Flameshot: flatpak support [request]

[Tids]

Itwould be nice if you would provide flatpak support via flathub. That way, all the distros out there could use your software without the needs of building from source.

https://github.com/flathub/flathub/wiki/Submission-Guidelines

Thank you :)

[ZetaoYang]

You can try AppImage: https://transfer.sh/10wJZK/Configure_Flameshot-4a2aecd-x86_64.AppImage
and chmod +x ./Configure_Flameshot-4a2aecd-x86_64.AppImage

The build detail is here: https://travis-ci.org/lupoDharkael/flameshot/jobs/324320559

[axelmeunier]

Hi I tried the Appimage but it does not seem to work... It does not launch.
I am on Ubuntu 17.10.
How to debug it ?

[ManuelLR]

You can launch flameshot with the gui option to start the capture in the moment. If you execute flameshot without option, an icon appear in the system tray notifications. You can use and configure from that "icon".

[axelmeunier]

`$ ./Configure_Flameshot-4a2aecd-x86_64.AppImage --gui

the option 'gui' is not a valid option for the argument 'flameshot'. See 'flameshot --help'.`
Am I doing something wrong ?
(I can't check the system tray option cause I'm on Gnome 3.26 and no system tray anymore)

[ManuelLR]

you only need to write

./Configure_Flameshot-4a2aecd-x86_64.AppImage gui

As the return value say, you can execute ./Configure_Flameshot-4a2aecd-x86_64.AppImage --help to obtain more information

[axelmeunier]

Oh ok great ! It works alright then.
Good job ! I'll comment and ask requests in a separate post.
Thanks for your help.

[Alexander-Wilms]

I created a manifest: https://github.com/Alexander-Wilms/flathub/tree/flameshot

I can't get the UI to show, though.

[Tids]

@ZetaoYang But thats not what i'm looking for.
Gnome Software (and in future(?) also KDE Discover) have native flatpak support, wich means you can package your Software once, as flatpak and its available for all the Gnome (and in future KDE Plasma) users around the world, on every distro.

Appimages are no option for me. I could use the AUR, but I really would like to have a flatpak for great "3rd Party" apps like this (:

[Alexander-Wilms]

I've updated the manifest at https://github.com/Alexander-Wilms/flathub/tree/flameshot
The GUI does work, I just didn't check the system tray last time.

However, due to the sandboxing, one needs to use the portal to take a screenshot, i.e. call a dbus method. Here's a minimal example of how to do this: https://github.com/flatpak/qt-flatpak-demo/blob/master/flatpakdemo.cpp#L88

[ZetaoYang]

Flatpak will be initially supported, https://github.com/flameshotapp/packages

@Alexander-Wilms I will use your manifest.

[ZetaoYang]

@Alexander-Wilms I need your help. https://github.com/flameshotapp/packages/issues/2

[incker]

AppImage

I use Clear Linux, and it is a pity it is a lot limited in package install ways. Only native bundles and flatpak

[borgmanJeremy]

Duplicate. Will add flatpak in next release.

[incker]

Will be cool if flatpak package will be on flathub! :)