| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/brave-bin.git (read-only, click to copy) |
|---|---|
| Package Base: | brave-bin |
| Description: | Web browser that blocks ads and trackers by default (binary release) |
| Upstream URL: | https://brave.com |
| Keywords: | brave browser |
| Licenses: | BSD, MPL2, custom:chromium |
| Conflicts: | brave |
| Provides: | brave, brave-browser |
| Submitter: | toropisco |
| Maintainer: | brave |
| Last Packager: | brave |
| Votes: | 869 |
| Popularity: | 23.42 |
| First Submitted: | 2016-04-06 13:16 (UTC) |
| Last Updated: | 2025-04-09 17:00 (UTC) |
Additionally, you might want to consider removing a few files from the package:
/opt/brave-bin/xdg-* aren't necessary given that arch has up-to-date xdg scripts./opt/$pkgname/brave-browser is redundant with /usr/bin/brave but doesn't apply the user's flags.The current wrapper (brave-bin.sh) is a bit out of date:
CHROME_WRAPPER so PWAs installed through brave don't use the correct wrapper.The following patch should bring it up to date (ignoring features from the upstream wrapper that we don't need like replacing the XDG scripts).
diff --git a/brave-bin.sh b/brave-bin.sh
index 31c435c..5654eb1 100644
--- a/brave-bin.sh
+++ b/brave-bin.sh
@@ -21,5 +21,13 @@ do
done
export CHROME_VERSION_EXTRA='stable'
+export CHROME_WRAPPER="`readlink -f "$0"`"
+export GNOME_DISABLE_CRASH_DIALOG=SET_BY_GOOGLE_CHROME
+
+# Sanitize std{in,out,err} because they'll be shared with untrusted child
+# processes (http://crbug.com/376567).
+exec < /dev/null
+exec > >(exec cat)
+exec 2> >(exec cat >&2)
exec /opt/brave-bin/brave "${FLAG_LIST[@]}" "${@}"
Someone opened an issue for it on github: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/45171
@rodrigo21 I've downgraded back to 1.76.82, seems to be okay, not sure if this is Arch specific, couldn't find any reports on github yet, might open one later
@LegendEronZ Brave 1.77.95 still works fine with KeePassXC, though
@LegendEronZ It's happening to me too.
Using --password-store=basic works, but it's not secure.
After yesterday's update the browser seems to lose login sessions when I restart it, anyone else experiencing this? I'm on KDE, kwallet is open.
@brave: Please consider removing, or making optional, the dependency on ttf-font.
This pulls in unwanted system fonts, while at the same time the browser ignores system fonts anyhow due to sandboxing.
I've been removing the dependency each time I build the package.
FYI: I found that FontationsFontBackend is enabled by default causing, in my case, blurry fonts. I fixed it by adding --disable-features=FontationsFontBackend
Likewise, thank you very much @alosarjos.
Pinned Comments
wknapik commented on 2025-02-06 18:10 (UTC)
alerque commented on 2021-11-27 03:11 (UTC)
@ant0n et all, lets keep the comments here about packaging issues, general Brave usage issues should go in another forum to not clutter up this comment space. I'm deleting comments that have no relation to packaging. Grey areas like crashes that could be blamed on Arch can stay until proven otherwise, but things like how to configure Brave to handle popups or site X or whatever just don't belong here. Thanks for understanding.