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Hello everyone,

There was been several difficulties upgrading the Joplin due to major changes in the build system upstream.

I have finnally got version 2.6.10 working with pacthes, but remenber:

• You may need to remove your src/ folder before using this version

• The patches are still not perfect, you must say yes to a prompt

I will continue working on this later today, but its usable and stable, please remenber you can always report issues on the github repository.

Regards, Alfredo Palhares

Hello everyone,

I will be renaming the packages to its final form.

• joplin will contain the CLI application
• joplin-desktop will contain the Desktop version

Also, please for problems with the package, please open an issue on the Github repo, its really hard to provide support on the comments section, you can also email me.

If you have problems with the check() function, just run makepkg with the --nocheck flag.

Thank you for your patience. Regards, Alfredo Palhares

I've tried version 2.10.18-1 and the GUI didn't show up. I needed to close it and reopen it few times for it to show. I've rolled it back to the previous version since I don't have time to investigate (might be related to the system upgrade I did at the same time). When doing that, it complained that the config files are newer. I then removed ~/.config/Joplin and ~/.config/joplin-desktop to start fresh (beware that this will delete all your notes and plugins, which is not an issue if you sync them on the cloud). Update: it's doing it also with the previous version. There are quite a few issues with latest gnome and app in fullscreen mode. It seems that if I don't use the app in fullscreen then it opens up fine.

Joplin v2.10.17 has been "Released". I can't flag it as others have been flagging the "Pre-Release" versions.

For people with error:

==> Missing dependencies:
-> nodejs>=17.3

You need to install newer version of nodejs. I had nodejs-lts-gallium (v16) but newer version is required. This should probably be fixed in pkgbuild as it states that v16 is ok.

It looks like joplin needs openslide added to the dependencies. I'm getting this error:

node main.js

(process:2000255): VIPS-WARNING **: 18:43:33.251: unable to load "/usr/lib/vips-modules-8.14/vips-openslide.so" -- libopenslide.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

(process:2000255): GModule-CRITICAL **: 18:43:33.252: g_module_make_resident: assertion 'module != NULL' failed
Unhandled promise rejection Promise {
  <rejected> TypeError: Class extends value undefined is not a constructor or null
      at Object.<anonymous> (/home/paulk/.cache/yay/joplin/src/joplin-2.9.17/packages/app-cli/build/command-done.js:8:23)
      at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1254:14)
      at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1308:10)
      at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1117:32)
      at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:958:12)
      at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1141:19)
      at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:110:18)
      at /home/paulk/.cache/yay/joplin/src/joplin-2.9.17/packages/app-cli/build/app.js:154:26
      at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
      at Application.commands (/home/paulk/.cache/yay/joplin/src/joplin-2.9.17/packages/app-cli/build/app.js:148:30)
} reason: TypeError: Class extends value undefined is not a constructor or null
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/paulk/.cache/yay/joplin/src/joplin-2.9.17/packages/app-cli/build/command-done.js:8:23)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1254:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1308:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1117:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:958:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1141:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:110:18)
    at /home/paulk/.cache/yay/joplin/src/joplin-2.9.17/packages/app-cli/build/app.js:154:26
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at Application.commands 

I receive the following build error:

⨯ Get "https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v19.0.10/electron- v19.0.10-linux-x64.zip": dial tcp: lookup github.com on [::1]:53: read udp [::1]:52216->[::1]:53: read: connection refused

EDIT: This was an issue with my DNS configuration (systemd-resolved); following the steps under 2.1 DNS allowed me to complete the build. However I am now experiencing the same issue as @Gabscap.

joplin help generates the following error Class extends value undefined is not a constructor or null. If I enter a random command in joplin itself, it crashes with:

Unhandled promise rejection Promise {
  <rejected> TypeError: Class extends value undefined is not a constructor or null
      at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/share/joplin/node_modules/joplin/app/command-done.js:8:23)
      at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1246:14)
      at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1300:10)
      at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1103:32)
      at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:942:12)
      at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1127:19)
      at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:112:18)
      at /usr/share/joplin/node_modules/joplin/app/app.js:154:26
      at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
      at Application.commands (/usr/share/joplin/node_modules/joplin/app/app.js:148:30)
} reason: TypeError: Class extends value undefined is not a constructor or null
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/share/joplin/node_modules/joplin/app/command-done.js:8:23)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1246:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1300:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1103:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:942:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1127:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:112:18)
    at /usr/share/joplin/node_modules/joplin/app/app.js:154:26
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at Application.commands (/usr/share/joplin/node_modules/joplin/app/app.js:148:30)

I also sucessfully installed joplin-desktop 2.8.8-2 today with the following commands as suggested by jostino below without any modifications of the installation files:

# npm install -g n
# n 16
$ yay -S joplin-desktop

With help from the other comments here, there is how I was able to build Joplin 2.9.7 (released version) and Joplin 2.10.2 (pre-released version) using the the 2.8.8 Joplin yay setup.

The PKGBUILD file can be found in ~/.cache/yay/joplin

Edit the PKGBUILD file to change:

pkgver=2.9.17 or pkgver=2.10.2   
pkgrel=1   
makedepends=('git' 'npm' 'yarn' 'python' 'rsync' 'jq' 'yq' 'electron' 'libgsf' 'node-gyp>=8.4.1' 'libvips')

The last line is simply to change the makedepends from 'python2' to 'python'

After saving the file, run:

# npm install -g n
# n 16

Then run:

$ updpkgsums
$ makepkg --install

Hi, I've just created this issue that contains a PR to update to the new Joplin version 2.9.17 and fix that build issue that is present in version 2.8.8 as well. Until it get merged, you can test it as per usual manual process:

1. go to your AUR dir (or any other dir)
2. git clone git@github.com:mixin82/arch-pkgbuilds.git (otherwise extract https://github.com/mixin82/arch-pkgbuilds/archive/refs/heads/master.zip)
3. cd arch-pkgbuilds/joplin
4. sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel
5. makepkg -sic