readest: init at 0.9.7

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Readest is a modern, feature-rich ebook reader designed for avid readers offering seamless cross-platform access, powerful tools, and an intuitive interface to elevate your reading experience. https://github.com/readest/readest

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[gepbird]

When trying to run the binary I get this error:

Failed to initialize gtk backend!: BoolError { message: "Failed to initialize GTK", filename: "/build/readest-0.9.5-vendor.tar.gz/gtk/src/rt.rs", function: "gtk::rt::init", line: 141 }

Does it work for you?

[gepbird]

Failed to initialize gtk backend!: BoolError { message: "Failed to initialize GTK", filename: "/build/readest-0.9.5-vendor.tar.gz/gtk/src/rt.rs", function: "gtk::rt::init", line: 141 }

My bad, the DISPLAY variable was unset, as I started readest from a tmux pane that I created via ssh. Now the GUI opens but it doesn't render and I see the following error many times:

AcceleratedSurfaceDMABuf was unable to construct a complete framebuffer

According to tauri-apps/tauri#9304, it's an nvidia issue, and a workaround for it is setting the environment variable WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER. In nixpkgs there are 2 instances of this variable so potentially other people can run into this when trying to use readest. I suggest setting it for this package, for reference: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/b3aa86e4626d2d38eb857766a62e7bac78636fd5/pkgs/by-name/ci/cinny-desktop/package.nix

[gepbird]

Tested the binary by opening a pdf file in it, update script works, code LGTM

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• readest

[gepbird]

Build fails:

readest>     Running beforeBuildCommand `pnpm build`
readest>  ERR_PNPM_RECURSIVE_EXEC_FIRST_FAIL  Command "build" not found
readest>     Error beforeBuildCommand `pnpm build` failed with exit code 254

[gepbird]

Builds again and tested binary, changes look good

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✅ 1 package built:

• readest