4ms
9 timing config:load:env Completed in 2ms
10 timing config:load:file:/var/tmp/pamac-build-user/popcorntime/src/popcorn-desktop/.npmrc Completed in 0ms
11 timing config:load:project Completed in 4ms
12 timing config:load:file:/home/user/.npmrc Completed in 0ms
13 timing config:load:user Completed in 0ms
14 timing config:load:file:/usr/etc/npmrc Completed in 0ms
15 timing config:load:global Completed in 0ms
16 timing config:load:validate Completed in 2ms
17 timing config:load:credentials Completed in 1ms
18 timing config:load:setEnvs Completed in 0ms
19 timing config:load Completed in 16ms
20 timing npm:load:configload Completed in 16ms
21 timing npm:load:mkdirpcache Completed in 1ms
22 timing npm:load:mkdirplogs Completed in 1ms
23 verbose title npm ls
24 verbose argv "ls" "--all" "true" "--production" "true" "--parseable" "true"
25 timing npm:load:setTitle Completed in 1ms
26 timing config:load:flatten Completed in 3ms
27 timing npm:load:display Completed in 6ms
28 verbose logfile logs-max:10 dir:/home/user/.npm/_logs
29 verbose logfile /home/user/.npm/_logs/2022-07-18T19_29_01_646Z-debug-0.log
30 timing npm:load:logFile Completed in 6ms
31 timing npm:load:timers Completed in 0ms
32 timing npm:load:configScope Completed in 0ms
33 timing npm:load Completed in 32ms
34 timing arborist:ctor Completed in 1ms
35 silly logfile start cleaning logs, removing 1 files
36 silly logfile done cleaning log files
37 timing command:ls Completed in 1708ms
38 verbose stack Error: invalid: backbone@1.4.0 /var/tmp/pamac-build-user/popcorntime/src/popcorn-desktop/node_modules/backbone
38 verbose stack invalid: underscore@1.13.1 /var/tmp/pamac-build-user/popcorntime/src/popcorn-desktop/node_modules/underscore
38 verbose stack invalid: http-node@1.2.0 /var/tmp/pamac-build-user/popcorntime/src/popcorn-desktop/node_modules/http-node
38 verbose stack invalid: vtt.js@0.12.1 /var/tmp/pamac-build-user/popcorntime/src/popcorn-desktop/node_modules/vtt.js
38 verbose stack     at LS.exec (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/commands/ls.js:205:9)
38 verbose stack     at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
38 verbose stack     at async module.exports (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cli.js:78:5)
39 verbose cwd /var/tmp/pamac-build-user/popcorntime/src/popcorn-desktop
40 verbose Linux 5.18.11-1-MANJARO
41 verbose node v18.6.0
42 verbose npm  v8.14.0
43 error code ELSPROBLEMS
44 error invalid: backbone@1.4.0 /var/tmp/pamac-build-user/popcorntime/src/popcorn-desktop/node_modules/backbone
44 error invalid: underscore@1.13.1 /var/tmp/pamac-build-user/popcorntime/src/popcorn-desktop/node_modules/underscore
44 error invalid: http-node@1.2.0 /var/tmp/pamac-build-user/popcorntime/src/popcorn-desktop/node_modules/http-node
44 error invalid: vtt.js@0.12.1 /var/tmp/pamac-build-user/popcorntime/src/popcorn-desktop/node_modules/vtt.js
45 verbose exit 1
46 timing npm Completed in 1892ms
47 verbose code 1
48 error A complete log of this run can be found in:
48 error     /home/user/.npm/_logs/2022-07-18T19_29_01_646Z-debug-0.log

@ItachiSan, 0.4.7 already released:

https://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-desktop/releases/tag/v0.4.7

According to:

https://teddit.net/r/PopCornTimeApp/wiki/faq

It includes auto API update, so it seems pretty useful

@je-vv yes, the error is safe to ignore.

It is a gulp build step where they report missing dependencies, that are however solved from NW.JS builder. :)

Thanks a lot @ItachiSan, it seems to be working back.

BTW, I see some npm error, but I'm guessing they are don't care, since I remember seen errors before, and popcorntime still working:

Error: Command failed: npm ls --all=true --production=true --parseable=true
npm ERR! code ELSPROBLEMS
npm ERR! invalid: backbone@1.4.0 /home/general/.pkgs/src/laur/popcorntime/src/popcorn-desktop/node_modules/backbone
npm ERR! invalid: underscore@1.12.1 /home/general/.pkgs/src/laur/popcorntime/src/popcorn-desktop/node_modules/underscore
npm ERR! invalid: webtorrent@0.118.0 /home/general/.pkgs/src/laur/popcorntime/src/popcorn-desktop/node_modules/webtorrent
npm ERR! invalid: bittorrent-protocol@3.3.1 /home/general/.pkgs/src/laur/popcorntime/src/popcorn-desktop/node_modules/bittorrent-protocol
npm ERR! invalid: http-node@1.2.0 /home/general/.pkgs/src/laur/popcorntime/src/popcorn-desktop/node_modules/http-node
npm ERR! invalid: vtt.js@0.12.1 /home/general/.pkgs/src/laur/popcorntime/src/popcorn-desktop/node_modules/vtt.js

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/general/.npm/_logs/2021-07-29T20_47_08_980Z-debug.log

    at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:397:12)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:394:28)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:domain:532:15)
    at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1067:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:301:5)
    at Process.callbackTrampoline (node:internal/async_hooks:130:17) {
  killed: false,
  code: 1,
  signal: null,
  cmd: 'npm ls --all=true --production=true --parseable=true'
}

These are to be ignored, right?