Release as a Flatpak package

[thecursedfly]

Hi,

It would be great if you could package PDFarranger in a flatpak package (see https://flatpak.org/ for info/documentation).
That way non techy users would be able to install the application without having to install separate packages. I also recommend a flatpak package because it is distribution independent, avoids dependency problems and incompatibilities with older/newer Linux distribution versions, and allows sandboxing for additional security.

Thanks

[jeromerobert]

I'm not a flatpak user so it would be great that someone else would maintain and upload the pdfarranger flatpak package.

[PhillyMay]

I'd also love to see a crossplattform package. If you can't decide to maintain a flatpack image, how about an .appimage file? It works equally well on different linux distros.

[PadreAdamo]

I packaged a Flatpak for myself as I'm on OpenSUSE and that was the easiest way for me to install. Would you mind if I did this task Jerome?

[jeromerobert]

Thanks ! Here is what I had in mind:

• Upload the Flatpak to https://flathub.org
• Keep https://github.com/jeromerobert/pdfarranger/blob/master/flatpak.yaml up to date with PR if you need to modify it

[jeromerobert]

Well, if you know any alternative to flathub that will also be fine.

[jeromerobert]

@PadreAdamo I missread your question. I would be happy if you would manage pdfarranger on flathub.

[PadreAdamo]

No problem @jeromerobert, I haven't had a chance to dive in yet. I build the flatpak locally and will start this project soon I hope! You made a great tool!

[PhillyMay]

No problem @jeromerobert, I haven't had a chance to dive in yet. I build the flatpak locally and will start this project soon I hope! You made a great tool!

Can't wait to see that happen. I really like the Solus OS, but it lacks a good pdf merger. On Windows I use pdf24 (great tool, sadly there is no linux version). Thats why i keep jumping between solus and manjaro.

[jeromerobert]

@PhillyMay I think Solus have all required packages so you could install pdfarranger with pip

[dreua]

What is the status here? Is there anything I can help with?

[jeromerobert]

What has not changed:

• I won't work on it
• Upload of the flatpak to https://flathub.org is still needed

What is new:

• Considering your recent work on duplicate pikepdf should be update in https://github.com/jeromerobert/pdfarranger/blob/master/flatpak.yaml
• I did not tested the flatpak.yaml file for a while so other changes may be needed

[dreua]

I'm working on this now, next steps (my personal Todo):

• Update dependencies
• Some testing
• Request flathub repository

Postponed as known bug until after #158 and the next release

• Fix missing icon in About

[dreua]

It's done

https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.jeromerobert.pdfarranger

Testing

Everyone interested in flatpaks please test and report if anything doesn't work. It would be great if one or two persons could help me with testing the flatpak on a regular basis (i.e. after new releases) as I already have the Fedora package and my local git checkout and switching between all of those is a bit cumbersome. (Comment here or drop me a line if you want to help.)

Build Recipe

The recipe has it's own repository:
https://github.com/flathub/com.github.jeromerobert.pdfarranger

• I think it would be a good idea to remove the flatpak.yml from this repository to protect people from using outdated stuff

A big thank you and credits to those, who provided the flatpak.yml in the first place, I wouldn't have started this from scratch.

Architecture support

Currently the flatpak builds for x86_64 only. Is anyone interested in builds for arm or aarch64?

[dreua]

Version 1.5.0 is released: flathub/com.github.jeromerobert.pdfarranger#1

Should be available on the main site / via flatpak update in a few hours. Let me know if anything does not work as expected!

[darkdragon-001]

@dreua Update works without problems. Just the Save as button stays always grayed out. The option in the main menu works though.

[dreua]

@darkdragon-001 I never noticed but it's not flatpak specific. Created a new issue.

[dreua]

@darkdragon-001 It is fixed now, thanks for reporting!

Updated flatpak to 1.5.1: flathub/com.github.jeromerobert.pdfarranger#2