pi-apps won't launch

[gbrandt1]

Confirmations

• I searched for similar bug reports in https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/issues and found none were relevant.
• I tried updating Pi-Apps and the issue is still not fixed. How to update Pi-Apps?
• IMPORTANT: I promise to respond to comments on this issue and write a good bug report https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/how-to-write-good-bug-report/

What happened?

after running pi-apps various errors appear and gui does not launch

Description

various error messages at startup

What are your system specs (run the following command in your terminal)?

OS: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
OS architecture: 64-bit
Last updated Pi-Apps on: 01/11/2024
Latest Pi-Apps version: 01/12/2024
Kernel: aarch64 6.1.0-rpi7-rpi-2712
Device model: Raspberry Pi 5 Model B Rev 1.0
SOC identifier: bcm2712
Cpu name: Cortex-A76
Ram size: 8.04 GB
Raspberry Pi OS image version: 2023-10-10
Language: en_US.UTF-8

(Recommended) Error log? Terminal output? Debug messages?

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runonce(): '  dependencies='yad curl wget aria2 lsb-release software-properties-common apt-utils apt-transport-https gnupg imagemagick bc librsvg2-bin locales shellcheck git wmctrl xdotool x11-utils rsync unzip debsums'
  # Install dependencies if necessary
  if ! dpkg -s $dependencies >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    sudo_popup apt install $dependencies -y -f --no-install-recommends
  fi' succeeded. Added to list.
runonce(): '  if ! is_supported_system >/dev/null;then
    text="YOUR SYSTEM IS UNSUPPORTED:
$(is_supported_system)

Pi-Apps will disable the sending of any error reports until you have resolved the issue above.
Your mileage may vary with using Pi-Apps in this state. Expect the majority of apps to be broken."

    yadflags=(--class Pi-Apps --name "Pi-Apps" --window-icon="${DIRECTORY}/icons/logo.png" --title="Pi-Apps")
    userinput_func "$text" "Ok"
  fi
  true' succeeded. Added to list.
Can't open display
Can't open display
/home/gbrandt/pi-apps/gui: line 196: [: -le: unary operator expected
/home/gbrandt/pi-apps/gui: line 196: [: -le: unary operator expected
pipe is /tmp/tmp.VxcdiqIpED
detailspid is /tmp/tmp.uf0FbqxIGY
tail: warning: --retry only effective for the initial open

Updater mode: set-status

Checking for online changes...
(Pi-Apps:59006): Gtk-WARNING **: 21:32:33.741: cannot open display:

[github-actions]

Hello there 👋
Thanks for submitting your first issue to the Pi-Apps project! We'll try to get back to you as soon as possible.
In the meantime, we encourage you join our Discord server, where you can ask any questions you might have.

Please respond as soon as possible if a Pi-Apps maintainer requests more information from you. Stale issues will be closed after a lengthy period of time with no response.

[Botspot]

Are you running this command in the console, or with ssh or something?
It looks like something with your display or screen is the cause of the problems.

[gbrandt1]

After installation I first tried to run from the Desktop using the launch icon.

When the GUI didn't come up, I started from the shell to see if any errors would appear, with the results posted above.

So while I agree the error points at display/screen there seems to be also unrelated shell parsing errors.

I did try to set $DISPLAY=:0.0 manually to but it didn't help.

[Botspot]

Yeah you would get similar display-related errors from trying to run any GUI program in the shell.
Try opening a terminal within your desktop environment and run pi-apps in there. That should help show a bit more of what is going on here.

[gbrandt1]

that's what i did, i started pi-apps in a terminal within the desktop environment. i thought that's what you meant by shell.

i don't have any problems starting any other GUI application that way (i tried e.g. a webbrowser to check), only pi-apps.

[theofficialgman]

Please test on a fresh piOS image and report back (image dated December 11th 2023) https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/operating-systems/
Since your install is unable to run applications through xwayland it seems, you likely have removed critical packages in the OS or have corruption on your install.

[gbrandt1]

since the last pi-apps update it works. i didn't investigate further what changed. i didn't change anything in my system (no packages removed, added or updated)
thanks

[Botspot]

Let us know if the problem happens again.