FS#80007 - [gimagereader] "Manage languages" feature does not work

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by CYQ (cyq) - Thursday, 19 October 2023, 14:52 GMT
Last edited by Caleb Maclennan (alerque) - Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 22:35 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Balló György (City-busz)
Caleb Maclennan (alerque)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

The "Manage languages" feature (from the language selection dropdown) does not work. Instead it produces the following error:

> A session connection to the PackageKit backend is required for managing system-wide tesseract language packs, but it was not found. This service is usually provided by a software-management application such as Gnome Software. Please install software which provides the necessary PackageKit interface, use other system package management software to manage the tesseract language packs directly, or switch to using the user tessdata path in the configuration dialog

I tried to install `packagekit-qt5`, `packagekit-qt6` and `gnome-packagekit` respectively, but this seems to have no effect.

Additional info:
* package version(s): 3.4.1-2
* config and/or log files etc: default settings
* link to upstream bug report: N/A

Steps to reproduce:

Install `gimagereader-qt` or `gimagereader-gtk`. Click "Manage languages" from the language selection dropdown. Observe the error.
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Closed by  Caleb Maclennan (alerque)
Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 22:35 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Comment by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Friday, 20 October 2023, 04:00 GMT
I think this is kinda expected. packagekit on Arch is not well supported. Please see  FS#76824  and [1] for example. When running dbus-monitor, the request can be seen hitting the bus, but I don't follow what happens after that. Here's a similar upstream ticket [2].

Also, the tesseract language packs are already provided by pacman.. so trying to "Manage languages" doesn't make much sense anyway.

If there is no response from the PM's this ticket will be closed as "Won't Fix"

[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GNOME/Tips_and_tricks#GNOME_Software_integration_with_pacman
[2] https://github.com/manisandro/gImageReader/issues/589
Comment by Caleb Maclennan (alerque) - Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 22:35 GMT
Yes, I think the correct answer to this is that packagekit is under supported.

Just use `pacman` to install the language packs you want to use and they should just start showing up when you re-run the app. I use several.

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