Zoho Writer linux client on Chromebook Linux (Beta)

Zoho Writer linux client on Chromebook Linux (Beta)

I tried to install the Linux client on my chromebook to see if it could be useful for working offline.

In Crostini with Debian 10 The installation failed because of a missing library

writer depends on gir1.2-gnomekeyring-1.0; however:

Package gir1.2-gnomekeyring-1.0 is not installed.


The problem can be solved by installing a library and then telling the install to ignore its absence:


sudo apt install libsecret-1-dev
sudo dpkg -i --ignore-depends=gir1.2-gnomekeyring-1.0 ZohoWriter.deb

After that it works. 
It generally works reasonably well. Equations only work when online, etc. but the majority seems to work and the 20 most recent documents can be synced. One can create documents in it. 
i am not sure what the difference is with in-browser offline editing, but a separate app may be handy. 

Can the install be changed so debian 10 installs it properly by default? 
Thanks,
J. 


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