Submit to distro repos

[rugk]

It would be nice to have this application in distro's repos. Or maybe offer a flatpak/snap if that is possible.

[p-e-w]

The biggest issue with any sort of automatic installation is getting the environment variable right.

We would need to set GTK3_MODULES globally, while respecting existing modules already found in it, then remove it again when uninstalling.

If you have any suggestions how to do that reliably, I'm all ears.

[bmeznarsic]

Hey there!
I issued a packaging request on the Solus Project's issue tracker and got shot down for a couple of reasons. https://dev.solus-project.com/T3294
One of the reasons was that you don't provide any release tarballs or git tags. There's no immutable point from which they could build a package. Could you please provide a tarball or at least a git tag?
In regards to the gtk modules variable:.
[18:22] <@Ikey> the GTK_MODULES thing we could work out with a /usr/share/defaults/etc/profile.d file on solus
[18:22] <@Ikey> so that you reboot and boom its working
[18:23] <@Ikey> newer systemd versions support environment.d files
[18:23] <@Ikey> so up or down there is a solution :]
[18:23] <blaz_> Is that the stateless location?
[18:23] <@Ikey> yeah
[18:24] <@Ikey> upstream would likely default to /etc/profile.d
[18:24] <@Ikey> the cost of being different
[18:24] <@Ikey> lol
[18:24] <blaz_> :)

[p-e-w]

@bmeznarsic: Thank you for your effort! You can now find both a tarball and a Git tag here.

[bmeznarsic]

@p-e-w
https://dev.solus-project.com/source/plotinus/

[JoshStrobl]

Just an update, adding the profile.d file in the Solus package currently so it'll work automagically after reboot.

[JoshStrobl]

Landed in rel 2: https://dev.solus-project.com/R3392:ff7d3f8ba1873e83a3537e56b139aa094ebd8f3f

[p-e-w]

@JoshStrobl: Cool! 😎

You should use GTK3_MODULES instead of GTK_MODULES to avoid problems with GTK+ 2 applications. The accessibility issue mentioned in the packaging thread is a good example of how hard it is to get global environment variables right on Linux.

[rugk]

What about other distro's such as Debian or Fedora?

[deikatsuo]

@p-e-w How to make Plotinus working on Flatpak apps?

[samdroid-apps]

In NixOS, I just added a package and system module: NixOS/nixpkgs@16fa6f5

So users can add one line to their system configuration; and the appropriate environment vars are set. Then just Ctrl-Shift-P and 😄.

I can submit a patch to document it in the readme is @p-e-w would be receptive to that?

[lf-araujo]

It would be nice to also be able to use it within flatpak apps. Did anyone find a way of doing this?