We split GUI into a subpackage solaar-gui. /usr/bin/solaar is used both for CLI commands and starting GUI. This patch adds a helpful error message which is printed when the user tries to start GUI and solaar-gui is not installed. --- a/lib/solaar/gtk.py +++ b/lib/solaar/gtk.py @@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ # if any argument, run comandline and exit return _cli.run(args.action, args.hidraw_path) + import importlib.util + if not importlib.util.find_spec('solaar.ui'): + import sys + sys.exit('%s: GUI is not installed; you can install it using: apk add solaar-gui' % NAME) + gi = _require('gi', 'python3-gi (in Ubuntu) or python3-gobject (in Fedora)') _require('gi.repository.Gtk', 'gir1.2-gtk-3.0', gi, 'Gtk', '3.0')