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# Maintainer: patrickjaja <patrickjajaa@gmail.com>
# Contributor: Claude Desktop Linux Community
# AUR Package Repository: https://github.com/patrickjaja/claude-desktop-bin
pkgname=claude-desktop-bin
pkgver=1.24012.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Claude Desktop - Linux (unofficial, repackaged from the official Linux .deb)"
arch=('x86_64' 'aarch64')
url="https://github.com/patrickjaja/claude-desktop-bin"
license=('custom:Claude')
# Grounded in `objdump -p | grep NEEDED` of every ELF we ship (Electron 42 main
# binary, chrome_crashpad_handler, bundled virtiofsd, node-pty pty.node) plus
# the official .deb's control Depends. Notes:
# - libcap-ng + libseccomp: linked by the BUNDLED virtiofsd the official .deb
# ships at resources/virtiofsd (we ship it at the same upstream position).
# - libsecret: dlopened by Chromium's os_crypt for keyring credential storage
# (not in NEEDED, but genuinely required — upstream declares libsecret-1-0).
# - libnotify, libdrm, xdg-utils, xdg-desktop-portal: mirror upstream Depends.
# - systemd-libs (libudev) and gcc-libs (libstdc++ for pty.node) are linked but
# missing from most third-party Electron PKGBUILDs.
depends=('alsa-lib' 'at-spi2-core' 'cairo' 'dbus' 'expat' 'gcc-libs' 'glib2'
'glibc' 'gtk3' 'hicolor-icon-theme' 'libcap-ng' 'libcups' 'libdrm'
'libnotify' 'libseccomp' 'libsecret' 'libx11' 'libxcb' 'libxcomposite'
'libxdamage' 'libxext' 'libxfixes' 'libxkbcommon' 'libxrandr' 'mesa'
'nspr' 'nss' 'pango' 'systemd-libs' 'xdg-desktop-portal' 'xdg-utils')
# Cowork's VM deps (QEMU + UEFI firmware + virtiofsd) mirror the official Claude
# Desktop .deb's Recommends — kept soft (optdepends), so we stay close to
# upstream and don't force ~400 MB of QEMU on Chat/Code-only installs. The
# firmware package is arch-specific (edk2-ovmf on x86_64, edk2-aarch64 on
# aarch64); qemu-system-x86 / qemu-system-aarch64 ship the matching emulator
# (NOT qemu-base — it has no emulator binary and is x86_64-only). /dev/kvm
# access still needs the user in the `kvm` group.
optdepends=('nodejs: System Node.js for MCP extensions that require specific versions (Electron bundles Node.js as fallback)'
'sqlite: Project detection (detectedProjects) — without it, periodic ENOENT errors spam logs/main.log'
'claude-code: optional pinned Claude Code CLI. NOT required — the app auto-downloads a checksum-verified CLI matching its required version. To force a system binary set CLAUDE_CODE_LOCAL_BINARY=/path/to/claude (npm i -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code)'
'virtiofsd: Cowork agent workspace VM — shares $HOME into the guest'
'imagemagick: Computer Use screenshot crop via convert - ONLY for the residual KDE-without-kwin-bridge spectacle tier (bundled bridges cover X11/wlroots/GNOME/KDE 6.6+)'
'ydotool: Computer Use input on exotic Wayland compositors ONLY (non-wlroots, non-GNOME, non-KDE; requires ydotoold daemon, v1.0+) - wlroots/GNOME/KDE use the bundled bridges'
'socat: Faster Quick Entry toggle via socket (~2ms vs ~25ms python3 — not required)'
'bluez: Hardware Buddy (Nibblet BLE pet) — the daemon Web Bluetooth talks to; without it the in-app device scan finds nothing'
'gnome-keyring: credential storage backend for libsecret (KDE users: kwallet works too — upstream Recommends gnome-keyring | kwalletd)'
'xdg-desktop-portal-gtk: portal backend for DEs without their own (GNOME/KDE ship xdg-desktop-portal-gnome/-kde) — file dialogs, screen sharing')
optdepends_x86_64=('qemu-system-x86: Cowork agent workspace VM (needs /dev/kvm + user in kvm group)'
'edk2-ovmf: Cowork agent workspace VM UEFI firmware (OVMF)')
optdepends_aarch64=('qemu-system-aarch64: Cowork agent workspace VM (needs /dev/kvm + user in kvm group)'
'edk2-aarch64: Cowork agent workspace VM UEFI firmware (AAVMF)')
provides=('claude-desktop')
conflicts=('claude-desktop')
install="$pkgname.install"
