Apt Repository

[rgoubet]

Is there an up-to-date apt repository for PanWriter?

[mb21]

Nope, as far as I know that's not a very common thing to do for electron applications?

[rgoubet]

Sure it is. Typora is installed with apt, and for VSCode, Atom... once you install the deb package, it registers a repository and the package is kept up to date. Much more convenient than an AppImage.

[mb21]

Okay... well, let's see how many upvotes this gets...
pull request to generate the deb package and upload it to the debian repo or wherever using a github action or whatever welcome!

[alexmyczko]

challenge accepted, but someone needs to fix this first: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=842420

here's the panwriter deb packaging so far:
http://sid.ethz.ch/debian/panwriter/

i'm not interested doing unofficial packages, but here's a great pointer:
https://www.christianengvall.se/electron-installer-debian-package/

[mb21]

Thanks @alexmyczko! I'd gladly accept any pull requests to make an "official apt package"...

To release a new version, currently I simply runyarn run release on my laptop, which uploads all build artifacts to a new release on github... but if somebody has the time, we could also set up a github action that does the build and potentially pushes an apt package somewhere...

[alexmyczko]

"a apt" sounds like stuttering and wrong, JFYI: https://people.phys.ethz.ch/~myczko/a-or-an/

[Moonbase59]

+1 for .deb packages and an apt repo. The Debian/Ubuntu/Mint user base is large and not everyone likes AppImages. Installation using a PPA might be easier, and who knows, maybe it’ll end up in the Debian/Ubuntu/Mint repos eventually…