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300 KB desktop client for Slack, Skype, Twitter, Telegram, and more
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[macOS v0.33]] The application does not start at all #83

Closed ddobrev closed 5 years ago

ddobrev commented 6 years ago

A hint which might help you: trying to launch from the terminal with:

open -a "eul.app"

gives:

LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed for the application /Applications/eul.app with error -10810.

Trying to directly launch the executable with:

/Applications/eul.app/Contents/MacOS/eul

gives:

dyld: Library not loaded: libnanovg.a Referenced from: /Applications/eul.app/Contents/MacOS/eul Reason: image not found Abort trap: 6

jgbrwn commented 6 years ago

Same. High Sierra / 10.13.4.

Non-cli/regular startup yields:

image

ddobrev commented 6 years ago

My macOS is 10.13.4 as well.

tuananh commented 6 years ago

Too bad, this app has so much potential. Just getting a little more polish.

tuananh commented 6 years ago

still not working on v0.34. I'm giving up.

jamesgecko commented 6 years ago

I don't even see a crash message; nothing happens and then the ReportCrash process opens in the background and slowly grows to consume all my CPU cycles.

zsszatmari commented 6 years ago

Same here. :'(

ddobrev commented 6 years ago

I also get the same - including the detailed errors I've posted - with 0.34.

claui commented 6 years ago

I’ve written a Homebrew formula for libnanovg, which seems to work around this problem for me. It may be of use for those who don’t want to wait until a new version of eul is released that fixes the issue.

Please bear in mind that this is not an official Homebrew formula (yet). It’s still under test, and may not work on your computer. Do not install this formula unless you have a good backup.

To install the formula, follow these steps:

  1. Make sure you have Homebrew installed.

  2. Download the libnanovg.rb formula.

  3. Open Terminal.app.

  4. cd to the folder which contains the libnanovg.rb formula.

  5. Run brew install --HEAD libnanovg.rb. This will install two libraries to /usr/local/lib: libnanovg.a and libnanovg.dylib.

  6. Two manual tweaks are needed to fix the eul issue (the Mac version of eul appears to mix up the extensions). First, delete the /usr/local/lib/libnanovg.a symlink.

  7. Finally, rename the remaining symlink /usr/local/lib/libnanovg.dylib to /usr/local/lib/libnanovg.a.

This should work around the issue, and will also survive updates of eul. You can uninstall the formula as soon as the issue is fixed in eul.

To uninstall the formula, run:

brew uninstall libnanovg

If you have any questions or comments regarding the formula, be sure to post them in the formula Gist, not here.

stevenleeg commented 6 years ago

Running into the same issue here, app immediately crashes upon opening (or shows the "cannot be opened" alert).

ddobrev commented 6 years ago

I get an error with the formula:

==> Cloning https://github.com/memononen/nanovg.git
Updating /Users/ddobrev/Library/Caches/Homebrew/libnanovg--git
==> Checking out branch master
==> Patching
patching file premake4.lua
Hunk #1 FAILED at 3.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 14.
2 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file premake4.lua.rej
Error: Failure while executing: patch -g 0 -f -p1

Anyway, it's such a shame. A native client for Slack is desperately needed and this one cannot even get its dependencies right, not to mention the yet another missed own deadline of April the 30th.

claui commented 6 years ago

Thanks @ddobrev for the feedback. I’m looking into it.

claui commented 6 years ago

@ddobrev Please create a Gist with both premake4.lua.orig and premake4.lua.rej, which have been generated by the failed install, and comment here with the link to your Gist.

ddobrev commented 6 years ago

@claui I would be happy to help but I cannot find these files even though one of them is mentioned in the output. Would you know where I need to look?

claui commented 6 years ago

@ddobrev I’ve replied to you in the Gist so as to keep this issue focused on getting eul fixed.

ddobrev commented 6 years ago

Absolutely the same with 0.35. Does anybody read these reports at all? @claui I am afraid I could not find these files but don't worry about me. The application is obviously still way too unreliable so I would not use it even if your patch had worked on my machine.

jessb321 commented 6 years ago

I noticed that the .app in the zip hasn't been modified since the 16th of April.

ddobrev commented 6 years ago

This is ridiculous. The copy from "brew cask install eul" has the exact same behaviour. Basically, all the development I can see in the last month is constantly changing and missed deadlines. At least open the source code so that we can fix problems ourselves.

jamesgecko commented 6 years ago

It is what it is. We didn’t pay any money; we aren’t owed a schedule or source code. If it’s unusable, don’t use it.

Edit: unless you’re a patreon, maybe? But even then you’re basically buying development time, not software.

nitinja commented 6 years ago

Eul looks incredible, too bad it doesn't work as of now.

nikolay commented 6 years ago

@claui You can actually install in a single step like this:

brew install --HEAD https://gist.githubusercontent.com/claui/a950e08517ff7cbe060966a4d5f87f4a/raw/e5f2de29c52c2c584e9efc01e72126011024c9c9/libnanovg.rb
voltapp2 commented 5 years ago

Nanovg is no longer used, so this won't be a problem any more.

I did a terrible job with the development in 2018. Lots of bad decisions and lack of communication.

Sorry about that.

Soon I'll post a detailed blog about what caused the 9 month delay.

The macOS version was revived a couple of days ago: https://volt.ws/mac