[Bug] Error: gitify Depends on libappindicator3-1 but it is not installable on Debian Bullseye

[brianrobt]

I'm using the Debian testing branch and trying to install the latest .deb package with "dpkg -i -a gitify_4.2.1_amd64.deb" or with "sudo apt install gitify_4.2.1_amd64.deb", I get the same error message that a dependency cannot be found ("libappindicator3-1"). When running "apt-cache search libappindicator", I can see that the available package is "libappindicator3-0.1-cil".

$ apt-cache search libappindicator
libappindicator3-0.1-cil - CLI binding for libayatana-appindicator3 using GObject introspection
libappindicator3-0.1-cil-dev - CLI binding for libayatana-appindicator3 using GObject introspection
haskell-status-notifier-item-utils - StatusNotifierItem/libappindicator dbus implementation
libghc-status-notifier-item-dev - StatusNotifierItem/libappindicator dbus implementation
libghc-status-notifier-item-doc - StatusNotifierItem/libappindicator dbus implementation; documentation
libghc-status-notifier-item-prof - StatusNotifierItem/libappindicator dbus implementation; profiling libraries

It looks like the issue is because libappindicator3-1 hasn't been promoted from sid to testing yet.

• libappindicator in sid: https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=sid&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=libappindicator
• libappindicator in testing: https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=bullseye&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=libappindicator

[brianrobt]

After some further digging, I found out that libappindicator has been deprecated in Debian as of the Bullseye release (11.0). It is being replaced by libayatana-appindicator: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=895037

Currently the .deb file is being packaged with the default dependencies: ["gconf2", "gconf-service", "libnotify4", "libappindicator1", "libxtst6", "libnss3"]

libappindicator1 should be replaced with libayatana-appindicator1, which can be set in the package.json. I don't think this would break the existing Ubuntu 18.04 target since libayatana-appindicator1 is available, but I haven't tested that: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=default&section=all&arch=any&keywords=libayatana-appindicator1&searchon=names

[brianrobt]

This issue has been fixed. Closing it out.