vykar-gui binary incompatible with Arch Linux (libxdo.so.3 vs .4)

[nam1962]

Hi,

On Arch Linux (and derivatives like EndeavourOS), the prebuilt vykar-gui binary from the official releases does not run due to a libxdo version mismatch:

vykar-gui: error while loading shared libraries: libxdo.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Arch currently provides:

/usr/lib/libxdo.so.4

So the binary appears to be linked against libxdo.so.3, which is not available on rolling distributions.

This makes the GUI unusable out-of-the-box on Arch and derivatives, while the CLI works fine.

Notes

• Rebuilding vykar-gui locally on Arch works without issue
• This suggests the problem is limited to the prebuilt release binaries

Possible improvements

• Build against libxdo.so.4 (or a more recent version), or
• Provide a portable release (e.g. AppImage), or
• Document the limitation for Arch and other rolling distributions

Thanks for the project, very clean approach overall.

[m3nu]

Thanks for the feedback. Will see how to solve this.