[QGIS-Developer] Linux users: wanna flatpak?

[Bernd Vogelgesang]

On 28.05.20 12:48, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote:
> Hi Bernd,
>
> I do not know how to fix this, but I would create an issue at the
> flatpak repo:
>
> https://github.com/flathub/org.qgis.qgis/issues
>
> They are rather responsive.
> In here:
> https://github.com/flathub/org.qgis.qgis/issues/28#issuecomment-587224383
> It looks like you can run python (so pip?) command within your flatpak
> environment (which is different then your default qgis profile envirnoment).
>
> If you find out, please report back so we can update the flatpak
> instructions on the download page.
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Duivenvoorde
>
Hi Richard,

actually, I do not intend to fumble myself deeper in this stuff, but
have the hope that some more enlightened people could give some more
detailed instructions how to proceed the before-mentioned workaround.
So, maybe 5 sentences on the matter might be better than only the one
given so far.

Cheers,

Bernd

>
> On 5/28/20 12:22 PM, Bernd Vogelgesang wrote:
>> On 30.09.18 11:39, Daniele Viganò wrote:
>>> Thanks Aleix and the other devs for the excellent work!
>>>
>>> I confirm that it's working well, at least on my Fedora 28 and 29beta.
>>>
>>> I had only issues with plugins that are requiring extra Python
>>> dependencies which are not available in the flatpak image (like scipy
>>> and matplotlib).
>>> I was able to find a workaround which is to extract the corresponding
>>> python wheels (for the proper python version, cp35) in the python
>>> folder under the application user storage (which is located under
>>> $HOME/.var/); that path is already part of sys.path.
>>>
>>> There's any better way to address that?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Daniele
>>>
>> Sorry for digging up this old thread, but as after upgrading QGIS, my
>> normal install on Linux Mint is (again) gone, so a I fell back on the
>> flatpak version which I installed recently to try.
>>
>> Now I luckily found this thread dealing with missing python modules in
>> flatpak.
>> I tried to install "Distant measurement styles" via the Resource Sharing
>> plugin.
>>
>> This did not work, cause "urlib3" is missing.
>>
>> Could someone elaborate more on that python wheels stuff and where to
>> install what (exactly) to add missing python dependencies to the flatpak?
>>  From what I read, I only understood half and I would like to keep at
>> least one functional QGIS version.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Bernd
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> ---
>>> Daniele Viganò
>>> http://daniele.vigano.me
>>>
>>> On mobile, please excuse my brevity.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 29, 2018, 18:12 Richard Duivenvoorde <rdmailings at duif.net
>>> <mailto:rdmailings at duif.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>      Hi,
>>>
>>>      Thanks to some devs and Aleix Pol @aleixpol in particular, there is a
>>>      (for me working!) flatpak available for QGIS 3.2.x on flathub:
>>>
>>>      https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.qgis.qgis
>>>
>>>      Short intro:
>>>      https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/alldownloads.html#flatpak
>>>
>>>      Try test and create issues here
>>>      https://github.com/flathub/org.qgis.qgis
>>>      if you encounter some flathub related issues..
>>>
>>>      I think it is a nice addition for fresh Linux users to easily install
>>>      and try out QGIS, independent of lib/qt/gdal/whatever versions
>>>
>>>      Regards,
>>>
>>>      Richard Duivenvoorde
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