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vapid ledge Oct 4, 2025, 10:09 AM

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Could anybody help me fix howdy? (or help me install an better alternative)
I have already tried to install howdy multiple times, but it always gives an error, i also tried eymate but thats even worse.

clever sigil Oct 4, 2025, 10:10 AM

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What is the error?

vapid ledge Oct 4, 2025, 10:11 AM

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python-dlib - exit staus 4
howdy -exit status 8
python-face-recognition - exit status 8
pam-python - exit status 4

clever sigil Oct 4, 2025, 10:12 AM

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Is that the entire error message? Where do you see it?

vapid ledge Oct 4, 2025, 10:12 AM

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clever sigil Is that the entire error message? Where do you see it?

oh wait 1sec

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let me get the whole file rq

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📎 howdyerror

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i just pasted everything into a txt file

clever sigil Oct 4, 2025, 10:13 AM

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Good, but unfortunately I'm not on my puter rn so I can't read it

vapid ledge Oct 4, 2025, 10:14 AM

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oh wait

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let me see if i can put it here

vapid ledge Oct 4, 2025, 10:16 AM

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clever sigil Good, but unfortunately I'm not on my puter rn so I can't read it

chatgpt said "I see in your log that yay -S howdy fails when building the dependencies (pam-python, python-dlib, python-face_recognition). The error message "warning: could not open directory 'pkg/': Access denied" indicates a permission issue in your AUR build"

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( i cant paste the whole thingy here so thats why i did this)

clever sigil Oct 4, 2025, 10:17 AM

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What happens when you just get the binary version?

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howdy-bin

vapid ledge Oct 4, 2025, 10:17 AM

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clever sigil howdy-bin

ill try that rq

clever sigil Oct 4, 2025, 10:18 AM

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That's an odd issue but yeah I can't look into it now

vapid ledge Oct 4, 2025, 10:18 AM

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clever sigil That's an odd issue but yeah I can't look into it now

np! if you got time later today to check it out, that would be awesome!

dull zenith Oct 4, 2025, 11:50 AM

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Check the aur comments

#Need help with getting face ID to work.