Skip to content

build: Add a Flatpak manifest

Dirk HOFFMANN requested to merge github/fork/bochecha/flatpak into master

Created by: bochecha

This allows building the master branch of Hamster with a simple command:

$ flatpak-builder _build build-aux/flatpak/org.gnome.Hamster.json

For those who don't know Flatpak much, here are a few additional instructions.

  1. you need to install Flatpak, Flatpak Builder and configure the Flathub remote: https://flatpak.org/setup/
  2. you will need to install the GNOME platform and sdk to build;
  3. to make rebuilds faster you want to use the --ccache and --force-clean options;
  4. once the app is built, you need to export it to a local repo, configure that local repo, then install from that repo; this can be automated with the --install and --user options;

All in all, the following two commands should do the right thing:

$ flatpak install flathub org.gnome.Platform//3.34 org.gnome.Sdk//3.34
$ flatpak-builder --force-clean --ccache --user --install _build build-aux/flatpak/org.gnome.Hamster.GUI.json

If this is merged, we can look at having automatic builds in your CI, published to a development repo, etc…

And then I can help you send the next release to Flathub if you're interested. slightly_smiling_face

Merge request reports