Hi,
I was wondering if there would be interest to create flatpak of either
the gtk2 or java crossfire clients and place it in flathub? Since there
are many people now with steam decks (runs modified version of arch
linux), this could potentially increase the number of players quite a
bit. In the desktop mode (KDE plasma), it comes with package manager
called discover, which pulls packages from flathub (flatpaks; all this
is separate from the steam store). So, if crossfire client would be
available as flatpak from this repository then it would be easily
accessible to steam deck users.
I am running the gtk2 and java clients on my steam deck. I compiled the
former (pulling compilers etc from brew) and the latter requires java
runtime (from brew). So, this is technically possible. I use external
monitor, keyboard and mouse as the gamepad etc. are somewhat useless
with crossfire.
So, I played with flatpak and the java client a bit and came up with the
following *very crude* write up (not sure if gtk2 is still supported by
flathub runtime). And, by the way, I have never done anything (except
install) with flatpak, so take this with grain and salt...
0. Flatpak does not like the dash in the domain name
crossfire.real-time.com ... so this is replaced with underscore?
1. Before starting org.freedesktop.Platform and org.freedesktop.Sdk must
be installed.
2. The following files need to be in the current directory:
com.real_time.crossfire.yml:
app-id: com.real_time.crossfire
runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform
runtime-version: '22.08'
sdk: org.freedesktop.Sdk
sdk-extensions:
command: start.sh
modules:
- name: openjdk
buildsystem: simple
build-commands:
- /usr/lib/sdk/openjdk11/install.sh
- name: Crossfire_client
buildsystem: simple
build-commands:
- install -D download /app/bin/jxclient.jar
- install -D start.sh /app/bin/start.sh
sources:
- type: file
url:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/crossfire/files/jxclient/jxclient.jar/download
sha256:
e6af744ea986da0991233787be6c9bc5535a7f3fe8ea682fe3284f1152e67b77
- type: file
path: start.sh
finish-args:
- --share=ipc
- --socket=x11
- --socket=wayland
- --share=network
start.sh (do chmod+x on this):
#!/bin/sh
/app/jre/bin/java -jar /app/bin/jxclient.jar
exit 0
3. Build the package:
flatpak-builder --force-clean build --disable-rofiles-fuse
com.real_time.crossfire.yml
Add --disable-cache to force downloading jxclient.jar again.
4. Test the build locally:
flatpak-builder --user --install --force-clean build
--disable-rofiles-fuse com.real_time.crossfire.yml
5. GPG sign:
flatpak-builder --gpg-sign=<key> --repo=<repository>
com.real_time.crossfire.yml
6. Run the flatpak:
flatpak run com.real_time.crossfire
7. Procedure for adding the flatpak to flathub:
https://github.com/flathub/flathub/wiki/App-Submission
Jussi Eloranta ([email protected])
ps. Crossfire is still the best multi-user RPG out there! Nothing comes
close to it in terms of playability.
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