Hey everyone, this program's new version (2.4.0) doesn't work Windows to Linux, so I was wondering if any of you could build the old Barrier against the new QT5-base, and if we could put it in our repos that'd be amazing. I tried to build it from source but got an error about not the right QT version 5.15.2 to 5.15.3 or something.
I built it from source and installed it, but it still throws me an error about QT5 not being 5.15.2, so I had to downgrade my qt5-base to 5.15.2
https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/releases
I'm not the most savvy user and I apologize for that, but I am trying. Any help with this is greatly appreciated, as I rely on Barrier 2.3.3
That error is likely due to qt5-styleplugins. It has been rebuilt against Qt 5.15.3 today so I suggest giving that a try.
YOU ARE RIGHT!!!! THANK YOU!!!
I was legit scared I was gonna lose Barrier forever, and to make barrier work I had to downgrade qt5-base which made VLC stop working I think. I'm so happy I don't have to choose between Barrier or VLC. Thank you so much.
Still though, I think it'd be great if someone could create an AUR package for Barrier 2.3.3 if at all possible. I am not savvy enough to submit stuff to the AUR.
Why in the AUR? I would recommend you grab the 2.3.3 PKGBUILD (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/archlinux/svntogit-community/5866c91e073ddd671eee3669f6a3431f2bd38aea/trunk/PKGBUILD) from Arch (https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-community/blob/5866c91e073ddd671eee3669f6a3431f2bd38aea/trunk/PKGBUILD) and build/install using makepkg (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Makepkg).
There is no need for that. Just set up Arch repositories (https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/Repositories#Arch_repositories) and install the binary package from the "community" (Arch) repository. I just installed it and it works.
I assumed there was some legitimate reason to want 2.3.3 specifically :P
tried that, it fails to build.
it doesn't work Windows to Linux on 2.4.0, I need 2.3.3 to work. Are you saying you've tried it with Windows Server to Linux PC?
Ah, my mistake. It expects the changelog (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/archlinux/svntogit-community/5866c91e073ddd671eee3669f6a3431f2bd38aea/trunk/CHANGELOG.rst) as well. Built and installed just fine for me.
No. I don't use Windows and recommend against using it, for multiple reasons, the principal one being that it's not Libre software (https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/shouldbefree.html), and one of the main secondary reasons that it's spying on its users, and is in fact malware (https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html).
Instead, I was referring to
With the binary package, the error you mentioned is not shown.