Flatpak package on flathub

[rugk]

It would be nice if you could publish this as a flatpak on flathub e.g.

Flatpaks are a new software distribution mechanism for Linux distros, can thus installed on any distro and are easy to update. They are easy to install and update and work on all Linux distros. Also, if you publish it on FlatHub you may grow your user base given many distros include that and it is a common software source, so your app can be discovered more easily.

Here is how to get started.

[jankobler]

I have used flatpak-builder to create a flatpak application of xstudio. I have released a single-file bundle https://github.com/jankobler/flatpak-xstudio/releases. Just follow the installation instructions on the release page. I have only checked if the GUI of xstudio appears and the Help -> About Dialog appears. Please let me know if it really works.

[pranavsg07]

I got it to open using the flatpak, great work. The UI is the only thing that is working right now. There are some glitches like the text color not readable in the settings panel. Is this using the latest source? I compiled natively on Ubuntu and the flatpak is missing some options compared to the native, even though the version number shows the same. Couldn't get any image to load in the flatpak. Tried with .jpg, .png and .exr The application fails to launch in a Wayland session, it opened in x11. It seems to be a limitation of the app in general.

[jankobler]

I have released in the repository https://github.com/jankobler/flatpak-xstudio the flatpak manifest and in some other repositories under https://github.com/jankobler the source code which I used to build the xstudio flatpak application with flatpak-builder.

The intention was to build it at first with a minimum of source code changes. I have not done any further tests with the xstudio flatpak application than described before. This is just a starting point.

I hope this source code release can help you to continue your tests.