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NOTICE: This pkgbase is now produces two packages:

• protonmail-bridge-core: Containing the core daemon & CLI program.
• protonmail-bridge: Containing the Qt desktop application.

The second package depends on the first. If you don't have a need for the desktop application, you can now choose to only install protonmail-bridge-core.

This packaging change should be seamless and no action should be required before or after the upgrade.

Thanks to @ali.molaei and @BenTheTechGuy for the feedback regarding this change!

Just having pass installed with a key set up wasn't enough for me, I had to follow this: https://pychao.com/2020/06/10/update-on-using-protonmail-bridge-on-headless-wordpress-linux-servers/

anybody else getting Invalid app version while logging in? PMB shows disconnected on launch

Hi @faky

Maybe this issue is relevant https://github.com/ProtonMail/go-autostart/issues/18

Hi all, i have an issue with this package. I can start it with console "protonmail-bridge" command. But then i have to leave console window opened. I cannot make it start automatically (startup applications) or via Menu shortcut - nothing happens. Anyone have a tip on how to debug/solve this?

I was waiting for this https://github.com/ProtonMail/proton-bridge/issues/10#issuecomment-633404112 package is now updated

It does appear to be officially the current version though... It's the only version linked on https://protonmail.com/bridge/install with no mention of it still being beta.

It seems like 1.2.7 is still in beta https://github.com/ProtonMail/proton-bridge/releases

It seems like the icons are copied to the correct directory (/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps) but the desktop file refers to the original location.

@ali.molaei: Ok, I had time so I made a simpler PKGBUILD that does what I need.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/protonmail-bridge-nogui/

@kausban I don't think making dependencies optional is a good choice, people will fail to compile by default then, I don't think -cli is a bad idea, just see multiple mongodb-bin packages that are created after mine with minor changes in each ¯\(ツ)/¯

@hakayova: Using the "--cli" option you can start the application without GUI. It in fact doesn't need X-server to function. I am unsure about gnome-keyring, but pass runs happily using pgp identities and a cli pinentry program.

I run an instance on my private headless server (configured over ssh) to forward a selection of emails from my "secondary" email to my private email.

I wrote the following systemd user service (placed in ~/.config/systemd/user) that launches the bridge with --cli flag inside "screen". http://ix.io/2imS

@ali.molaei: Thanks. I describe my setup above. I still use the "--cli" option and login using the interactive cli menu. One doesn't need to login in every time - it uses the pass (or presumably gnome-keyring) to save the login details.

I was only suggesting, commenting the sed command in your PKGBUILD and making those dependencies optional since the package can be built in that configuration as well (see the PKGBUILD I link in my previous comment). That way people can easily edit the PKGBUILD if they want the pacakge built with the 'nogui' flag.

| I suggest to create a protonmail-bridge-cli package

Didn't think its a big enough change to be a separate aur package - I can create one if people care enough though. If it doesn't make sense for you to add (its quite non standard), I can just do it for myself personally over your PKGBUILD.