# The pre-patched tarball ships the official Claude Desktop tree VERBATIM under
# claude-desktop/ (Electron runtime + resources/app.asar already patched + our CU
# bridges under resources/), plus launcher/, icons/, and copyright. No separate
# Electron zip source.
source_x86_64=("claude-desktop-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}-linux.tar.gz::https://github.com/patrickjaja/claude-desktop-bin/releases/download/v1.24012.0/claude-desktop-1.24012.0-linux.tar.gz")
sha256sums_x86_64=('a1216f35401e4214d870ec77d85a65f0d2ad2d11e1515190c6beaef6256d1882')
source_aarch64=("claude-desktop-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}-linux-aarch64.tar.gz::https://github.com/patrickjaja/claude-desktop-bin/releases/download/v1.24012.0/claude-desktop-1.24012.0-linux-aarch64.tar.gz")
sha256sums_aarch64=('dfe28c0899b8c35a4020f77f8a03d57f5c8d3fff00ae687a4c19bce455f54346')
options=('!strip' '!emptydirs')
package() {
cd "$srcdir"
# Install the official Claude Desktop tree VERBATIM (from the tarball's
# claude-desktop/ dir): the Electron runtime (binary, chrome-sandbox, .so
# files, paks, Chromium locales, snapshots), resources/ with our patched
# app.asar + app.asar.unpacked + upstream app resources (ion-dist, virtiofsd,
# locale JSONs, cowork-linux-helper) + our CU bridges. The tree is verbatim
# except: the Electron entrypoint is ALREADY renamed to "claude", app.asar is
# our patched build, and the CU bridges are added. Electron auto-loads the
# exe-adjacent resources/app.asar (OnlyLoadAppFromAsar fuse), so no resources/
# remapping is needed and the binary rename is done in the tarball.
install -dm755 "$pkgdir/usr/lib/$pkgname"
cp -r claude-desktop/* "$pkgdir/usr/lib/$pkgname/"
# Set SUID on chrome-sandbox (required by Chromium's sandbox). The .install
# hook re-asserts root ownership + 4755 at install time (cp loses it here).
if [ -f "$pkgdir/usr/lib/$pkgname/chrome-sandbox" ]; then
chmod 4755 "$pkgdir/usr/lib/$pkgname/chrome-sandbox"
fi
# Install launcher script (Wayland/X11 detection, env setup, lock cleanup)
install -Dm755 "$srcdir/launcher/claude-desktop" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/claude-desktop"
# Install desktop entry.
# Filename is "com.anthropic.Claude.desktop" to match the live window app_id
# "com.anthropic.Claude" (Chromium's GetXdgAppId() reads the app's desktopName
# "com.anthropic.Claude.desktop" from app.asar package.json, strips ".desktop").
# We now ride upstream's official "com.anthropic.Claude" app identity rather
# than pinning our own "claude-desktop". On native Wayland there is no
# WM_CLASS, so KWin/GNOME match by app_id; if the .desktop basename doesn't
# equal the app_id the dock icon is generic and Alt+Tab shows a duplicate
# (issue #148). StartupWMClass=com.anthropic.Claude fixes the X11/XWayland
# path. Content mirrors the official Claude Desktop .deb.
install -dm755 "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications"
cat > "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/com.anthropic.Claude.desktop" << 'EOF'
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Claude
Comment=Desktop application for Claude.ai
GenericName=AI Assistant
Keywords=AI;Chat;Assistant;Claude;Code;LLM;
Exec=claude-desktop %U
Icon=claude-desktop
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=com.anthropic.Claude
# second-instance just focuses mainWindow; suppress GNOME's default "New Window" item
SingleMainWindow=true
Categories=Utility;Development;
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/claude;
Actions=NewChat;NewCode;
[Desktop Action NewChat]
Name=New chat
Exec=claude-desktop claude://claude.ai/new
[Desktop Action NewCode]
Name=New Claude Code session
Exec=claude-desktop claude://code/new
EOF
# Install icon (included in tarball)
if [ -f "$srcdir/icons/claude-desktop.png" ]; then
install -Dm644 "$srcdir/icons/claude-desktop.png" \
"$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/claude-desktop.png"
fi
# Upstream license notice (the official .deb's usr/share/doc copyright file,
# placed at the tarball root by scripts/build-patched-tarball.sh).
install -Dm644 "$srcdir/copyright" "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE"
}
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