pinta-flatpak

Pinta is a free, open source program for drawing and image editing.

Homepage

This repo is about the flatpak package.

Instructions

Requirements

• flatpak
• flatpak-builder

For EL7:

# yum install 'flatpak' 'flatpak-builder'

You may also wish to install the xdg-desktop-portal* packages:

# yum install 'xdg-desktop-portal*'

See also:

• flatpak setup

Adding repository

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

See also:

• flathub setup

Prepare

$ flatpak --user install "flathub" "org.gnome.Sdk//3.32"

$ flatpak --user install "flathub" "org.gnome.Platform//3.32"

Clone this repository, then checkout the right branch.

$ git submodule init

$ git submodule update

Build

$ flatpak-builder "build" "com.github.PintaProject.Pinta.yaml" --force-clean --install-deps-from="flathub"

Test

$ flatpak-builder --run "build" "com.github.PintaProject.Pinta.yaml" "sh"

Test run

$ flatpak-builder --run "build" "com.github.PintaProject.Pinta.yaml" "pinta"

Create repo

$ flatpak-builder --repo="repo" --force-clean "build" "com.github.PintaProject.Pinta.yaml"

Install

$ flatpak --user remote-add --no-gpg-verify "pinta" "repo"

$ flatpak --user install "pinta" "com.github.PintaProject.Pinta"

Run

$ flatpak --user run "com.github.PintaProject.Pinta"

Uninstall

$ flatpak --user uninstall "com.github.PintaProject.Pinta"

$ flatpak --user remote-delete "pinta"

Build single-file bundle

$ flatpak build-bundle "repo" "pinta.flatpak" "com.github.PintaProject.Pinta" --runtime-repo="https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo"

Install single-file bundle

If you have already installed the package, you have to uninstall it before continuing.

$ flatpak --user install "pinta.flatpak"

See also:

• Building your first Flatpak
• Single-file bundles

FAQ

Does flatpak-ed Pinta run as superuser?

No. It is a MATE/marco issue.

Why not a RPM package?

There are already packages for various distributions.

Are you the author of Pinta?

No, I only created the flatpak package for it.

See also:

• GitHub repo