flatpak-builder-tools
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flatpak-builder-tools
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How to use Gnome SDK from Makefile
Setting the build configuration for a module with things like type: autotools, type: cmake-ninja, or type: meson will add the necessary options automatically. Likewise, helper scripts like flatpak-pip-generator will generate manifest fragments containing the necessary prefix-specifying arguments.
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Missing python module inside runtime when I install the app.
There's also this pull request https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak-builder-tools/pull/347 that would add an --ignore-installed= option to flatpak-pip-generator.
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Building a dotnet application in a clean, no-internet environment
Yeah, turns out I had to do something similar to this. flatpak-dotnet-generator proved pretty useful, even if the README was a bit out of date.
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Include Python modules in a Flatpak?
If you want it automated, for most packages you can use flatpak-pip-generator
- Just replaced a snap with a flatkpak and jesus christ snap sucks...
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Need help with Flatpak package's dependencies
The first issue I had was working out how I add PyPI packages as deps, then I was pointed towards flatpak-pip-generator which generates JSON files that you can add as modules. That works fine:
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Error when trying to build wormhole-gui as flatpak
For packaging with local cache and without networking, use the flatpak-go-get-generator.py from flatpak-builder-tools. I didn't have much success recently with go-get generator, so I'm not sure if working correctly, or it's just me doing something wrong.
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How to install flatpak-pip-generator?
I am trying to install `flatpak-pip-generator` found in the link here. It looks like it is part of the `flatpak-builder` package but I have that installed and I can't seem to use the pip-generator. I run the command listed in the readme `flatpak-pip-generator --requirements-file=/the/path/to/requirements.txt --output pypi-dependencies
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Why aren't more developers maintaining their own Flatpaks?
That one page in the docs does mention that tricky things like dependency resolution have to be done in advance, but support for building that dependency resolution is at best officially unsupported. There's a git repo dedicated to scripts to do this sort of thing but:
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Packaging your Crystal app into a Flatpak
It would be nice to see some Crystal apps on flathub (I believe Hashbrown is the only one at the moment). A crystal sdk (like rust's) and a shard builder tool to generate the shards automatically would greatly improve the experience, if anyone is up to doing them.
flathub
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XZ backdoor story – Initial analysis
> Nobody ever even audits the binary contents of flatpaks on flathub (were they actually built from the source? the author attests so!).
IME/IIRC There aren't (or shouldn't be) any binary contents on Flathub that are submitted by the author, at least for projects with source available? You're supposed to submit a short, plain-text recipe instead, which then gets automatically built from source outside the control of the author.
> The Flathub service then uses the manifest from your repository to continuously build and distribute your application on every commit.
https://docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app-authors/submission/#ho...
Usually the recipes should just list the appropriate URLs to get the source code, or, for proprietary applications, the official .DEBs. Kinda like AUR, but JSON/YAML. Easy to audit if you want:
https://github.com/orgs/flathub/repositories
- FOSS software is probably less likely to abuse this, but it just depends how ruthless the publisher is, a lot of people desire to be successful and it's human nature to look for advantages to put yourself above others in competitive environments.
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Flathub – The Linux App Store
I also don't believe third parties maintainers packaging software on flathub is a big issue but I'm also not familiar with how other distro repos trust their maintainers. Hopefully more developers maintain their flatpak themselves (or someone they trust) and get their apps verified. If most apps are verified, warning users of unverified apps might be a good idea.
There's ongoing discussion about splitting open source and proprietary apps in to seperate repos [1]. Additionally having seperate repos for verified and unverified apps might make it more obvious where an app comes from in the cli.
But I don't know how seamlessly an app could transition between being in the third party repo and being in the official repo. Having the user quietly stop receiving updates seems like a bad idea, but automatically migrating might not be desirable either.
I also think flatpaks cli interface needs some work. It is functional but far from distro package managers.
Being verified is especially important for critical apps. Recently someone added malicious versions of apps to the snap store [3]. This lead to people getting their cryptocurrency stolen.
[1] https://github.com/flathub/flathub/issues/691
[2] https://docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app-authors/requirements
[3] https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/temporary-suspension-of-automat...
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Bforartists Flatpak, coming soon to Flathub
That means Linux users can now install Bforartists on any Linux distro easily, regardless of glibc version! https://github.com/flathub/flathub/pull/4295
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Turtle 0.3 released (formerly TurtleGit)
Still having some problems with the flathub build, see https://github.com/flathub/flathub/pull/4082 for the current status.
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TurtleGit released, a git frontend for GNOME and Nautilus
Here is the flathub draft pull request: https://github.com/flathub/flathub/pull/4082
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The first tip to give to any new Linux user should be "do NOT search for, download, and install software on the Web!"
i assume you dont know how flathub works , theirs little or no QC , done flathub is just get told theirs an update for the package , if yo go look at the github repo pes https://github.com/flathub/flathub/pull/4164 for example , only updates the link to the girt repo , theirs 0 code checked
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Who is behind flathub and rpmfusion really?
It all should be written in pages for contributors, read the docs for fusion, and the docs for flathub.
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Flathub just hit 1 billion total downloads
These are criticisms of the flatpak ecosystem as it stands today. Currently, the Firefox ESR package on flathub seems to be caught in limbo or maybe dead. Mozilla publishes both a snap and a flatpak of Firefox latest, but only a snap of the ESR version. This raises the question of why. Have Mozilla chosen to invest more in snaps than in flatpaks? If so, what's their reasoning? (More users on snaps, making it similar to why they put more investment into Windows than Linux? Something else?) If they haven't invested more into snaps than flatpaks, is this a sign that it's harder to maintain flatpaks (or at least on flathub) than snaps? If that's true, I would hope that flatpak/flathub would be soliciting feedback from Mozilla about it.
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VirtualBox as Flatpak
Because that may be very hard to sandbox: https://github.com/flathub/flathub/issues/3366
What are some alternatives?
org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.rust-stable
ZeroTier-GUI - A Linux front-end for ZeroTier
libusb - A cross-platform library to access USB devices
Ryujinx - Experimental Nintendo Switch Emulator written in C#
wormhole-gui - Cross-platform application for easy encrypted file, folder, and text sharing between devices. [Moved to: https://github.com/Jacalz/rymdport]
bubblewrap - Low-level unprivileged sandboxing tool used by Flatpak and similar projects
meson - The Meson Build System
flatpak - Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework
flatpak-external-data-checker - A tool for checking if the external data used in Flatpak manifests is still up to date
openbsd-wip - OpenBSD work in progress ports
shared-modules - Common Flatpak modules that can be used as a git submodule
steam-runtime - A runtime environment for Steam applications