Meta Issues (Again)

EvilSupahFly · October 14, 2024, 2:41pm

Having resolved the initial issue of “stupid typo” in my last post, I have now encountered a new error:

Composing metadata...
Run failed, some data was ignored.
Errors were raised during this compose run:
general
  E: filters-but-no-output

io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak
  E: file-read-error
Refer to the generated issue report data for details on the individual problems.
Error: ERROR: appstreamcli compose failed: Child process exited with code 1

[2024-10-14 09:58:15] ERROR: flatpak-builder failed.

I fixed the mismatched ID and tried to build the flatpak again, but it started complaining about not having a .desktop or icon, so I added them and updated my XML and YML sources accordingly (pasted below).

I’ve read through the Desktop Integration docs, the Metainfo Guidelines pages, and to be sure I was following the expected conventions, I read through Requirements & Conventions, but I’m still somehow missing something.

I initially didn’t change the YML, but that caused an error, so I added the .desktop and icon lines to the existing metadata-xml section. When that failed, I gave them their own sections, and that too failed.

New XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<component type="desktop-application">
  <id>io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak</id>
  
  <name>Amulet Map Editor - Flatpak Edition</name>
  <summary>Amulet is a Minecraft world editor that allows users to modify and create worlds with ease</summary>
  
  <metadata_license>FTL</metadata_license>
  <project_license>AGPL-3.0-or-later</project_license>
  
  <description>
    <p>
      Amulet is a simple, yet powerful, world editor for modifying Minecraft saved worlds.
    </p>
  </description>
  <developer id="io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak">
    <name>Amulet Developer: Team Amulet</name>
    <name>Flatpak Developer: EvilSupahFly</name>
  </developer>
  <url type="homepage">https://github.com/amulet-Team/Amulet-Map-Editor/</url>
  <url type="vcs-browser">https://github.com/EvilSupahFly/Amulet-Flatpak/</url>
  <releases>
    <release version="0.10.36" date="2024-01-18">
      <url type="details">https://github.com/EvilSupahFly/Amulet-Flatpak/releases/tag/0.10.36</url>
    </release>
  </releases>
  <launchable type="desktop-id">io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.desktop</launchable>
  <icon type="stock">io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.png</icon>
  <content_rating type="oars-1.0">
    <content_attribute id="social-chat">moderate</content_attribute>
  </content_rating>

  <categories>
    <category>Game</category>
    <category>KidsGame</category>
  </categories>
  
</component>

New YML:

id: io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak
name: Amulet Map Editor
version: 0.10.36
runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform
runtime-version: '24.08'
sdk: org.freedesktop.Sdk
command: amulet_map_editor

finish-args:
  - --device=all
  - --share=network
  - --share=ipc
  - --socket=fallback-x11
  - --socket=wayland
  - --filesystem=home:persistent
  - --filesystem=~/.cache:persistent
  - --filesystem=host:create
  - --env=LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE="0"
  - --env=OPENGL_VERSION=3.3
  - --env=OPENGL_LIB=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so
  - --env=PYTHONDEBUG=3
  - --env=PYTHONVERBOSE=3
  - --env=PYTHONTRACEMALLOC=10
modules:
  - shared-modules/glew/glew.json
  - shared-modules/glu/glu-9.json
  - pip-gen.yaml
  - name: metainfo-xml
    buildsystem: simple
    build-commands:
      - install -Dm644 io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.metainfo.xml -t ${FLATPAK_DEST}/share/metainfo/
    sources:
      - type: file
        path: io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.metainfo.xml
  - name: metainfo-ico
    buildsystem: simple
    build-commands:
      - install -Dm644 io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.png -t ${FLATPAK_DEST}/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.png
    sources:
      - type: file
        path: io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.png
  - name: metainfo-desktop
    buildsystem: simple
    build-commands:
      - install -Dm755 io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.desktop -t ${FLATPAK_DEST}/share/applications/io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.desktop
    sources:
      - type: file
        path: io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.desktop

versioning:
  auto-increment: true

The files exist in the root folder of the project, along side the XML file. I also created the directory structures under share thinking that would resolve this, but that didn’t help either.

Please tell me I didn’t miss something stupidly obvious again like last time… Is there a means by which I can obtain a more detailed log upon failure?

hub · October 14, 2024, 2:53pm

Not sure which bit of the documentation said version is a valid field here. but it is wrong.

hub · October 14, 2024, 2:54pm

Same for this. And flatpak-builder probably tells you

hub · October 14, 2024, 2:55pm

Without seeing the desktop file it’s hard to guess. Check the icon name in there. It’s probably incorrect.

bbhtt · October 14, 2024, 3:00pm

-t does not require the filename at the end, only the target directory, It should be

- install -Dm644 io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.png -t ${FLATPAK_DEST}/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/

EvilSupahFly · October 14, 2024, 3:11pm

The version entries were mentioned in the “building your first flatpak” doc I read last year when I first started taking an interest in Flatpak after all the controversy surrounding Snap. I can’t find the original document I read at that time, but that’s where I got the foundation for my initial manifest.

