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Hyper fails to install any plugins on Arch

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Description

  • I am on the latest Hyper.app version

  • I have searched the issues of this repo and believe that this is not a duplicate

  • OS version and name: Arch Linux 2018.07.01

  • Hyper.app version: 2.0.0 Stable

  • The issue is reproducible in vanilla Hyper.app: Is Vanilla

Issue

Whenever I try to install any plugin in Hyper, for example hyper i verminal, it errors out and opens another terminal for some reason, giving this error message (Using the AppImage):

[shadus@machine~]$ hyper i verminal
running in prod mode
electron will open file:///tmp/.mount_hyper-z5B0ZT/app/resources/app.asar/index.html
Setting Hyper as default client for ssh:// protocol
Failed to symlink Hyper CLI { Error: EACCES: permission denied, unlink '/usr/local/bin/hyper'
  errno: -13,
  code: 'EACCES',
  syscall: 'unlink',
  path: '/usr/local/bin/hyper' }Checking for notification messages
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I saw a closed issue about this but it seems no solution was ever found for Linux users?

Thanks!

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Research direction

Start by reproducing hyper i verminal with the Hyper 2.0.0 AppImage on Arch Linux and inspect the Hyper CLI setup path that reports the /usr/local/bin/hyper symlink error. Done means plugin installation completes without opening another terminal or failing with EACCES.

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Assessment

Tech stack
electron, linux
Domain
cli, desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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