flatpak-builder is a tool for building flatpaks from sources.
It reads a JSON or YAML based manifest to automatically download, build, and install projects which eventually get exported into a flatpak.
For information on the manifest format see man flatpak-manifest. A JSON Schema for this format is available here.
To use the JSON schema, in an editor with support for schemas, you can include this line in your manifest:
"$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flatpak/flatpak-builder/main/data/flatpak-manifest.schema.json"For information on the command-line tool see man flatpak-builder or the online documentation.
Flatpak-builder uses the Meson build system. To build just do:
meson setup _build
meson install -C _buildConfigure arguments are documented in meson_options.txt.
The flatpak-builder tool requires flatpak being available on the host to
function. Depending on the manifest used it also requires some commands be available on
the host.
Very commonly used:
- sh
- patch
- tar
- cp
- git
- 7z
- unzip
Rarely used:
- rpm2cpio & cpio
- svn
- bzr