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Native-first fix for the AppImage black window: a PKGBUILD that builds from source,
linked against SYSTEM graphics libs, so it renders on the host driver.
- desktop/packaging/arch/{PKGBUILD,thoughtsync.desktop,README.md}: `makepkg -si`
installs /usr/bin/thoughtsync + .desktop + icon; deps webkit2gtk-4.1/gtk3/...;
builds the frontend + `cargo build --release` (no tauri-cli). Uses the host
graphics stack -> avoids EGL_BAD_PARAMETER.
- Commit the icon set (desktop/src-tauri/icons/*.png, un-gitignored) so BOTH
`cargo build` (pacman) and `cargo tauri build` (deb/appimage) work without a
generate step; bundle.icon -> the 4 committed PNGs; drop the `cargo tauri icon`
step from desktop.yml.
- Broaden the WebKit software-render hardening (lib.rs) to ALL Linux (was
AppImage-scoped) so the native build also renders if system WebKit is finicky.
Can't CI-test the PKGBUILD (Arch-only; CI is Debian) -- operator builds locally.
desktop.yml re-verifies the deb+AppImage build with the committed icons.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FRgehjoz7Yv8LkUfADxACm
ThoughtSync desktop — Arch package
A native Arch/pacman package, built from source so it links against your
system libraries (webkit2gtk-4.1 + your GPU driver). This is the robust install
on Arch/CachyOS: it avoids the bundled-AppImage EGL_BAD_PARAMETER black-window
problem entirely, and it installs a proper application-menu entry.
Install
From a clone of the thoughtsync repo:
cd desktop/packaging/arch
makepkg -si
makepkg will pull the build tools (rust, nodejs, npm) and runtime deps
(webkit2gtk-4.1, gtk3, …) via pacman, compile the frontend + the Rust binary,
and install:
/usr/bin/thoughtsync— the app/usr/share/applications/thoughtsync.desktop— the menu entry/usr/share/pixmaps/thoughtsync.png— the icon
Then launch ThoughtSync from your app menu (or run thoughtsync).
Notes
- Builds in-place from the checkout (
makepkgreads the committed state via git). - The compile takes a few minutes the first time (Rust release build).
- Uninstall:
sudo pacman -R thoughtsync-desktop.