As for the desktop file… The filename is io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.desktop and the contents were auto-generated by the AppStream Project.

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application

Name=Amulet Minecraft Map Editor (Flatpak Edition)
Comment=A powerful map editor for Minecraft worlds
Categories=Game;KidsGame;

Icon=io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.png
Exec=flatpak run io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak
Terminal=true
Name[en_CA]=io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.desktop

I went back a looked at the guide pages and apparently I misread the docs.

So I’m # out the version stuff, and taking out the filenames in the metainfo entries:

  - name: metainfo-xml
    buildsystem: simple
    build-commands:
      - install -Dm644 io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.metainfo.xml -t ${FLATPAK_DEST}/share/metainfo/
    sources:
      - type: file
        path: io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.metainfo.xml
  - name: metainfo-ico
    buildsystem: simple
    build-commands:
      - install -Dm644 io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.png -t ${FLATPAK_DEST}/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/
    sources:
      - type: file
        path: io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.png
  - name: metainfo-desktop
    buildsystem: simple
    build-commands:
      - install -Dm755 io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.desktop -t ${FLATPAK_DEST}/share/applications/
    sources:
      - type: file
        path: io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.desktop

… I’m still wondering if there’s a way to get a better error report though. Granted, taking on something like Amulet for my first Flatpak project was probably not the best idea…

hub · October 14, 2024, 3:24pm

It’s the icon name that should be here, not the icon file name. So no extension. Because you can also have a SVG

hub · October 14, 2024, 3:25pm

I doubt this is in our documentation. flatpak-builder even tells you.

EvilSupahFly · October 14, 2024, 3:31pm

Ever since Day One, it’s complained about that, but it never failed with a fatal exit, so I assumed it was just some verbose debug output.

EvilSupahFly · October 14, 2024, 3:36pm

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application

Name=Amulet Minecraft Map Editor (Flatpak Edition)
Comment=A powerful map editor for Minecraft worlds
Categories=Game;KidsGame;

Icon=io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak
Exec=flatpak run io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak
Terminal=true
Name[en_CA]=io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.desktop

I’ve removed the .png in the .desktop file, but I should leave it in the XML, right?

  </releases>
  <launchable type="desktop-id">io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.desktop</launchable>
  <icon type="stock">io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak.png</icon>
  <content_rating type="oars-1.0">

hub · October 14, 2024, 3:43pm

you should remove the icon entry in the appstream file. Otherwise, yes it’s also wrong to put the extension there.

EvilSupahFly · October 14, 2024, 4:49pm

Thanks a ton, guys!

io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak permissions:
    ipc	network	fallback-x11	wayland	x11	devices	file access [1]	tags [2]

    [1] home, host:create, ~/.cache
    [2] 


 1.	   	io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak	master	i	amulet_flatpak-origin	0 bytes


Installing…
F: No checksum specified, getting tip of app/io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak/x86_64/master from origin amulet_flatpak-origin
F: tip resolved to: 4db410ea2a30edaf4af2cd74dd1627d5b91729d4c64c33d2fcd214c008247e1d
F: Getting parental controls details for app/io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak/x86_64/master from amulet_flatpak-origin
F: Skipping parental controls check for app/io.github.evilsupahfly.amulet_flatpak/x86_64/master since parental controls are disabled globally
F: running triggers from /usr/share/flatpak/triggers
F: running trigger desktop-database.trigger
F: Running 'bwrap --unshare-ipc --unshare-net --unshare-pid --ro-bind / / --proc /proc --dev /dev --bind /home/evilsupahfly/.local/share/flatpak /home/evilsupahfly/.local/share/flatpak -- /usr/share/flatpak/triggers/desktop-database.trigger /home/evilsupahfly/.local/share/flatpak'
F: running trigger gtk-icon-cache.trigger
F: Running 'bwrap --unshare-ipc --unshare-net --unshare-pid --ro-bind / / --proc /proc --dev /dev --bind /home/evilsupahfly/.local/share/flatpak /home/evilsupahfly/.local/share/flatpak -- /usr/share/flatpak/triggers/gtk-icon-cache.trigger /home/evilsupahfly/.local/share/flatpak'
F: running trigger mime-database.trigger
F: Running 'bwrap --unshare-ipc --unshare-net --unshare-pid --ro-bind / / --proc /proc --dev /dev --bind /home/evilsupahfly/.local/share/flatpak /home/evilsupahfly/.local/share/flatpak -- /usr/share/flatpak/triggers/mime-database.trigger /home/evilsupahfly/.local/share/flatpak'
F: Pruning repo
F: Pruned 204395/0 objects, size 0 bytes
Installation complete.

[2024-10-14 12:45:05] SUCCESS: flatpak install succeeded!