# Mender-client 4.0.4 debian packages miss dependency to dbus

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-4-0-4-debian-packages-miss-dependency-to-dbus/7323>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** mender-client\
**Created:** [November 13, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-4-0-4-debian-packages-miss-dependency-to-dbus/7323 "2024-11-13T16:28:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![fce](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/fce/32/2308_2.png) [@fce](https://hub.mender.io/u/fce)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-4-0-4-debian-packages-miss-dependency-to-dbus/7323/1 "2024-11-13T16:28:54Z")

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Hi,

**SUBJECT**

I would like to report a missing Debian dependency on your client/auth packages, towards Demian packakge ‘dbus’.

**ISSUE**  
We installed the mender client, v4.0.4 on Debian Bookworm, official variant “minbase”.  
In such variant, ‘dbus’ is not installed by default.  
Therefore `mender-authd` get fatal error `/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory`

**LOG**

Here are the `depends` fields of the 4.0.4 package. We can see ‘libdbus’, but not the ‘dbus’ runtime which will actually provide file `/run/dbus/system\_bus\_socket’

```auto
sudo dpkg -s mender-auth
Package: mender-auth
Status: install ok installed
...
Version: 4.0.4-1+debian+bookworm
Depends: libboost-log1.74.0 (>= 1.74.0+ds1), libboost-thread1.74.0 (>= 1.74.0+ds1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libstdc++6 (>= 11)
Recommends: mender-setup
Conflicts: mender, mender-client
....

```

**SUGGESTION**

The issue should be fixable by adding the **explicit** dependency towards Debian pacakge `dbus` in the Debian `control` file of your packages.  
Such addition should not, in theory, impact systems where it is already installed.

Thank you in advance for all feedback,

Do not hesitate to keep me update on the subject,

Have a nice day

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**Author:** ![lluiscampos](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/lluiscampos/32/112_2.png) [@lluiscampos](https://hub.mender.io/u/lluiscampos)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 8:33am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-4-0-4-debian-packages-miss-dependency-to-dbus/7323/2 "2024-11-15T08:33:48Z")

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Hi @fce,

Thank you! Indeed this is a missing dependency. Very unfortunate that it has gone unnoticed for so long.

I reported it internally, see [Jira](https://northerntech.atlassian.net/browse/MEN-7742). We are preparing a release as we speak, so the timing for this bug report is great. We will fix it soon.

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**Author:** ![fce](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/fce/32/2308_2.png) [@fce](https://hub.mender.io/u/fce)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 10:26am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-4-0-4-debian-packages-miss-dependency-to-dbus/7323/3 "2024-11-15T10:26:58Z")

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Hi @lluiscampos,

> I reported it internally, see [Jira]

Great.

> We are preparing a release as we speak, so the timing for this bug report is great. We will fix it soon.

Amazing.

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Sorry if off-topic, may I ask you @lluiscampos if you would have any information [about mender-convert + CI](https://hub.mender.io/t/github-actions-mender-convert/7131/3) ? I had not info yet.

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Have a nice day,  
F