how to make wf-recorder work when it wants an old libxml2 | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

idle skiff May 5, 2025, 11:30 AM

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jasmine@zenbook ~> wf-recorder \
                           --filter scale_vaapi=format=nv12:out_range=full \
                           --geometry $(slurp) \
                           --framerate 60 \
                           --codec hevc_vaapi \
                           --device /dev/dri/renderD128 \
                           --codec-param qp=24 \
                           --muxer mp4 \
                           -f $HOME/Videos/record_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)_wf.mp4
wf-recorder: error while loading shared libraries: libxml2.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
jasmine@zenbook ~ [127]> ldd $(which wf-recorder) | grep libxml2

        libxml2.so.2 => not found
        libxml2.so.16 => /usr/lib/libxml2.so.16 (0x000072aff94c2000)

i have new libxml2 but this wf-recorder wants an old one
so i can't use the wf-recorder
even when i do -Syu because it just gives me new one
😐

prime parcel May 5, 2025, 11:32 AM

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idle skiff ``` jasmine@zenbook ~> wf-recorder \ --filter scale_v...

I assume you don't have wf-recorder from the official repos and instead have the -gui or -git from the aur in which case you have to rebuild the package

idle skiff May 5, 2025, 11:32 AM

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how to make wf-recorder work when it wants an old libxml2

prime parcel May 5, 2025, 11:33 AM

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When using aur packages you have to rebuild the packages yourself when necessary

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So they link against new libs

idle skiff May 5, 2025, 11:34 AM

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it's from official repos

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it's from sudo pacman -S wf-recorder

prime parcel May 5, 2025, 11:36 AM

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Looks like the maintainer hasn't bumped the pkgrel to make the package build@jasmine.nova
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/wf-recorder/-/blob/main/PKGBUILD?ref_type=heads

GitLab

PKGBUILD · main · Arch Linux / Packaging / Packages / wf-recorder...

Screen recorder for wlroots-based compositors such as sway packages: wf-recorder

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libxml2 isn't even listed as one of the deps

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So the automatic finder (if there is one) missed it

idle skiff May 5, 2025, 11:37 AM

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if this was on nixos, would it have worked?

prime parcel May 5, 2025, 11:40 AM

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Yeah every dep is declared and the reverse deps of the dep are always rebuilt

idle skiff May 5, 2025, 11:40 AM

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does it also share dependencies between packages?

prime parcel May 5, 2025, 11:40 AM

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Yes

idle skiff May 5, 2025, 11:40 AM

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oh okke

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I will move to nix then I think 😔

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thank you @prime parcel

deft lagoonBOT May 5, 2025, 11:41 AM

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prime parcel May 5, 2025, 11:41 AM

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https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/wf-recorder/-/blob/main/PKGBUILD?ref_type=heads#L1 this guy has to be emailed so he can rebuild the package in arch

GitLab

PKGBUILD · main · Arch Linux / Packaging / Packages / wf-recorder...

Screen recorder for wlroots-based compositors such as sway packages: wf-recorder

idle skiff May 5, 2025, 11:41 AM

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I'll email him

prime parcel May 5, 2025, 11:42 AM

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Or a issue created in the repo

idle skiff May 5, 2025, 11:52 AM

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idk how to create an account for it tbh 😔 it wants me to sign up for arch linux and then it says it sent a verification email, but the email doesn't saw how

idle skiff May 5, 2025, 12:58 PM

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prime parcel Or a issue created in the repo

can you do it pls?