Desktop folders won't install

i found a new app i wanted to try but it won’t install from yay. i get this:

Summary

[fj@whitewolf ~]$ sudo pacman -S desktopfolder
[sudo] password for fj:
error: target not found: desktopfolder
[fj@whitewolf ~]$ yay -S desktopfolder
:: Checking for conflicts…
:: Checking for inner conflicts…
[Aur:1] desktopfolder-1.1.3-1

1 desktopfolder (Build Files Exist)
==> Packages to cleanBuild?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==>
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (1/0): desktopfolder
1 desktopfolder (Build Files Exist)
==> Diffs to show?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==>
:: (1/1) Parsing SRCINFO: desktopfolder
==> Making package: desktopfolder 1.1.3-1 (Fri 09 Dec 2022 08:15:06 PM EST)
==> Retrieving sources…
→ Found v1.1.3.zip
==> Validating source files with sha256sums…
v1.1.3.zip … Passed
==> Making package: desktopfolder 1.1.3-1 (Fri 09 Dec 2022 08:15:08 PM EST)
==> Checking runtime dependencies…
==> Checking buildtime dependencies…
==> Retrieving sources…
→ Found v1.1.3.zip
==> Validating source files with sha256sums…
v1.1.3.zip … Passed
==> Removing existing $srcdir/ directory…
==> Extracting sources…
→ Extracting v1.1.3.zip with bsdtar
==> Sources are ready.
==> Making package: desktopfolder 1.1.3-1 (Fri 09 Dec 2022 08:15:13 PM EST)
==> Checking runtime dependencies…
==> Checking buildtime dependencies…
==> WARNING: Using existing $srcdir/ tree
==> Removing existing $pkgdir/ directory…
==> Starting build()…
The Meson build system
Version: 0.64.1
Source dir: /home/fj/.cache/yay/desktopfolder/src/desktopfolder-1.1.3
Build dir: /home/fj/.cache/yay/desktopfolder/src/desktopfolder-1.1.3/build
Build type: native build
Project name: com.github.spheras.desktopfolder
Project version: 1.1.3
C compiler for the host machine: cc (gcc 12.2.0 “cc (GCC) 12.2.0”)
C linker for the host machine: cc ld.bfd 2.39.0
Vala compiler for the host machine: valac (valac 0.56.3)
Host machine cpu family: x86_64
Host machine cpu: x86_64
Found pkg-config: /usr/bin/pkg-config (1.8.0)
Program glib-compile-resources found: YES (/usr/bin/glib-compile-resources)
Configuring config.h using configuration
Library m found: YES
Found pkg-config: /usr/bin/pkg-config (1.8.0)
Run-time dependency gio-unix-2.0 found: YES 2.74.2
Run-time dependency gee-0.8 found: YES 0.20.6
Run-time dependency glib-2.0 found: YES 2.74.2
Run-time dependency gobject-2.0 found: YES 2.74.2
Run-time dependency gtk±3.0 found: YES 3.24.35
Run-time dependency cairo found: YES 1.17.6
Run-time dependency json-glib-1.0 found: YES 1.6.6
Run-time dependency gdk-pixbuf-2.0 found: YES 2.42.10
Run-time dependency libwnck-3.0 found: YES 43.0
Run-time dependency gtksourceview-3.0 found: YES 3.24.12
Program intltool-merge found: YES (/usr/bin/intltool-merge)
Configuring desktopfolder_with_executable_name.desktop.in using configuration

data/meson.build:27:5: ERROR: Function does not take positional arguments.

A full log can be found at /home/fj/.cache/yay/desktopfolder/src/desktopfolder-1.1.3/build/meson-logs/meson-log.txt
WARNING: Running the setup command as meson [options] instead of meson setup [options] is ambiguous and deprecated.
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
Aborting…
→ error making: desktopfolder

if anyone can help me, it would be greatly appreciated.

That package hasn’t been updated in over 2 years.

You could try posting on the AUR page and see if the maintainer fixes it.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/desktopfolder

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ok i understand, thank you very kindly… i had no idea what was going on

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