Cannot launch Ezra Bible Application Software from the Manjaro KDE Plasma menu

I have checked some information concerning the Ezra Bible Application and it has that it will open with Kate, has no execution permissions and is trying to run as root. It does not ask me for and passwords and just will not launch.


System:
  Kernel: 6.12.4-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
    root=UUID=9fb3e1d9-3b14-40d0-a8d1-7907cafe2031 rw quiet splash
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.8.0
    wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: X870 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ICE v: x.x
    serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
    Megatrends LLC. v: F3i date: 12/03/2024
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 32 GiB available: 30.46 GiB used: 2.46 GiB (8.1%)
  
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 4 gen: 4
    level: v4 note: check built: 2022+ 

Would you be willing to share those, so we know what you know and where trying to do? :slight_smile:

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I’d be very curious how something that doesn’t have execute permission would be trying to run as root. :astonished:

Just install it… :point_down:

pamac build ezra-bible-app-bin

… and start it from the applications section of your system menu.


It’s a package available from the AUR, ezra-bible-app. There is also a precompiled version of it in the AUR, ezra-bible-app-bin.

I just built ezra-bible-app using yay:

yay -S ezra-bible-app

There where warnings about vulnerabilities in node (can’t scroll back to see them as I built in TTY)

It fails to launch with these messages:

ezra-bible-app 
A JavaScript error occurred in the main process
Uncaught Exception:
Error: /opt/ezra-bible-app/resources/app/node_modules/node-sword-interface/build/Release/node_sword_interface.node: undefined symbol: _ZNK6lucene8document8Document3getEPKw
    at process.func [as dlopen] (node:electron/js2c/node_init:2:2559)
    at Module._extensions..node (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1602:18)
    at Object.func [as .node] (node:electron/js2c/node_init:2:2559)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1295:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1111:12)
    at c._load (node:electron/js2c/node_init:2:16955)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1318:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:179:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/opt/ezra-bible-app/resources/app/node_modules/node-sword-interface/index.js:20:34)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1484:14)
libva error: /usr/lib/dri/virtio_gpu_drv_video.so init failed
[35164:0122/174510.527471:ERROR:viz_main_impl.cc(166)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization
libva error: /usr/lib/dri/virtio_gpu_drv_video.so init failed

This is on Manjaro Xfce4 in a virtual machine.

Will try the -bin version next.

… this works without issue

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Installing the bin version solved the problem.
I dont understand why installing the other version from the AUR repository did not work. But that is not an issue to pursue unless I need to learn from this.

pamac build ezra-bible-app-bin

the installation did work
it built and installed just fine
but the app then didn’t run
(see my post)

May be nitpicky, but there is a difference between the two.

use what works is my motto
ezra-bible-app-bin does work

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