Update version

[MartinIIoT]

Hello,
is it possible to update Flatpak package (https://flathub.org/apps/details/cc.arduino.arduinoide) to 1.8.15 and distribute every latest version to this repository?

Thank you

[A6GibKm]

Yes, of course. I am currently a bit low on time, this would be an easy (but somewhat tedious¹) contribution if you want to try it. It is basically replacing https://github.com/flathub/cc.arduino.arduinoide/blob/master/cc.arduino.arduinoide.json#L86 with the correct number and sha256sum, and repeat that for any modules that are required by the IDE. The good side, is that when the build requires a newer version, the build will fail telling you which version is needed.

1. This is due to the large amount of dependencies.

[MartinIIoT]

Thanks for your reply. And it is possible to write short manual how to build it (I can try contribute)?

[A6GibKm]

First you need to get a bit familiarized with flatpak-builder, a naive but effective way to build this would be to go to the manifest and update L86 both with the new url and sha256sum for the tar.xz, then run

flatpak-builder builddir cc.arduino.arduinoide.json --force-clean --user --install

where the last 2 flags tell that you want to install it (to test it) as an user if it succeeds. The build most likely than not will fail telling you that module X with version Y was not found and you will have to update that as well on the manifest, then repeat. There should be somewhere a place with the new dependencies required for the version, but I don't remember where it was.

can try contribute

Please do.

[A6GibKm]

See 4f2f562 for a concrete update.