ipfs-desktop 0.4.0 bugs with debian package

$ sudo dpkg -i ipfs-desktop_0.4.0_amd64.deb 
Selecting previously unselected package ipfs-desktop.
(Reading database ... 210948 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack ipfs-desktop_0.4.0_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking ipfs-desktop (0.3.0-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ipfs-desktop:
 ipfs-desktop depends on libgconf2-4; however:
  Package libgconf2-4 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package ipfs-desktop (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ipfs-desktop

Note the weird “0.3.0-1” versioning in the process, and the warning about a missing library. dpkg -l indicates that 0.3.0-1 is the one that was installed (forgot to change the version somewhere?)

When I run ipfs-desktop, an error message pops up asking me to read the error.log but the error.log has not been created yet.

Running sudo apt-get install libgconf2-4 fixes the problem.

[hacdias]

Thanks @kyledrake I think I forgot to update the version in package.json and it ended up building with v0.3.0 on it. I’ll update the binaries ASAP 😄

[lidel]

Ok, I see now why it worked for me and not for Kyle. I was using apt install.

AFAIK dpkg -i does not install deps. It fails if any of dependencies are missing and that is expected behaviour of that tool. If you want to install missing deps automatically, you need to follow it with apt-get -f install or use modern apt install.

Starting with apt 1.1 (Ubuntu 16.04, Debian Stretch) apt install allows local files and now became the default way to install .deb

@kyledrake Give it a try, it does the same job as dpkg + apt-get but with one clean command:

sudo apt install ./ipfs-desktop_0.4.0_amd64.deb

I’ve added this note to Release Notes and to README in PR #634.