Error on deb package: Invalid cross-device link

[ghost]

Description

Error "Invalid cross-device link" while installing deb package:

dpkg: error processing archive Zap-linux-amd64-v0.4.1-beta.deb (--install):
error creating hard link './usr/share/icons/hicolor/0x0/apps/zap-desktop.png': Invalid cross-device link

Expected Behavior

It should install the wallet.

Actual Behavior

It does not.

Possible Fix

Keeping everything under the same path /usr/local/ or /opt/, maybe?
I don't understand why a program installed on /opt/ or /usr/local/ needs to fiddle with /usr/share/.

Steps to Reproduce

• 1. dpkg -i Zap-linux-amd64-v0.4.1-beta.deb with /opt/, /usr/local/ and /usr/ on different filesystems. Actually, I use different btrfs subvolumes.

Context

I'm trying to install Zap Desktop wallet 0.4.1, so that I can run a LN LTC node, apart from the BTC one.

Your Environment

Devuan, with btrfs subvolumes for /, /var/, /var/tmp/, /opt/, /srv/, /usr/local/...

• Zap version:
• Operating System and version:

Devuan (deb package) ascii.

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[mrfelton]

@alganza can you elaborate on the issue please?

[ghost]

What can I elaborate on? I posted all the information I can gather, I believe. Installing the deb package tries to create a hard link between two different locations (/usr/ and /opt/, I believe) which is reasonable to want to keep under different disk partitions or, as in my case, on two different btrfs subvolumes.

[mrfelton]

@alganza sorry, the email notification I received from your original post was incomplete. Thanks for the info.

We rely on electron-builder for packaging the app and the issue that you have noted might be better to raise with their team directly.

Is there any reason why you are using the .deb rather than the .Appimage portable build?

Also note that in the future we will likely ditch the .deb build all together in favour of a better supported and more universal format such as Flatpak. For now though, the Appimage has a number of advantages over the .deb and I would recommend that you use this instead.

[ghost]

Thank you for your answer.
Sure, I'd use an AppImage if you provided one for amd64.

[ghost]

I tried the 86_64 AppImage and it worked. I assumed that image was for the IA86 processors, and not for the amd64. It's working fine on my box. Thank you.

[mrfelton]

Great!