Add the program to linux package managers?

[joaogelado]

Can we add the program to package managers like apt, pac-man and others? Would be convenient to the user and updates are managed automatically

[TechStudent10]

Is there any way to do that with a Python app. If so, please provide an example.

[miquelfire]

The package just needs to produce the end result of the install(_full).sh file. Some of what the install file does is already done by the package manager (like install Python 3, and other tools that this tool needs). The only thing you'll need is to install the program itself somewhere and allow it to run.

I think the main issue might be where the program will store the config files when installed this way. It seems to want to put the files in the working directory, and not a central location.

[TechStudent10]

Like in a dotfile config, so create a folder called .ytspampurge or something then place the configs in there.

[miquelfire]

The issue is that the program doesn't attempt to make a central location like the user's home folder to store stuff. If install via package a package manager, then the user could end up with 20 .ytspampurge folders because somehow they have 20 folders they start the program in.

[AirplaneA220]

he could use a sh script to pull the files from the repository I think, idk if it runs automatically if you do it that way tho

[joaogelado]

Glances is a package that i'm pretty sure it is based on python

[compsup]

For this to be a possibility the app needs to store config files/temp files in their respective locations. Most likely a dotfile for config, ~/.local/share for data files, etc...

For the technical aspect, what needs to happen is when the program checks for a file (loading, writing, or creating) it needs to check if the system is linux, if it is, create the file in the respective location.

[TechStudent10]

I have figured out the whole package manager stuff. Currently it works fine, but for "Best practice" the config should be stored preferably in a dotfile on Linux. If no one has any objections I will upload the program to the AUR so all arch users can easily install it from there.

pinging @ThioJoe so that he sees this

[Firecul]

If no one has any objections I will upload the program to the AUR [...]

I'd assume ThioJoe would rather do this himself rather than a 3rd party.
I do like the idea of it being easy to access but I've never looked into the various ways to see how doable they are in this case (eg Aur, Flatpak and Snap)

[TechStudent10]

I've never looked into the various ways to see how doable they are in this case (eg Aur, Flatpak and Snap)

I saw a guide on how to publish Snap packages for Ubuntu-based distros. I think I saw a section for Python apps.

[ThioJoe]

If no one has any objections I will upload the program to the AUR [...]

I'd assume ThioJoe would rather do this himself rather than a 3rd party. I do like the idea of it being easy to access but I've never looked into the various ways to see how doable they are in this case (eg Aur, Flatpak and Snap)

I don't have any plans to do this myself but if someone wants to go make an unofficial one that would just be up to them to maintain i guess

[sbordeyne]

For configuration management, I wrote xdgconfig, a python library that handles configuration, which is as simple as instanciating a class to have a config object that will read its data from $XDG_CONFIG_HOME on unix system, and from AppData\Roaming on Windows (since it's where the configs should be stored)

I'd advise against using a .ytspammerpurge directory in the user's home folder because it increases the amount of clutter in the home directory, is harder to backup (compared to ~/.config which is a standard directory), it's not configurable, and windows does not hide files and folders with a leading period (which makes the user's directory filled with clutter as soon as you have a couple of apps made for *nix installed)