Package Details: howdy-git r586.c4521c1-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/howdy-git.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: howdy-git
Description: Windows Hello style facial authentication for Linux
Upstream URL: https://github.com/boltgolt/howdy
Keywords: auth camera face hello ir windows
Licenses: MIT
Conflicts: howdy
Provides: howdy
Submitter: CCF_100
Maintainer: SelfRef
Last Packager: SelfRef
Votes: 4
Popularity: 1.53
First Submitted: 2021-08-23 14:08 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-04-20 09:48 (UTC)

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donko3005 commented on 2025-10-10 04:54 (UTC) (edited on 2025-10-10 05:01 (UTC) by donko3005)

after recent python update,it shows this 

Traceback (most recent call        File "/usr/lib/howdy/compare.py", line 18, in <        import cv2     ImportError: /usr/lib/libopencv_highgui.so.412: undefined symbol:_ZN9QtPrivate17expectedAllocSizeEmm, version Qt_6  nknown error:

rebuilding the python3.12 package does not solve the issue,neither updating the mirrors just in case there was a recent update on that package

jieran233 commented on 2025-10-09 17:45 (UTC)

not working since fmt updated to 12.0 due to opencv cannot find libfmt.so.11

Attempting facial authentication Traceback (most recent call last):   File "/usr/lib/howdy/compare.py", line 18, in <module>     import cv2 ImportError: libfmt.so.11: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory nknown error:

dexxfm commented on 2025-09-27 08:13 (UTC)

package works with the latest version of cachyOS (as of 9/27/25).

SelfRef commented on 2025-05-14 19:42 (UTC)

@kissuny: You need to be more specific.

  1. Did you try sudo howdy test? Does it recognize your face (green outline)?
  2. Did you configure your PAM settings correctly?

The most reliable config is to add line

auth sufficient pam_howdy.so

As first entry in /etc/pam.d/system-auth file.

kissuny commented on 2025-04-26 00:28 (UTC) (edited on 2025-07-25 03:48 (UTC) by kissuny)

it works！ thanks

SelfRef commented on 2024-11-08 09:23 (UTC) (edited on 2024-11-08 09:24 (UTC) by SelfRef)

@maoyaotang1 You have this runtime issue because the x265 package got updated and howdy was not and is still using older library.

To fix this, please reinstall/rebuild howdy-git, and to be safe python-dlib as well (preferably with clean build). I bumped the version so it'll be seen as update.

Let me know if you still have issues.

maoyaotang1 commented on 2024-11-07 23:54 (UTC)

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/howdy/cli.py", line 117, in <module> import cli.test File "/usr/lib/howdy/cli/test.py", line 11, in <module> import cv2 ImportError: libx265.so.209: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

SelfRef commented on 2024-05-03 05:59 (UTC) (edited on 2024-05-03 06:00 (UTC) by SelfRef)

@joehillen Every time the python package gets an update to new version, all libraries need to be updated as well, unfortunately. python-dlib is from AUR so you'll have to remember to rebuild it manually.

This issue is described on the wiki.

joehillen commented on 2024-05-02 18:21 (UTC)

Nevermind. Rebuilding python-dlib from a fresh clone solved the issue.

joehillen commented on 2024-05-02 18:07 (UTC)

howdy has recently broken for me

$ sudo howdy test Traceback (most recent call last):   File "/usr/lib/howdy/cli.py", line 117, in <module>     import cli.test   File "/usr/lib/howdy/cli/test.py", line 10, in <module>     import dlib ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'dlib'

python-dlib is installed and I tried reinstalling it. I don't know enough about Python to investigate deeper.

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