Difference between revisions of "Create snap package"

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     command: usr/share/myapp/myapp
 
     command: usr/share/myapp/myapp
 
     desktop: usr/share/applications/myapp.desktop
 
     desktop: usr/share/applications/myapp.desktop
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    plugs:
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      - home
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      - desktop
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
 
:* See [https://snapcraft.io/docs/snapcraft-yaml-reference Snapcraft.yaml reference] for full list of supported properties.
 
:* See [https://snapcraft.io/docs/snapcraft-yaml-reference Snapcraft.yaml reference] for full list of supported properties.
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* Build snap using '''snapcraft''' command
 
* Build snap using '''snapcraft''' command
 
* Install newly created snap with '''sudo snap install --dangerous --devmode myapp_1.0.0_amd64.snap'''
 
* Install newly created snap with '''sudo snap install --dangerous --devmode myapp_1.0.0_amd64.snap'''
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=Sound support=
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Snap supports sound through plugs pulseaudio and audio-playback.
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<pre>
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apps:
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  myapp:
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    plugs:
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      - pulseaudio
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      - audio-playback
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</pre>
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See [https://snapcraft.io/docs/alsa-interface The alsa interface] and [https://snapcraft-alsa.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ snapcraft-alsa] for ALSA support in snap.
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You can play wav and mp3 files from command line using '''play''' command. See [[Play Sound Multiplatform]]. Then you also need to add stage-packages to myapp part:
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<pre>
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parts:
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  myapp:
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    stage-packages:   
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    - sox
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    - libsox-fmt-mp3
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    - libsox-fmt-pulse
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    - libpulse0
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</pre>
  
 
=snapcraft.yaml file in non-standard subdirectory =
 
=snapcraft.yaml file in non-standard subdirectory =

Revision as of 12:23, 25 April 2021

Create snapcraft.yaml

  • Install snapcraft to your Ubuntu machine with sudo apt install snapcraft
  • Create snap subdirectory in your project
  • Execute snapcraft init to create snap/snapcraft.yaml initial file
  • Example file:
name: myapp
version: '1.0.0'
summary: Short description of package.
description: |
  Some more detailed multi-line description.
confinement: devmode
base: core20
grade: devel

parts:
  myapp:
    plugin: nil
    source: .
    source-type: local
    build-packages: 
    - fpc
    - lazarus
    - lcl
    - lcl-utils
    stage-packages:
    # Autodetected dependencies
    - libatk1.0-0
    - libcairo2
    - libdatrie1
    - libfontconfig1
    - libfreetype6
    - libfribidi0
    - libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
    - libgraphite2-3
    - libgtk2.0-0
    - libharfbuzz0b
    - libpango-1.0-0
    - libpangocairo-1.0-0
    - libpangoft2-1.0-0
    - libpixman-1-0
    - libpng16-16
    - libthai0
    - libx11-6
    - libxau6
    - libxcb-render0
    - libxcb-shm0
    - libxcb1
    - libxcomposite1
    - libxcursor1
    - libxdamage1
    - libxdmcp6
    - libxext6
    - libxfixes3
    - libxi6
    - libxinerama1
    - libxrandr2
    - libxrender1
    override-build: |
      lazbuild --build-mode=Release myapp.lpi
      ROOT=/root/parts/myapp/install
      install -d -m 755 $ROOT/usr/share/myapp
      install -s -m 755 myapp $ROOT/usr/share/myapp
      install -d -m 755 $ROOT/usr/share/applications
      install -m 755 Install/deb/myapp.desktop $ROOT/usr/share/applications
    stage:
      - etc
      - lib
      - usr
      - usr/share/myapp
      - usr/share/applications/myapp.desktop

apps:
  myapp:
    command: usr/share/myapp/myapp
    desktop: usr/share/applications/myapp.desktop
    plugs:
      - home
      - desktop
  • Build snap using snapcraft command
  • Install newly created snap with sudo snap install --dangerous --devmode myapp_1.0.0_amd64.snap

Sound support

Snap supports sound through plugs pulseaudio and audio-playback.

apps:
  myapp:
    plugs:
      - pulseaudio
      - audio-playback

See The alsa interface and snapcraft-alsa for ALSA support in snap.

You can play wav and mp3 files from command line using play command. See Play Sound Multiplatform. Then you also need to add stage-packages to myapp part:

parts:
  myapp:
    stage-packages:    
    - sox
    - libsox-fmt-mp3
    - libsox-fmt-pulse
    - libpulse0 

snapcraft.yaml file in non-standard subdirectory

Snapcraft normally expect snapcraft.yaml file in snap directory. If your project has packaging for multiple other packaging formats, then you need to use build workaround script. Such shell script can put into directory like myapp/install/snap/local as build.sh file.

#!/bin/bash
ln -s install/snap ../../../snap
pushd ../../..
snapcraft
popd
rm ../../../snap

Register app in snap store

Setup build on Launchpad

Snap packages can be built automatically on Launchpad. Open Create snap package link form your application branch page.

See also

External links