[QGIS-Developer] Linux users: wanna flatpak?

[Richard Duivenvoorde]

FYI:

https://github.com/flathub/org.qgis.qgis/issues/59

As I reckon there are not too many flatpak users around here in qgis dev

Regards,

Richard Duivenvoorde

On 5/28/20 1:27 PM, Bernd Vogelgesang wrote:
> 
> 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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