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ci: build AppImage with linuxdeploy #525

ci: build AppImage with linuxdeploy

ci: build AppImage with linuxdeploy #525

Workflow file for this run

name: Build for Linux
on:
# Enable manual run
workflow_dispatch:
push:
tags:
- "**"
branches:
- "**"
paths:
- .github/workflows/linux.yml
- appimage/AppImageBuilder.yml
jobs:
build-linux:
strategy:
fail-fast: false
matrix:
arch:
- runs-on: ubuntu-latest
cache-name: saber
target-platform: linux-x64
flutter-output-folder: build/linux/x64/release/bundle
archive-suffix: x86_64
linuxdeploy-exe: linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage
- runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
cache-name: saberarm64
target-platform: linux-arm64
flutter-output-folder: build/linux/arm64/release/bundle
archive-suffix: arm64
linuxdeploy-exe: linuxdeploy-aarch64.AppImage
runs-on: ${{ matrix.arch.runs-on }}
permissions:
contents: write
timeout-minutes: 20
name: Build Linux (${{ matrix.arch.target-platform }})
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v6
- uses: "./.github/shared_workflows/install_apt_dependencies"
- name: Setup cache
uses: actions/cache@v5
with:
path: |
.dart_tool/
build/
linux/flutter/ephemeral/
macos/Flutter/ephemeral/
windows/flutter/ephemeral/
.flutter-plugins-dependencies
key: ${{ runner.OS }}-${{ matrix.arch.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('**/pubspec.lock') }}-${{ hashFiles('**/*.dart') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.OS }}-${{ matrix.arch.cache-name }}-
- name: Setup Flutter
uses: adil192/setup-flutter-submodule@v1
with:
flutter-path: submodules/flutter
- name: Disable Flutter CLI animations
run: flutter config --no-cli-animations
- run: flutter pub get
- name: Remove proprietary dependencies
run: ./patches/remove_proprietary_dependencies.sh
- name: Remove development dependencies
run: ./patches/remove_dev_dependencies.sh
- name: Build Linux (${{ matrix.arch.target-platform }})
run: |
flutter build linux \
--target-platform ${{ matrix.arch.target-platform }} \
- name: Compress Flutter build
id: compress
run: |
buildName=$(grep -oP "(?<=buildName = ').*(?=')" lib/data/version.dart)
archiveName="Saber_v${buildName}_Linux_${{ matrix.arch.archive-suffix }}.tar.gz"
echo "archiveName=$archiveName" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
mkdir -p AppDir
mv ${{ matrix.arch.flutter-output-folder }}/* AppDir
chmod +x AppDir/saber
install -Dm644 flatpak/com.adilhanney.saber.metainfo.xml -t AppDir/share/metainfo/
install -Dm644 assets/icon/icon_linux.svg AppDir/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/com.adilhanney.saber.svg
install -Dm644 flatpak/com.adilhanney.saber.desktop -t AppDir/share/applications/
tar -C AppDir -czvf $archiveName .
- name: Upload artifact
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
with:
name: Saber-Archive-${{ matrix.arch.archive-suffix }}
path: ${{ steps.compress.outputs.archiveName }}
- name: Upload to GitHub release
uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') }}
with:
repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
file: ${{ steps.compress.outputs.archiveName }}
# Now build AppImage
- name: Install FUSE
run: |
sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo apt-get install libfuse2t64
- name: Prepare AppDir for AppImage
run: |
rm -rf linux/AppImage/AppDir/
# Copy flutter bundle into AppDir/usr/bin/
mkdir -p linux/AppImage/AppDir/usr/bin/
cp -R AppDir/* linux/AppImage/AppDir/usr/bin/
# Move share folder to usr/share
mv linux/AppImage/AppDir/usr/bin/share linux/AppImage/AppDir/usr/
# Set environment variables for linuxdeploy
echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/linux/AppImage/AppDir/usr/bin/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
echo 'UPDATE_INFORMATION=gh-releases-zsync|saber-notes|saber|latest|Saber-*-${{ matrix.arch.archive-suffix }}.AppImage.zsync' >> $GITHUB_ENV
- name: Install linuxdeploy
working-directory: linux/AppImage
run: |
wget https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy/releases/latest/download/${{ matrix.arch.linuxdeploy-exe }}
chmod +x ${{ matrix.arch.linuxdeploy-exe }}
- name: Build AppImage
working-directory: linux/AppImage
run: ./${{ matrix.arch.linuxdeploy-exe }} --appdir AppDir --output appimage
- run: tree linux/AppImage -L 3
- name: Rename AppImage
run: |
buildName=$(grep -oP "(?<=buildName = ').*(?=')" lib/data/version.dart)
mv linux/AppImage/Saber-*.AppImage linux/AppImage/Saber-${buildName}-${{ matrix.arch.archive-suffix }}.AppImage
mv linux/AppImage/Saber-*.AppImage.zsync linux/AppImage/Saber-${buildName}-${{ matrix.arch.archive-suffix }}.AppImage.zsync
- name: Upload artifact
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
with:
name: AppImage artifact (${{ matrix.arch.target-platform }})
path: linux/AppImage/Saber-*.AppImage*
- name: Upload to GitHub release
uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') }}
with:
repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
file: linux/AppImage/Saber-*.AppImage*
file_glob: true