Element-web: release (web client) as (debian|ubuntu) packages

Created on 21 Dec 2016 · 11Comments · Source: vector-im/element-web

right now updating riot-web is manual process (okay, I have a script for that).

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade would be awesome.

feature p2 platform specific packaging

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4nd3r

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riot-web as packagename is misleading

this. electron version should be named riot-desktop.

4nd3r on 4 Dec 2017

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This is already possible with the repo linked at https://riot.im/desktop.html. I guess only the documentation how to do it is missing currently. Someone posted a the docu for that in the matrix HQ chat. If I can find it I'll post it here.

select on 30 Dec 2016

http://data.agaric.com/how-install-riot-desktop-matrix-client-debian-based-systems see also the issue #2804

select on 30 Dec 2016

sorry, i meant web client, not desktop.

4nd3r on 30 Dec 2016

yes, I see that would also be great

select on 30 Dec 2016

FWIW, I have a script to convert a Riot tarball to a deb package at https://gitlab.com/snippets/1666923, and set up a repo at https://debian.uhoreg.ca/experimental/riot-webapp/. I'll try to maintain that repo with the latest version (until something official comes up), but it may lag a bit from the official releases. To add the repo to apt, add "deb http://debian.uhoreg.ca/experimental/riot-webapp ./" (or use https if you have apt-transport-https installed) to your /etc/apt/sources.list, and run "finger uhoreg/[email protected] | sudo apt-key add -" to add my GPG key to apt.

uhoreg on 4 Jul 2017

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so i assumed that rit-web would mean it hosts the riot website..
am i mistaken ?
after installing apt-get install riot-web
and running it riot-web nothing happens

or do i have to set this up with nodejs and there is no ready use package for servers ?

NikkyAI on 21 Jul 2017

riot-web debian package is the electron build of the riot-web repository. @NikkyAI

t3chguy on 21 Jul 2017

so to host the website i have to do something else ?

NikkyAI on 21 Jul 2017

@NikkyAI download https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/releases/download/v0.11.4/riot-v0.11.4.tar.gz and extract it to any webhost, its a bunch of static files.

t3chguy on 21 Jul 2017

ran in this too - riot-web as packagename is misleading. I didn't expect electron there - thankfully i was able to cancel the installation, otherwise a full gnome installation for my headless server would have occurred.