Failure to build gconf

[vindognz]

Hello, I have previously installed the pixel art software “Piskel” on my machine, then after a fresh install (migrating to a different, larger SSD) the exec no longer boots, error:

./piskel: error while loading shared libraries: libgconf-2.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I then attempt to install the AUR package lib32-gconf (I also tried “gconf”) and to resolve this, but it errors out:

/bin/sh: line 1: gconfmarshal.list: command not found
/bin/sh: line 2: gconfmarshal.list: command not found
make[2]: *** [Makefile:1264: gconfmarshal.h] Error 127
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs…
make[2]: *** [Makefile:1267: gconfmarshal.c] Error 127
make[2]: Leaving directory ‘/var/cache/private/pamac/gconf/src/gconf/gconf’
make[1]: *** [Makefile:594: all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory ‘/var/cache/private/pamac/gconf/src/gconf’
make: *** [Makefile:478: all] Error 2
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
Aborting…
Finished with result: exit-code
Main processes terminated with: code=exited, status=4/NOPERMISSION
Service runtime: 1min 16.657s
CPU time consumed: 1min 27.270s
Memory peak: 66.8M (swap: 0B)

(I also made an issue on the Piskel github but got no reply, so came here)
(I have also attempted to use the Piskel AUR package but get the exact same error as trying to install gconf)

[dmt]

@vindognz

(I also made an issue on the Piskel github but got no reply, so came here)

gconf is deprecated/obsolete, there’s an issue on the github repo from 2022 telling them about this

gconf should be removed from dependencies, it is deprecated

and the last release was in 2018 so it looks abandoned.

There’s also this issue, where someone states

piskel is dead. the last update to it was 2018.

There are quite a few forks, perhaps one of them has been updated, unfortunately none are in the AUR.

I’d look for other software if I were you.

pacman -Ss pixel art

yay -Ss pixel art

# or if you prefer pamac
pamac search pixel art

pamac search -a pixel art

[Yochanan]

Welcome to the forum!

@dmt

gconf is deprecated/obsolete

Indeed. Whatever depends on it is also long dead.

The AUR is not officially supported. You are your own package maintainer if you use packages from there and therefore are responsible for maintaining them.

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