flatpak-packaging.md

Testing flatpak

Prerequisites

You will need run-time org.gnome.Platform version 3.38 and SDK org.gnome.Sdk version 3.38 installed in flatpak.

These can be installed in either the user directory or system wide.

Local Building and Running

1. To build and install flatpak version, change working directory to ThiefMD\flatpak.
2. Run flatpak-builder --force-clean --user --install build-dir com.github.kmwallio.thiefmd.json
3. Run flatpak run com.github.kmwallio.thiefmd

A .desktop file should be created and added to the proper path. If this is a the first user installed flatpak, the current session may have to be restarted to pickup the new location.

Submitting a Release

1. Determine the release file hash using sha256sum com.github.kmwallio.thiefmd-X.Y.Z.tar.xz
2. Make sure the tar.xz is uploaded as part of the GitHub release
3. Clone https://github.com/flathub/com.github.kmwallio.thiefmd
4. Checkout the beta branch. Update the json file for the new source package.
5. Publish the beta branch (or send a pull request). Once in beta branch, monitor build at flathub.org/builds
6. Make sure you have the beta-repo installed:
   • flatpak remote-add --user flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo
7. Install the beta build:
   • flatpak install --user flathub-beta com.github.kmwallio.thiefmd
8. Test the build. and submit a pull request to master if satisfied.
9. ???
10. Profit