Brackets is forcing to have libcurl3, and does not accept libcurl4

[Qussayyon]

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Description

I have Ubuntu 18.04, and the program curl recently requires libcurl4, when I tried to install brackets it asked me to remove libcurl4 and install libcurl3 so I had to remove curl in order to remove libcurl4.

Steps to Reproduce

On Ubuntu with latest curl 7.58.0, if I try to install brackets I have to remove curl.

Expected behavior:
I thought brackets depends on libcurl3 or more, so it should be happy with newer version of libcurl (i.e. version 4 libcurl4).

Actual behavior:
I had to choose between brackets 1.12 OR curl.
For time being I did choose to remove curl and have brackets

Versions

OS: Ubuntu 18.04 (develpoment branch, will be released next month).

Release 1.12 build 1.12.0-17621 (release d3b783b99) 
build timestamp: Thu Feb 01 2018 12:36:24 GMT+0000

Same issue on my Ubuntu 18.04. I have to remove Virtualbox to install Brackets.

[avidwriter]

Even worse on Ubuntu Server version it asks to remove package ubuntu-server when trying to install libcurl3

[alherrera42]

Same here. I can't even install Virtualbox on Ubuntu 18.04 because it asks for libcurl4, but I also need Brackets that much.

[elhoir]

I can confirm this issue too.

On Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic it asks to remove Virtualbox 5.2.10 and libcurl4.

Removing virtualbox-5.2 (5.2.10-122088~Ubuntu~bionic) ...
Removing libcurl4:amd64 (7.58.0-2ubuntu3) ..

[pmario]

That's a real deal-breaker. Is there any solution in sight?

[joshmckibbin]

samesies

[jsanta]

I just fixed it but had to rebuild the deb package.

1. Download the .deb installer file
2. Inside the folder your downloaded the file run dpkg-deb -R ./Brackets.Release.1.12.64-bit.deb Brackets
3. Edit file Brackets/DEBIAN/control and replace libcurl3 with libcurl4
4. Rebuild .deb installer running dpkg-deb -b Brackets Brackets-fixed.deb
5. Install Brackets using the fixed installer running sudo dpkg -i Brackets-fixed.deb

At least the program opens. Don't know if there's anything broken though.

[Qussayyon]

@jsanta
Thanks, it get installed, but extensions manager is not retrieving anything!

[jsanta]

@Qussayyon that's weird 'cause I installed a few extensions on my own installation of Brackets. I suspect mileage will vary depending on other factors (OS, other packages, any running firewalls, or else).
Sorry I can't give you any other hints.

[Qussayyon]

@jsanta,
Thanks, I figured it out, as I don't have any firewall or anything. also, I was unable to see files in files tree. It turns out that it needs to run as: sudo brackets
I thought I was not the only who facing the issue.

[marc-portier]

trick suggested by @jsanta worked for me too
installing extra modules works
no sudo required

slight modification though: I replaced "libcurl3" by the statement "libcurl3|libcurl4"
(seems less intrusive, and a possibility to have a Brackets deb that can work for more people accross the board (independt of them having either of those packages on board)

got the suggestion from reading this comment: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/+bug/1754294/comments/55

[Qussayyon]

@marc-portier
gr8 trick, I was looking for a way to include either, but I didn't know how deb packages represent OR operation.

[koudeIka]

Confirmed on Debian Buster. Can't install Brackets because libcurl4 issue.
Trick suggested by @jsanta worked tough