[Bug]: Floorp DEB package depends on libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 instead of libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0

[GlowingScrewdriver]

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Bug Summary

The floorp package from the Floorp PPA depends on libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0, which is marked as a transitional package and in turn depends on libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 As a consequence, Floorp cannot be installed on the Debian testing release, since libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 is not available on the Debian testing repository.

You may find the description for libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 here. It states that the package is transitional, and that packages that need the library should instead depend on libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0.
Additionally, you can see that the Firefox Debian package depends on libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0.

I've been running Floorp from the tarball release, and I can confirm that Floorp works fine if I install libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0

NOTE: The difference between the two package names here is that the name of the transitional package, which Floorp currently depends on, is missing a single hyphen:

libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
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Reproduction Steps

1. Install Debian Testing (Debian 13 "Trixe" at the time of writing)
2. Add the Floorp PPA to your system
3. apt-get install floorp

Expected Behavior

Floorp gets installed normally

Actual Behavior

APT is unable to resolve dependencies for Floorp

Screenshots

$ sudo apt-get install floorp
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

Unsatisfied dependencies:
 floorp : Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) but it is not installable
Error: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

$ apt show libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
Package: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
State: not a real package (virtual)
Notice: Can't select candidate version from package libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 as it has no candidate
Notice: Can't select versions from package 'libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0' as it is purely virtual
Notice: No packages found

Browser Version

11.21.0

Operating System

Debian Testing

Additional Context

No response

[GlowingScrewdriver]

I just wanted to report this here, and have a discussion if needed, before attempting to fix.

If I understand correctly, the dependencies are hardcoded in your linux x86_64 deb(-ppa) pack GitHub workflow. Is this where I should make the change?

[typeling1578]

You're right, the linux x86_64 deb (-ppa) pack GitHub workflow needs to be changed.

[GlowingScrewdriver]

Alright. I've forked and changed. Now running the workflow in my fork.

Once I test and confirm it's working, I'll open a PR.

[GlowingScrewdriver]

May be fixed by #1536