Gentoo Forums
Gentoo Forums
Gentoo Forums
Quick Search: in
Installing keyman software in Gentoo -- systemd dependency
View unanswered posts
View posts from last 24 hours

 
Reply to topic    Gentoo Forums Forum Index Unsupported Software
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
rytir
n00b
n00b


Joined: 04 Jan 2025
Posts: 1

PostPosted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 6:34 am    Post subject: Installing keyman software in Gentoo -- systemd dependency Reply with quote

Keyman is a nice piece of software designed to type in non-latin alphabets with a plenty of keyboard definitions and usable with ibus.
Originally written for Windows user, it has has been made open source and expanded to include Linux users.

https://github.com/keymanapp/keyman/blob/master/docs/linux/README.md
https://github.com/keymanapp/keyman

But the Linux support seems to be limited to Debian or other systemd-based OS.
In openrc system the source code fails to get configured, complaining of missing libsystemd.

The dependency is declared in:
Code:
/usr/bin/pkg-config --modversion libsystemd

Is it generally possible to avoid the systemd dependency, for example by using openrc?

Thank you for your suggestions.
Jaroslav, Prague

The relevant part of the log file:
Code:
Called: `/usr/bin/pkg-config --modversion libsystemd` -> 1
stderr:
Package libsystemd was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libsystemd.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
Package 'libsystemd' not found
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
fedeliallalinea
Administrator
Administrator


Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Posts: 31390
Location: here

PostPosted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 6:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If systemd is used only for start a deamon you can convert a systemd unit in a openrc service script.
In this case since it is looking for the libsystemd library I assume that some function of systemd is used in the code, so you should patch in the code not to use this library.

-- edit --
The program seems to use systemd/sd-bus.h this library is provided by sys-auth/elogind for a OpenRC system.
_________________
Questions are guaranteed in life; Answers aren't.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
GDH-gentoo
Veteran
Veteran


Joined: 20 Jul 2019
Posts: 1779
Location: South America

PostPosted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Try this patch (for release 17.0.332)

keyman-patch
Code:
--- orig/linux/keyman-system-service/meson.build   2025-01-04 10:10:29.014297487 -0300
+++ patched/linux/keyman-system-service/meson.build   2025-01-04 10:10:48.444007927 -0300
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         meson_version: '>=0.61')
 
 evdev    = dependency('libevdev', version: '>= 1.9')
-systemd  = dependency('libsystemd')
+systemd  = dependency('libelogind')
 
 subdir('resources')
 subdir('src')
--- orig/linux/ibus-keyman/meson.build      2025-01-04 10:12:47.698608133 -0300
+++ patched/linux/ibus-keyman/meson.build   2025-01-04 10:13:06.362936056 -0300
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 ibus =           dependency('ibus-1.0',             version: '>= 1.2.0')
 gtk =            dependency('gtk+-3.0',             version: '>= 2.4')
 json_glib =      dependency('json-glib-1.0',        version: '>= 1.0')
-systemd  =       dependency('libsystemd')
+systemd  =       dependency('libelogind')
 icu =            dependency('icu-i18n')
 
 core_dir = meson.current_source_dir() / '../../core'
--- orig/linux/keyman-system-service/resources/com.keyman.SystemService1.service   2025-01-04 10:11:07.330446856 -0300
+++ patched/linux/keyman-system-service/resources/com.keyman.SystemService1.service   2025-01-04 10:12:21.417473536 -0300
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 [D-BUS Service]
 Name=com.keyman.SystemService1
-Exec=/bin/false
+Exec=/usr/libexec/keyman-system-service
 User=root
-SystemdService=systemd-keyman.service
+#SystemdService=systemd-keyman.service

And install sys-auth/elogind (replacing the functionality that the package wants from systemd) in addition to the other dependencies.

Be careful to preserve TAB characters if you copy and paste from the forum post.
_________________
NeddySeagoon wrote:
I'm not a witch, I'm a retired electronics engineer :)
Ionen wrote:
As a packager I just don't want things to get messier with weird build systems and multiple toolchains requirements though :)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Gentoo Forums Forum Index Unsupported Software All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum