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cachyos-hello Gaming package installer fails because temporary script is deleted before execution
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Description
## Description
When using CachyOS Hello's **"Install Gaming Packages"** option, the installation fails immediately with:
```
bash: /tmp/tmp.xxxxx: No such file or directory
```
The issue appears to be caused by `cachyos-hello` deleting the temporary script before `pkexec` executes it.
## Steps to reproduce
1. Open CachyOS Hello
2. Go to the Gaming section
3. Click "Install Gaming Packages"
4. Wait for the terminal window to open
## Expected behavior
The terminal should execute the generated temporary script and start installing the gaming packages, for example:
```
pacman -S cachyos-gaming-meta ...
```
## Actual behavior
The terminal immediately fails:
```
bash: /tmp/tmp.xxxxx: No such file or directory
```
## Additional investigation
I traced the execution with `strace` and found the following:
```
execve("/usr/bin/kgx",
["kgx", "--wait", "-e",
"pkexec",
"/usr/share/cachyos-hello/scripts/rootshell.sh",
"/tmp/tmp.0nsMoYjcEa"], ...)
```
Immediately afterwards:
```
execve("/usr/bin/rm",
["rm", "/tmp/tmp.0nsMoYjcEa"], ...)
```
The temporary script is removed right after launching `kgx`, before `pkexec`/`bash` has a chance to execute it.
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Research direction
Start at the CachyOS Hello "Install Gaming Packages" entry point and inspect /usr/share/cachyos-hello/scripts/rootshell.sh, then reproduce the failure while tracing the kgx and pkexec launch. Ensure the temporary script remains available until the terminal has had a chance to execute it, and verify that the gaming package installation starts instead of reporting a missing /tmp file.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- bash, linux
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 72/100