[SOLVED]Mailspring 1.17, nothing provides 'libtidy.so.5()(64bit)'

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Description

The installer, mailspring-1.17.0-0.1.x86_64.rpm, requires the outdated libtidy.so.5. This is an extinct lib on all Linux distros, see https://pkgs.org/search/?q=libtidy.so.5
For example, on openSUSE Tumbleweed, now it’s libtidy.so.58, of which is installed on my system, but doesn’t recognize by the installer.

To Reproduce…

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Download the installer (v1.17) from either the official website or the official GitHub repo.
  2. Try installing it.
  3. See nothing provides 'libtidy.so.5()(64bit)' error.

Expected Behavior

The installer should not require this outdated lib.

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Setup

  • OS and Version: openSUSE Tumbleweed
    • Installation Method: mailspring-1.17.0-0.1.x86_64.rpm
  • Mailspring Version: 1.17

Additional Context

I have been using v1.16 for a while without any issue. I tried proceeding with the installation of v1.17 with the broken dep. I can start the app, but there’s no connection at all. I am not sure if it’s related to libtidy.so.5.

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Fedora 43, have the same issue.

Why do we need it?

I see it was added here The linux build now relies on system libtidy · Foundry376/Mailspring@849c312 · GitHub But it links with the old version.

$ rpm -ql libtidy.x86_64
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/37
/usr/lib/.build-id/37/aadf010ed3ee69b86b8801c379e012d686e767
/usr/lib64/libtidy.so.5.8.0
/usr/lib64/libtidy.so.58
/usr/share/licenses/libtidy
/usr/share/licenses/libtidy/LICENSE.md
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Any resolution to this library issue on Fedora 43? I tried switching from the rpm version to the Flatpak version however the Flatpak version will not let me log in (screenshot below)

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I have downgraded to v1.16 for now, as I also got no connection (can’t fetch new emails or adding new account) at all with v1.17. I am not sure whether it’s related to this issue.

But there’s a solution with this issue, though. You’ll have to rebuild the installer and changing its deps, see:

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This issue is fixed in v1.17.1.

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It is not for me (please see screenshot below). Can someone please share a link to the V1.16 version. This annoyance has gone on for to long.

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Please disregard my request I found v1.16 it here and it is working fine.

Sorry to SPAM this group and for any dumb questions below but could someone reply when the new version of Mailspring works on Fedora 43. I just purchased this product a month ago before this upgrade so I would like to have the latest version working. Also is there a ticket process her? Should I be doing something else instead of posting to the community?

Thank you for your time!

Could someone please review this post and let me know how to get v1.17 working on Fedora 43?
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Hey @JimGlass thanks for the feedback, we’re investigating the curl dependency issue here ( Mailspring 1.17.1 can't connect to the network at all, /lib64/libcurl.so.4: no version information available (required by /usr/share/mailspring/resources/app.asar.unpacked/mailsync.bin) ) and I’ll let you know when it’s resolved.

We did recently add Fedora 43 to our automated tests to avoid problems like this in the future ( Move Windows dependencies to vkpkg for OpenSSL 3.6, latest libcurl, i… · Foundry376/Mailspring-Sync@3b963ed · GitHub )

Also I really appreciate your patience - in the January release of Mailspring we switched from bundling static copies of all of Mailspring’s linux dependencies to using the system versions. It’s an important change that’ll help us stay on top of security patches and updates (the previous release used a bundled version of curl from 2016), but is pretty tricky to build and ship in a way that runs across all major linux distros. We’ll keep you posted!

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Hit this issue on CachyOS also, was able to get past it by installing tidy (pacman -S tidy).

It then failed to launch the GUI - its not playing nicely with Wayland!

Was able to get it to launch by forcing x11, from the shortcut (/usr/share/applications/Mailspring.desktop):
Exec=/usr/bin/mailspring --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=x11 %U

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For anyone still running into dependency issues on newer distros – Mailspring 1.17.4 includes updated RPM packaging dependencies for Fedora 43 and openSUSE compatibility (#2590). If you’ve been stuck on an older version due to this, 1.17.4 should install cleanly.

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