flatpak_creation.md

To Do

Create a repository to host the flatpak and upload to flathub

For now - How to create a local flatpak

Requirements

Install flatpak and the required Platform and make sure they match the versions in the yaml file. Details on the docs

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

flatpak install flathub org.kde.Sdk
flatpak install flathub org.kde.Platform

Build the package

Build the package and add it to a repository - repo in this case. Add the repository.

# flatpak-builder --repo=repo --user --install --farce-clean [build directory] [manifest file]

flatpak-builder --repo=repo --user --install --force-clean ~/git/flatpak-builddir ~/Documents/org.opl.openPilotLog.yaml 

flatpak --user remote-add --no-gpg-verify repo repo

Build an application bundle from the local repository

# flatpak build-bundle [repository] [bundle name] [application name]
flatpak build-bundle repo openPilotLog.flatpak org.opl.openPilotLog

Install the flatpak package locally

On the target machine, navigate to the download directory and install the .flatpak file

flatpak install --user openPilotLog.flatpak