Remove obsolete libgconf-2-4 from Ubuntu/Debian prerequisites

[MikeMcC399]

This PR removes the obsolete Ubuntu/Debian libgconf-2-4 package from the list of recommended prerequisites for Ubuntu/Debian platforms, listed under

• Getting Started > Installing Cypress > System requirements > Linux Prerequisites > Ubuntu/Debian which currently reads:

apt-get install libgtk2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libgbm-dev libnotify-dev libgconf-2-4 libnss3 libxss1 libasound2 libxtst6 xauth xvfb

Similarly for

• Continuous Integration > Introduction > Advanced setup > Dependencies > Linux > Ubuntu/Debian

and for

• References > Migration Guide > Migrating to Cypress 5.0 since libgconf-2-4 is not required for Cypress >= version 3.5.0

Cypress requirements

Note: libgconf-2.so.4 is provided by libgconf-2-4

• The legacy Cypress version 3.4.1 was the last version to require libgconf-2-4 (Cypress binary depends on libgconf-2.so.4). This version of Cypress was released on July 29, 2019.

  ldd ~/.cache/Cypress/3.4.1/Cypress/Cypress | grep gconf
  libgconf-2.so.4 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgconf-2.so.4 (0x00007f5a797bc000)
  

• Cypress 3.5.0 updated electron from 2.0.18 to 5.0.10. No dependency is shown by ldd on libgconf-2.so.4 for the Cypress 3.5.0 binary version. This version of Cypress was released on Oct 23, 2019.

Background

Ubuntu

libgconf-2-4 "GNOME configuration database system (shared libraries)" is available for current Ubuntu releases:

• 20.04 LTS
• 22.04 LTS
• 22.10
• 23.04

except for the latest upcoming release:

• 23.10 (release planned for released on Oct 12, 2023) where libgconf-2-4 is not included

  https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/mantic/arm64/libgconf2-dev/3.2.6-8ubuntu1 shows Status: Deleted for libgconf2 in mantic (23.10)

Debian

• https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/gconf2 shows it is still included in Debian bookworm (12 - stable)
• https://tracker.debian.org/news/1450621/removed-326-8-from-unstable/ shows it has been removed from future Debian releases (testing)

Verification

sudo apt -y remove libgconf-2-4
sudo apt-get -y install libgtk2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libgbm-dev libnotify-dev libnss3 libxss1 libasound2 libxtst6 xauth xvfb
sudo apt autoremove
git clone https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress-example-kitchensink
cd cypress-example-kitchensink
n auto
npm ci
npm run local:run

Confirmed successful with Cypress 13.2.0 on Ubuntu 23.04 with Node.js 20.8.0 and on Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS.

Related

• Missing gconf2 dependency for Ubuntu 17.04: libgconf-2.so.4 error cypress#1526
• E: Unable to locate package libgconf-2-4 cypress#27972

References

• Ubuntu gconf package overview
• Ubuntu wiki > List of releases

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