[arch-general] Problem install slack-desktop deb

[Jelle van der Waa]

On 06/13/17 at 04:21pm, Maykel Franco via arch-general wrote:
> Hi, recently I like install slack-desktop 2.3.4 because with the
> latest version 2.6.x I have a problem with unmark read messages bug...
> 
> I have install debtap from github, the binary because the debtap
> archlinux repository not works well.
> 
> When install the slack-desktop 2.3.4 deb I get this error...
> 
> user ~/ $ LANG=C sudo pacman -U
> slack-desktop-2.3.4-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
> loading packages...
> resolving dependencies...
> warning: cannot resolve "apt", a dependency of "slack-desktop"
> warning: cannot resolve "gir1.2-gnomekeyring-1.0", a dependency of
> "slack-desktop"
> :: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable
> dependencies:
>      slack-desktop
> 
> :: Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade? [y/N]
> error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
> :: slack-desktop: requires apt
> :: slack-desktop: requires gir1.2-gnomekeyring-1.0
> 
> 
> How resolved it?

It's better to not rely on unofficial (shit) like debtap and work on
fixing the package in the repos.

-- 
Jelle van der Waa
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