WIP Add teamtalk5

[347Online]

New Package TeamTalk

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TeamTalk 5 is a freeware conferencing system which allows multiple users to participate in audio and video conversations
https://bearware.dk

Things done

• Built on platform(s)
  • x86_64-linux - WIP
  • aarch64-linux
  • x86_64-darwin
  • aarch64-darwin
• For non-Linux: Is sandboxing enabled in nix.conf? (See Nix manual)
  • sandbox = relaxed
  • sandbox = true
• Tested, as applicable:
  • NixOS test(s) (look inside nixos/tests)
  • and/or package tests
  • or, for functions and "core" functionality, tests in lib/tests or pkgs/test
  • made sure NixOS tests are linked to the relevant packages
• Tested compilation of all packages that depend on this change using nix-shell -p nixpkgs-review --run "nixpkgs-review rev HEAD". Note: all changes have to be committed, also see nixpkgs-review usage
• Tested basic functionality of all binary files (usually in ./result/bin/)
• 25.05 Release Notes (or backporting 24.11 and 25.05 Release notes)
  • (Package updates) Added a release notes entry if the change is major or breaking
  • (Module updates) Added a release notes entry if the change is significant
  • (Module addition) Added a release notes entry if adding a new NixOS module
• Fits CONTRIBUTING.md.

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[347Online]

All seems to be in order on aarch64-darwin.

I am still working on packaging for x86_64-linux, I'm currently having trouble correctly supplying all the right Qt libraries. I want to try some things before I open a thread on Discourse, but I will likely do that soon.

Any initial feedback or assistance would be greatly appreciated, thank you

[nixos-discourse]

This pull request has been mentioned on NixOS Discourse. There might be relevant details there:

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/help-packaging-qt5-binary-application-teamtalk5/59390/1

[347Online]

Okay, so I've been able to get it to run on NixOS, but only with nix develop

If I try to run the binary normally I still get

qt.qpa.plugin: Could not find the Qt platform plugin "wayland" in ""
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not find the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in ""
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

zsh: IOT instruction (core dumped)  nix run .\#teamtalk5 --impure

(Impure because this is an unfree package)

I've tried every possible permutation I could come up with from digging around to pass args to wrapQtAppsHook, any advice would be greatly appreciated

[eclairevoyant]

If I try to run the binary normally I still get

qt.qpa.plugin: Could not find the Qt platform plugin "wayland" in ""
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not find the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in ""
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

zsh: IOT instruction (core dumped)  nix run .\#teamtalk5 --impure

If you're on wayland you may need to install qtwayland separately.
Also I believe your force-push may have been empty somehow, which GH believes means you want to close a PR - though you're welcome to create a new PR.

[347Online]

Oops, yeah I can make a new PR.

Hmm... you're saying I just need to add qtwayland to my package set? That seems odd, I would think I should get it into derivation, so when you install it should just work?

When I make the new PR I'll keep playing with it

[eclairevoyant]

Hmm... you're saying I just need to add qtwayland to my package set?

Unfortunately, yes. That seems to play better with the Qt plugin paradigm than including it in package inputs. At least, that's the case with Qt 6, I haven't tested with Qt 5 offhand.