Maybe requires xsel on ubuntu groovy Wayland session

[cbs228]

On Ubuntu 20.10, I find it necessary to

sudo apt install xsel

in order to get paste support to work. Without xsel, only copy works.

Can anyone else replicate this?

[rolandwalker]

Hi! This happens in the GUI?

[cbs228]

Yes, this happens when launching emacs via the "Emacs (gui)" option or emacs-gtk.

[fuzzbomb]

Replicated. The package assumes the xsel program is present, however it isn't installed by default in all Linux/X11 distros.

For example: using the Arch Linux installer, and requesting a KDE Plasma desktop, installs X11 and Wayland, but doesn't install xsel.

The README could do with improvement; the "no external dependencies" is a bit misleading here.