panda3d-flatpak

NOTE ========================================================================== This works on Linux only. INSTALLATION ================================================================== pip install panda3d-flatpak USAGE ========================================================================= In your setup.py file, add the following: from direct.dist.commands import bdist_apps from p3d_flatpak import FlatpakBuilder class BDistAppsCmd(bdist_apps): def run(self): bdist_apps.run(self) bld = FlatpakBuilder( self, 'com.yourCompany.YourProject', '/home/you/path/to/flatpak_repo', 'D43B...B5', '/home/you/path/to/gpg', 'http://www.yourdomain.org/flatpak') bld.build() setup( ... cmdclass={"bdist_apps": BDistAppsCmd}, ... ) This article (https://blogs.gnome.org/alexl/2017/02/10/maintaining-a-flatpak-repository/) contains a section which explains how to create GPG keys for signing Flatpak repos. UPDATES ======================================================================= If you built a Flatpak repo, and later you modify your code and execute 'python setup.py bdist_apps' again, your Flatpak repo will be updated. So, your users can do their 'flatpak update' command to update your project. EXAMPLE ======================================================================= Let's build a Flatpak repository for the Panda3D's Asteroids example. First of all, create your GPG key (look at the article cited earlier). Modify the file setup.py (https://github.com/panda3d/panda3d/blob/master/samples/asteroids/setup.py) adding these lines: from direct.dist.commands import bdist_apps from p3d_flatpak import FlatpakBuilder class BDistAppsCmd(bdist_apps): def run(self): bdist_apps.run(self) bld = FlatpakBuilder( self, 'org.panda3d.Asteroids', '/home/you/panda3d/samples/asteroids/dist/flatpak_repo', 'D43B...B5', '/home/you/path/to/gpg', 'file:///home/you/panda3d/samples/asteroids/dist/flatpak_repo') bld.build() setup( ... cmdclass={"bdist_apps": BDistAppsCmd}, ... ) Then, launch the standard Panda3D build command: python setup.py bdist_apps At the end of the process, you will get the builds created by Panda3D, your Flatpak repository in dist/flatpak_repo/ and a .flatpakref file in dist/. Let's install Asteroids: flatpak --user install file:///home/you/panda3d/samples/asteroids/dist/asteroids-stable.flatpakref Let's run Asteroids: flatpak run org.panda3d.Asteroids Now, you can delete build/ and dist/, then you can rebuild it changing the URL (from file:///... to https://...), so you can use it online (in place of locally): just upload the repo to the path you specified and the .flatpakref somewhere and everything should work.