Problems with electron9 9.4.4-1

Why do you even need Electron 9? It’s an outdated version, no longer supported by Arch. If you can get away with it, you should use electron package from the repos.

If you must use Electron 9, because it’s a dependency for some old, obscure software from the AUR, install the electron9-bin package from the AUR:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/electron9-bin/

I do not recommend using the electron9 package from the AUR.1 It takes hours to build because it has to compile Chromium. The electron9-bin package contains prebuilt binaries, so it will install in a matter of minutes, if not seconds.


1 Unless you need it because of “Balena Etcher”, in which case go ahead and build electron9 from the AUR, because you deserve just that. After you’re done, read this: Heads up on Etcher - #18 by Kresimir

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