flare - need help - package did not install
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Using Linux Mint 22.2 amd64
wanna get flare on ubuntu touch
was able to build a package but can not install ithere is what I did:
git clone https://gitlab.com/schmiddi-on-mobile/flare
modify and files
sudo apt-get install librust-gsk4-sys-dev
sudo apt-get install protobuf-compiler
sudo apt-get install librust-libadwaita-sys-dev
sudo apt-get install librust-libadwaita-sys-de
sudo apt-get install librust-libadwaita-sys-dev
sudo apt install pkg-config libgtksourceview-5-dev
sudo apt install pkg-config libadwaita-1-devsudo apt-get install libxml2-utils
sudo apt install python3-pippip3 install --user clickable-ut pip3 install --user clickable-ut
sudo apt install -y
meson ninja-build cargo rustc
libgtk-4-dev libadwaita-1-dev
libglib2.0-dev libsqlite3-dev
libssl-dev libdbus-1-dev
gettext blueprint-compiler
pkg-config./build-click-package.sh armhf
./build-click-package.sh arm64
./build-click-package.sh aarch64
Copy to device
scp build/armhf/*.click phablet@device-ip:~/
SSH to device and install
ssh phablet@device-ip
pkcon install-local --allow-untrusted *.clickexample:
pkcon install-local --allow-untrusted flare.schmidhuberj_0.17.2_arm64.click
at this point the install hang

here is the hole folder as zip
https://gitlab.com/-/project/37464215/uploads/e1d86ce5da7c42508c1fee6e007d7a83/flare.tar.gz
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I could cross-build now before it was amd64 insted of aarch64
but did not start because lib: libgtksourceview-5.so.0 missing
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C CiberSheep moved this topic from General
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could compile it
installed itbut when run direct on the smartphone it hang
if login ssh -CY phablet@10.42.0.1
and run then, gut the GUI
Dockerfile
FROM ubuntu:24.04 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive # First, update and install basic tools RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \ curl \ ca-certificates \ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* # Configure repositories properly RUN rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources && \ echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble main restricted universe multiverse" > /etc/apt/sources.list && \ echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && \ echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && \ echo "" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && \ echo "deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ noble main restricted universe multiverse" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && \ echo "deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && \ echo "deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse" >> /etc/apt/sources.list # Enable arm64 architecture RUN dpkg --add-architecture arm64 # Update and install dependencies RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \ build-essential \ crossbuild-essential-arm64 \ git \ meson \ ninja-build \ pkg-config \ blueprint-compiler \ desktop-file-utils \ gobject-introspection \ libgirepository1.0-dev \ gir1.2-gtk-4.0 \ gir1.2-adw-1 \ gir1.2-gtksource-5 \ libglib2.0-bin \ libglib2.0-dev \ protobuf-compiler \ libglib2.0-dev:arm64 \ libgtk-4-dev:arm64 \ libadwaita-1-dev:arm64 \ libpango1.0-dev:arm64 \ libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev:arm64 \ libcairo2-dev:arm64 \ libgtksourceview-5-dev:arm64 \ gettext \ python3-pip \ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* # Fix: Replace ARM64 glib-compile-schemas with wrapper to native version RUN if [ -f /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/glib-compile-schemas ]; then \ mv /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/glib-compile-schemas \ /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/glib-compile-schemas.arm64 && \ echo '#!/bin/bash\nexec /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/glib-compile-schemas "$@"' \ > /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/glib-compile-schemas && \ chmod +x /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/glib-compile-schemas; \ fi # Add this near the end of your Dockerfile, before WORKDIR RUN pip3 install --break-system-packages clickable-ut # Install Rust RUN curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y ENV PATH="/root/.cargo/bin:${PATH}" # Add aarch64 Rust target RUN rustup target add aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu # Configure Cargo RUN mkdir -p /root/.cargo && \ echo '[target.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]' >> /root/.cargo/config.toml && \ echo 'linker = "aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc"' >> /root/.cargo/config.toml # Set pkg-config paths for Cargo ENV PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR=/ ENV PKG_CONFIG_PATH= ENV PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig ENV PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_CROSS=1 # CRITICAL: Force Cargo to build for aarch64 ENV CARGO_BUILD_TARGET=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu # Create simpler cargo wrapper RUN mv /root/.cargo/bin/cargo /root/.cargo/bin/cargo-real && \ cat > /root/.cargo/bin/cargo << 'EOFWRAPPER' #!/bin/bash case "$1" in build) if [[ "$*" != *"--target"* ]]; then /root/.cargo/bin/cargo-real "$@" --target aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu result=$? if [ $result -eq 0 ] && [ -n "$CARGO_TARGET_DIR" ] && [ -f "$CARGO_TARGET_DIR/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/flare" ]; then mkdir -p "$CARGO_TARGET_DIR/release" cp "$CARGO_TARGET_DIR/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/flare" "$CARGO_TARGET_DIR/release/flare" fi exit $result fi ;; esac exec /root/.cargo/bin/cargo-real "$@" EOFWRAPPER RUN chmod +x /root/.cargo/bin/cargo # Create pkg-config wrapper RUN echo '#!/bin/bash\n\ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=\n\ export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig\n\ export PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR=/\n\ exec pkg-config "$@"' > /usr/local/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-pkg-config && \ chmod +x /usr/local/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-pkg-config WORKDIR /buildaarch64-cross.txt
[binaries] c = 'aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc' cpp = 'aarch64-linux-gnu-g++' ar = 'aarch64-linux-gnu-ar' strip = 'aarch64-linux-gnu-strip' pkg-config = 'aarch64-linux-gnu-pkg-config' rust = ['rustc', '--target', 'aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu'] [properties] sys_root = '/usr/aarch64-linux-gnu' [built-in options] pkg_config_path = '/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig' [host_machine] system = 'linux' cpu_family = 'aarch64' cpu = 'aarch64' endian = 'little' [build_machine] system = 'linux' cpu_family = 'x86_64' cpu = 'x86_64' endian = 'little'docker build -t flare-builder .
[docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/build flare-builder bash -c "
# Install clickable in the container
pip3 install clickable-ut# Build the click package cd /build clickable build --arch arm64 clickable click-build --arch arm64"
docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/build flare-builder bash -c "
cd /buildapt-get update && apt-get install -y click patchelf rm -rf click-package mkdir -p click-package/usr/bin mkdir -p click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu # Copy binary cp builddir/src/flare click-package/usr/bin/flare-bin chmod +x click-package/usr/bin/flare-bin # Explicitly copy ALL required GTK4/Libadwaita libraries echo 'Copying libraries explicitly...' # Copy each library with all its versions cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libgtksourceview-5.so.0* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || echo 'libgtksourceview-5 not found' cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libgtk-4.so.1* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || echo 'libgtk-4 not found' cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libadwaita-1.so.0* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || echo 'libadwaita-1 not found' cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libgraphene-1.0.so.0* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || echo 'libgraphene not found' cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libpango-1.0.so.0* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libharfbuzz.so.0* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libcairo-gobject.so.2* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libcairo.so.2* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libvulkan.so.1* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libfribidi.so.0* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libpixman-1.so.0* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libpng16.so.16* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libxcb-render.so.0* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libxcb-shm.so.0* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libXrender.so.1* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libwayland-client.so.0* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libwayland-cursor.so.0* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libwayland-egl.so.1* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true cp -v /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libepoxy.so.0* click-package/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ 2>/dev/null || true # Set RPATH patchelf --set-rpath '\$ORIGIN/../../lib/aarch64-linux-gnu' click-package/usr/bin/flare-bin # Create wrapper cat > click-package/usr/bin/flare << 'WRAPPER'#!/bin/bash
SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
APP_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/../.." && pwd)"export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$APP_ROOT/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=ubuntumirclient
export MIR_SOCKET="${MIR_SOCKET:-/run/user/$(id -u)/mir_socket}"if [ -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS" ]; then
export $(dbus-launch)
fiexec "$SCRIPT_DIR/flare-bin" "$@"
WRAPPERchmod +x click-package/usr/bin/flare # Copy icon find data -name '*Flare*.svg' -exec cp {} click-package/flare.svg \; -quit # Create desktop file cat > click-package/flare.desktop << 'DESKTOP'[Desktop Entry]
Name=Flare
Comment=Signal messaging client
Exec=usr/bin/flare
Icon=flare.svg
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Network;InstantMessaging;
X-Ubuntu-Touch=true
DESKTOP# Create manifest cat > click-package/manifest.json << 'MANIFEST'{
"name": "flare.dennisschweiger",
"title": "Flare",
"version": "0.18.6",
"maintainer": "Dennis Schweiger dennis@example.com",
"architecture": "arm64",
"description": "Signal messaging client",
"framework": "ubuntu-sdk-20.04",
"hooks": {
"flare": {
"apparmor": "flare.apparmor",
"desktop": "flare.desktop"
}
}
}
MANIFEST# Create apparmor cat > click-package/flare.apparmor << 'APPARMOR'{
"template": "unconfined",
"policy_groups": [
"networking",
"audio"
]
}
APPARMOR](link url)cd click-package ```echo ''
echo '=== Bundled libraries (first 30) ==='
ls -lah lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ | head -30
echo ''
echo 'Total library files:'
ls -1 lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ | wc -l
echo ''
echo 'Verifying libgtksourceview-5:'
ls -la lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libgtksourceview* || echo 'NOT FOUND!'# Build click build . --no-validate mv *.click ../ cd .. echo '' echo '=== Package created ===' ls -lh *.click"
sudo click unregister --user=phablet flare.dennisschweiger 2>/dev/null || true sudo click install --user=phablet --allow-unauthenticated /home/phablet/flare.dennisschweiger_0.18.6_arm64