Provide snap or flatpak package  #602

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1. amandasystems commented on Aug 14, 2026

   

   amandasystems

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   I'm interested in working on this. Are PRs welcome?
2. sclassen commented on Aug 14, 2026

   

   sclassen

   on Aug 14, 2026

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   Yes, PRs are welcome.

   We currently support only .deb because we do not have the resources to test and maintain multiple linux packages.

   In that sense before you invest too much time into this we should come up with a concept of how we can integrate the creation and distribution of snap or flatpack artifacts in our release process.

   If you are still interested, I can lay out our release process for you.
3. amandasystems commented on Aug 15, 2026

   

   amandasystems

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   I’ll take a stab at doing the flatpak first since I kind of want it for myself. If I get it running I’ll get back to you!

   The dream would of course be something automated that publishes to flathub. This is something a lot of projects do so it doesn’t seem impossible.
4. amandasystems commented on Sep 4, 2026

   

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   Update on my stab: I gave up when I needed maven for building but there was no package for maven and building maven required maven. At that point the yak shaving got too intense even for me.

   I’ll add the build file I had when I gave up because I don’t think it’s a terrible starting point assuming you can somehow get maven into the build system. Maybe someone comes around with the patience for the Java ecosystem to pull it off.

   id: com.openwebstart.OpenWebStart
   runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform
   runtime-version: '25.08'
   sdk: org.freedesktop.Sdk
   sdk-extensions:
     - org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.openjdk8
   command: hello
   
   finish-args:
     - --socket=x11
     - --share=ipc
     - --env=PATH=/app/jre/bin:/app/bin:/usr/bin
     - --env=JAVA_HOME=/app/jre
     # ...
   
   modules:
     #- name: openjdk
     #  buildsystem: simple
     #  #build-commands:
     #  #  - /usr/lib/sdk/openjdk8/install.sh
     - name: icedteaweb
       buildsystem: simple
       build-options:
         env:
           PATH: /app/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib/sdk/openjdk8/bin
           JAVA_HOME: /usr/lib/sdk/openjdk8/jvm/java-8-openjdk
       build-commands:
           - mvn install
       sources:
         - type: git
           url: https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/IcedTea-Web
   
     - name: openwebstart
       buildsystem: simple
       build-options:
         env:
           PATH: /app/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib/sdk/openjdk8/bin
           JAVA_HOME: /usr/lib/sdk/openjdk8/jvm/java-8-openjdk
       build-commands:
         - ./mvnw install
         - install -Dm755 -t /app/bin myapp
         - install -Dm644 -t /app/share/com.example.myapp myapp.jar
         # ...
       sources:
         - type: archive
           url: https://github.com/karakun/OpenWebStart/archive/refs/tags/v1.14.0.tar.gz
           sha256: d031698f1c1d33de9a19790ed6ce95e292a611802f8c1fcf53906863a3a3ab90
           # ...
         - type: script
           dest-filename: myapp
           commands:
             - exec java -jar /app/share/com.example.myapp/myapp.jar $@
         # ...