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noreset

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Registered: 2018-09-19

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Adding the user to the brlapi group

Hi folks, today I updated the system and during the upgrading of the brltty package this message appeared:

 upgrading brltty                           [####################] 100%
Please add your user to the brlapi group.

There was nothing about it online, or better, nothing I was able to find, can I go ahead adding the main user to this group?

As always thanks for the support

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

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Re: Adding the user to the brlapi group

That message was added in https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-p … b957bf97e7 in February 2012.
Edit:
Missed the message was in fact present even earlier.

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/28401

Last edited by loqs (2020-10-21 19:27:55)

WorMzy

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Re: Adding the user to the brlapi group

Do you use brltty and/or own a braille display? If not, do you need this package?

If you do, have you managed to cope without being a member of this group up until now? Please let the maintainer know that the group membership message may be outdated by filing a ticket on the bug tracker (I think this would fall under the "general gripe" category).

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noreset

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Re: Adding the user to the brlapi group

Actually not, to be honest I wasn't even aware that it is a braille display driver. For sure I did not installed it myself, it probably came as dependency for some other package. So, since I'm lucky enough to be using my own eyes, I assume I can remove it ?

Last edited by noreset (2020-10-21 22:21:18)

loqs

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Re: Adding the user to the brlapi group

The following will show the installation reason and any package(s) requiring it.

pacman -Qi brltty

noreset

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Re: Adding the user to the brlapi group

The following will show the installation reason and any package(s) requiring it.

pacman -Qi brltty

Yeah, that's it, GNOME accesibility

pacman -Qi brltty
Name            : brltty
Version         : 6.1-2
Description     : Braille display driver for Linux/Unix
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://brltty.app
Licenses        : LGPL2.1
Groups          : None
Provides        : libbrlapi.so=0.8-64
Depends On      : bluez-libs  expat  gcc-libs  glibc  liblouis  libspeechd
                  pcre  polkit  tcl  libasound.so=2-64  libdbus-1.so=3-64
                  libgio-2.0.so=0-64  libglib-2.0.so=0-64
                  libgobject-2.0.so=0-64  libicuuc.so=67-64  libgpm.so=2-64
                  libncursesw.so=6-64  libsystemd.so=0-64
Optional Deps   : at-spi2-core: X11/GNOME Apps accessibility [installed]
                  atk: ATK bridge for X11/GNOME accessibility [installed]
                  espeak-ng: espeak-ng driver
                  java-runtime: Java support [installed]
                  libxaw: X11 support [installed]
                  libxt: X11 support [installed]
                  libx11: for xbrlapi [installed]
                  libxfixes: for xbrlapi [installed]
                  libxtst: for xbrlapi [installed]
                  ocaml: OCaml support
                  python: Python support [installed]
                  speech-dispatcher: speech-dispatcher driver [installed]
Required By     : orca  qemu
Optional For    : None
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : None
Installed Size  : 7.79 MiB
Packager        : David Runge <dvzrv@archlinux.org>
Build Date      : Thu 15 Oct 2020 03:29:54 PM CEST
Install Date    : Wed 21 Oct 2020 08:12:42 PM CEST
Install Reason  : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script  : Yes
Validated By    : Signature

Last edited by noreset (2020-10-22 09:54:43)

loqs

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Re: Adding the user to the brlapi group

Required By     : orca  qemu

Did you install the gnome group?

noreset

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Re: Adding the user to the brlapi group

Required By     : orca  qemu

Did you install the gnome group?

Yes and apparently I got this extra package that I don't need (orca), while qemu is required by gnome-boxes. BTW, I don't use it.

Last edited by noreset (2020-10-22 10:44:42)