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bug: Flatpak installation cannot find `perl` binary on linux when generating dynamic playlists

Open nothingface0 opened this issue 10 months ago • 1 comments

System Details OS: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS Arch: x64 Desktop Environment: Gnome Version: v3.3.0 Installed by: Flatpak

Describe the bug When trying to generate a dynamic playlist (no rules, default settings) from Cantata, I get You need to install "perl" on your system in order for Cantata's dynamic mode to function.

perl is installed on the system running Cantata:

This is perl 5, version 38, subversion 2 (v5.38.2) built for x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
(with 44 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)

I suspect that, since flatpak is sandboxed, cantata has no access to the local file system.

I tried configuring cantata to have access to the host filesystem (sudo flatpak override dog.unix.cantata.Cantata --filesystem=host), but nothing changed.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Go to Playlists
  2. Click Add
  3. Name the playlist

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  1. Click OK
  2. Click on created playlist's play button
  3. Error pops up

Expected behavior A dynamic playlist shows up.

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nothingface0 avatar Apr 09 '25 15:04 nothingface0

Sorry to create a new bug, I thought I looked for an existing one! My current workaround is to use both versions (the old one just to trigger playlists, and this one for viewing info

lokke3 avatar Sep 24 '25 21:09 lokke3