Pitivi does not start anymore

hypn0 · April 23, 2025, 10:02am

Dear all,

My pitivi video editor (extra/pitivi 2023.03-7) software does not start anymore, I get the following bash output:

ERROR - The following hard dependencies are unmet:
==================================================
- Peas not found on the system
Missing soft dependency:
- cvtracker GStreamer element not found on the system
    -> enables object tracking

I uninstalled the package and tried the package from AUR

yay -S pitivi-git

Unfortunately I get the same error message above when trying to start it.

Maybe someone has an idea on how to fix that problem.

inxi

System:
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    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
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    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
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    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
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Battery:
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    serial: <filter> status: discharging cycles: 81
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech M720 Triathlon Multi-Device
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    status: discharging
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    s-diag: 600mm (23.63")
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  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. glxinfo is missing.
  Info: Tools: api: vulkaninfo de: xfce4-display-settings
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake IPU vendor: Dell driver: intel-ipu6
    alternate: intel_ipu6 bus-ID: 0000:00:05.0 chip-ID: 8086:7d19 class-ID: 0480
  Device-2: Intel Meteor Lake-P HD Audio vendor: Dell
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    tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
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Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 7 AX1775 /AX1790 /BE20 /BE401/BE1750 2x2
    driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:272b
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp1s0f0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-10:6 chip-ID: 8087:0036 class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.4
    lmp-v: 13 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
RAID:
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Drives:
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  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
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Partition:
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  ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.83 TiB size: 1.83 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 86.57 GiB (4.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
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Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
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    comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 22
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  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 33.89 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
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  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
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  Processes: 450 Power: uptime: 55m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
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    v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1914 libs: 455 tools: pamac,paru Compilers:
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Garuda (2.7.2-1):
  System install date:     2024-07-17
  Last full system update: 2025-04-23 ↻
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  Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
  Failed units:

gampel · April 23, 2025, 10:33am

optional dependencies : install python-librosa + gst-plugin-opencv if it´s not installed, perhaps then ?
to read for dependencies

You stay on xfce … some problems we had with Gnome/Wayland + custom cursor themes.

hypn0 · April 24, 2025, 7:30am

Thanks a lot for your answer.
I installed gst-plugin-opencv, python-librosa was already installed.

Now if I want to start it only this error remains:

pitivi
ERROR - The following hard dependencies are unmet:
==================================================
- Peas not found on the system

I assume by Peas they mean the libpeas library.

I have both of them installed (it didnt worked with extra/libpeas so I also installed extra/libpeas-2):

extra/libpeas 1.36.0-7 [installed]
    GObject Plugin System
extra/libpeas-2 2.0.7-1 [installed]
    GObject Plugin System

What do you mean by that?

gampel · April 24, 2025, 7:57am

Some time ago, pitivi could not start if you had inside gnome customer icons instead of default icons from adwaita. (wayland session)

Deinstall the git version → reboot (to be safe) → install pitivi default with all deps
reinstall libppeas

Start pitivi over Konsole and then ?

hypn0 · April 24, 2025, 2:56pm

So I ran the following commands:

yay -Rns pitivi-git
reboot
sudo pacman -S pitivi
sudo pacman -S --overwrite "*" libpeas

‘Fun fact’: sudo pacman -Rns libpeas failed due to the fact it is used by pitivi ¯_(ツ)_/¯

During the reinstallation of libpeas the following output caught my eye:

(2/8) Checking for package with missing dependencies...
File "/usr/lib/libHSdata-array-byte-0.1.0.1-6RaQWc9qixK5rBaB40CxXf-ghc9.2.8.so" from package "haskell-data-array-byte" is missing dependency "libHStemplate-haskell-2.18.0.0-ghc9.2.8.so"
File "/usr/lib/libHSdata-array-byte-0.1.0.1-6RaQWc9qixK5rBaB40CxXf-ghc9.2.8.so" from package "haskell-data-array-byte" is missing dependency "libHSpretty-1.1.3.6-ghc9.2.8.so"
File "/usr/lib/libHSdata-array-byte-0.1.0.1-6RaQWc9qixK5rBaB40CxXf-ghc9.2.8.so" from package "haskell-data-array-byte" is missing dependency "libHSghc-boot-th-9.2.8-ghc9.2.8.so"
File "/usr/lib/libHSdata-array-byte-0.1.0.1-6RaQWc9qixK5rBaB40CxXf-ghc9.2.8.so" from package "haskell-data-array-byte" is missing dependency "libHSdeepseq-1.4.6.1-ghc9.2.8.so"
File "/usr/lib/libHSdata-array-byte-0.1.0.1-6RaQWc9qixK5rBaB40CxXf-ghc9.2.8.so" from package "haskell-data-array-byte" is missing dependency "libHSarray-0.5.4.0-ghc9.2.8.so"
File "/usr/lib/libHSdata-array-byte-0.1.0.1-6RaQWc9qixK5rBaB40CxXf-ghc9.2.8.so" from package "haskell-data-array-byte" is missing dependency "libHSbase-4.16.4.0-ghc9.2.8.so"
File "/usr/lib/libHSdata-array-byte-0.1.0.1-6RaQWc9qixK5rBaB40CxXf-ghc9.2.8.so" from package "haskell-data-array-byte" is missing dependency "libHSghc-bignum-1.2-ghc9.2.8.so"
File "/usr/lib/libHSdata-array-byte-0.1.0.1-6RaQWc9qixK5rBaB40CxXf-ghc9.2.8.so" from package "haskell-data-array-byte" is missing dependency "libHSghc-prim-0.8.0-ghc9.2.8.so"
Package "python-abydos" has files in directory "/usr/lib/python3.12" that are ignored by the current Python interpreter

The package is now reinstalled, since pacman -Ss libpeas gives the following output:

extra/libpeas 1.36.0-7 [installed]
    GObject Plugin System

So I guess if the status is set to [installed] the installation was successful after all?

However… if I run pitivi in the bash it still gives me:

ERROR - The following hard dependencies are unmet:
==================================================
- Peas not found on the system

Add-On:
I just need a simple video snipping tool for work. If you or somebody else can suggest a tool that work on Garuda, I’d be happy to try that one. It doesn’t necessarily have to be Pitivi.

gampel · April 24, 2025, 5:33pm

A simple video snipping tool… perhaps gnome-screenshot ? (but dependance only with gnome, not shure)
A simple video snipping tool for zero ..difficult
Kazam, of course Gimp with plugins… other.. ?

hypn0 · April 24, 2025, 6:33pm

Thanks for the suggestions!

I decided to go with this tool :

sudo pacman -S kdenlive

(The package from chaotic-aur did not work, I guess the reason is that I am not using KDE).

My problem is solved for now.
Maybe pitivi will work again after some regular updates

system · May 8, 2025, 6:33pm

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