aarch64 flathub gnome sdk exceeded maximum size

[theofficialgman]

Warning: While trying to apply extra data: apply_extra script failed, exit status 256
Error: While pulling runtime/org.gnome.Sdk/aarch64/44 from remote flathub: URI https://dl.flathub.org/repo/deltas/0w/Nhyu4J3H3lKI10adUcX3Z3vEA45RvlpLqP6VeaHD0/9 exceeded maximum size of 7367773 bytes
error: Failed to install org.gnome.Sdk: While pulling runtime/org.gnome.Sdk/aarch64/44 from remote flathub: URI https://dl.flathub.org/repo/deltas/0w/Nhyu4J3H3lKI10adUcX3Z3vEA45RvlpLqP6VeaHD0/9 exceeded maximum size of 7367773 bytes

this seems to be a common error: #3894 #3983 #3888 #3813 #3870

Maybe implementing some proper CI at flathub/gnome or whoever the culprit is to prevent this issue in the future is needed since it is so common.

[cheywood]

I went searching for a temporary workaround for this and the best I found was being able to export the SDK as a bundle from an existing setup and then transferring and installing that.

eg. I used flatpak build-bundle --runtime --arch=aarch64 .var/app/org.gnome.Builder/data/gnome-builder/flatpak/repo aarch64-sdk-44-export.flatpak org.gnome.Sdk 44

That's using Builder's repo for SDK v44 you may want to substitute others. The downside of this approach is that you end up with an SDK which I believe won't receive updates.

I also looked at being able install an older version of the SDK and update it, but as --commit is only available for update, not install, that wasn't possible.