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# PyBitmessage Linux flatpak instructions
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## Requirements
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First make sure you have `flatpak` and `flatpak-builder` installed along with these dependencies (Ubuntu 20.4) `git xz-utils elfutils librsvg2-common` needs to be installed.
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Follow the instructions for your distribution on [flathub](https://flatpak.org/setup/). The instructions there only cover the installation of `flatpak`, but
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`flatpak-builder` should be the same.
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## Build and Install
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Once you have `flatpak` and `flatpak-builder` installed:
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Build and Install the Base App
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```
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git clone git://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage.git
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cd PyBitmessage/
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git submodule update --init --recursive
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flatpak-builder --install --install-deps-from=flathub --force-clean --state-dir=build/.flatpak-builder build/_baseApp packages/flatpak/org.bitmessage.BaseApp.json
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```
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This will install the base app to your local flatpak user repository, it
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takes a while to compile because Qt4 and PyQt4 have to be build, among others. But this is only required once.
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Now Build and Install PyBitmessage App
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```
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flatpak-builder --install --install-deps-from=flathub --force-clean --state-dir=build/.flatpak-builder build/_PyBit packages/flatpak/org.bitmessage.PyBitmessage.json
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```
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# Run
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When installation is done you can launch PyBitmessage via the **command line**:
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`flatpak run org.bitmessage.PyBitmessage`
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Flatpak also exports a `.desktop` file, so you should be able to find and launch
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PyBitmessage via the **application launcher** of your Desktop (Gnome, KDE, ...).
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# Export
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You can create a single file "bundle", which allows you to copy and install the
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PyBitmessage flatpak on other devices of the same architecture as the build machine.
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## Create a local flatpak repository
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```
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flatpak-builder --repo=build/_flatpak_repo --force-clean --state-dir=build/.flatpak-builder build/_PyBit packages/flatpak/org.bitmessage.PyBitmessage.json
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```
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This will create a local flatpak repository in `build/_flatpak_repo/`.
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## Hosting the repository
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Place the `_flatpak_repo/` repo directory in the same directory as the dockerfile i.e `packages/flatpak/dockerfile`
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Build and run the docker image
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```
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sudo docker build -t repo-server:latest .
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sudo docker run -d -p 5000:5000 repo-server
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```
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## Installing PyBitmessage from repo-server
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Add the repository
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```
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sudo flatpak remote-add --no-gpg-verify pybitmessage http://localhost:5000/repo
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```
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Install and Run the app
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```
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sudo flatpak install test org.bitmessage.PyBitmessage
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flatpak run org.bitmessage.PyBitmessage
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```
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## Create a bundle
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```
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flatpak build-bundle build/_flatpak_repo build/pybitmessage.flatpak org.bitmessage.PyBitmessage
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```
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This will create a `pybitmessage.flatpak` bundle file in the `build/` directory.
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This bundle can be copied to other systems or installed locally:
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```
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flatpak install pybitmessage.flatpak
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```
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The application can be run using flatpak:
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```
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flatpak run org.bitmessage.PyBitmessage
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```
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It can then be uninstalled with this command:
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```
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flatpak uninstall org.bitmessage.PyBitmessage
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```
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This way of building an application is very convenient when preparing flatpaks
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for testing on another system of the same processor architecture.
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## Cleanup
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If you want to free up disk space you can remove the `Sdk` runtime again:
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`flatpak uninstall org.freedesktop.Sdk//19.08`
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You can also delete the `build` directory again.
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