Freetube: [Automated Build] For ArchLinux

[BL4CKH47H4CK3R]

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Hello @PrestonN , at first take my love for an awesome re-write. I know FreeTube has so many packages for various OS. But unfortunately Arch doesn't have any release from you guys ! (I already know about AUR) (Unofficial)

Describe the solution you'd like to see implemented

As you have mentioned in the blogs that if anyone don't wanna wait for official updates they can enjoy the automated builds. But there is no package for ArchLinux which can be installed using pacman -U <pkg.tar.zst>

Describe alternatives you've considered

I hope next builds will contain builds for arch linux too for seamless experience ! (AUR will be optional)

Greetings
BL4CKH47H4CK3R

[PrestonN]

It's not that I'm against creating Arch binaries, the issue is that electron-builder, the tool I use to create the binaries, doesn't seem to support tar.zst as an export option. You can take a look over here.

If one of the other options are acceptable to you, I'm more than happy to enable them into our automated builds. Unless someone tells me otherwise, it doesn't look like I'll be able to provide this.

[PrestonN]

Actually, I misread the options, please ignore my last statement. It looks like pacman is the option that I want. I'll get these up shortly :)

[PrestonN]

I've added pacman builds to the automated builds. Let me know if that works out for you.

[BL4CKH47H4CK3R]

Tested & working flawlessly. Thank you for you great effort :heart:

[BL4CKH47H4CK3R]

Why there is no official release for arch linux on the releases tabs but just automated builds ?
Can you package .pacman ---> pkg.tar.zst format for electron builds ?

[PrestonN]

Is there any conversion I need to do for the pkg.tar.zst format with the pacman file? I don't use Arch regularly so I'm actually not sure. If it's easy to setup (Or if just publishing the .pacman file is acceptable) then I don't mind including them for official releases.

[BL4CKH47H4CK3R]

Is there any conversion I need to do for the pkg.tar.zst format with the pacman file? I don't use Arch regularly so I'm actually not sure. If it's easy to setup (Or if just publishing the .pacman file is acceptable) then I don't mind including them for official releases.

I have extracted and tried renaming the file from .pacman ----> pkg.tar.zst (official arch package format) and installed using pacman -U <freetube......pkg.tar.zst> and it works. Now you have to check if electron builder can directly build pkg.tar.zst format or you have to rename .pacman ----> .pkg.tar.zst for official releases !
But I am going to build with pkg.tar.zst instead of .pacman