typora-issues Provide other installation packages

[ ] AppImage Unofficial Repo -> https://bintray.com/probono/AppImages/Typora
[ ] Flatpak Unofficial Build script -> https://github.com/syco/io.typora.flatpak
[ ] RPM Unofficial Build Script -> https://github.com/RPM-Outpost/typora
[ ] Chocolatey Unofficial Repo -> https://chocolatey.org/packages/typora
[x] Snap Repo -> https://snapcraft.io/typora

May 02 '18 03:05 abnerlee

Thank you!

May 08 '18 03:05 mikeymop

I also found this and installed it:

https://snapcraft.io/typora-alanzanattadev

Aug 23 '18 14:08 dixonge

SNAP seems preferred over FlatPak because it supports more than just GUI apps (example SystemD services).

(Examples: JetBrains PyCharm, Spotify, PlexMediaServer, NextCloud, VisualStudioCode, VLC, Remmina, FireFox, Brave, ...)

Feb 10 '19 18:02 skewty

+1 for snap

Apr 23 '19 13:04 idzikovsky

+1 for snap

Jul 15 '19 08:07 wencan

I would argue for flatpak because snap breaks posix and you will reach less users that way.

Additionally, if you use flatpak you can respect the users theme choices which would make Typora look more native on Linux. Flatpak is also the preferred globally in the FOSS community it seems and is probably the more stable choice going forward.

Jul 16 '19 17:07 mikeymop

+1 for AppImage

Aug 05 '19 15:08 codingforfun

I agree with @mikeymop on the fact flatpak is more FOSS proof, since visibly snap will stay Ubuntu only, while flatpak is relatively agnostic even if pushed by Gnome / Fedora teams (Flathub is the "default" repo, but elementaryOS which is going to integrate flatpak is going to have his one). Furthermore, it has less overhead at start (initial mount of snap is really long), don't depend on Systemd (which makes it more compatible with any OSes), is more interesting on the management of dependencies as well as on the deduplication side. I don't really see finally the interest of AppImage, since you need as on Windows to ship all of your dependancies (no dependancies mounting), and you need to check your update yourself (no package manager).

I would do a flatpak version as well as a snap version (since it is relatively well integrated into Ubuntu).

Aug 20 '19 22:08 antonincms

+1 for a snap!

Sep 12 '19 22:09 jshamg

Another vote for snap as an official package. The app this way will be available in the ubuntu gui store and will be easily installable on many other distros like fedora and manjaro.