feat: ease customization by reading flatpaks and rpms to install from a recipe.yml.

Containerfile

@@ -13,8 +13,26 @@ COPY usr /usr
 
 COPY ublue-firstboot /usr/bin
 
+COPY recipe.yml /etc/ublue-recipe.yml
+
+# https://github.com/TomWright/dasel is a single-binary program used for reading the recipe.yml.
+# It is not available as an rpm.
+RUN curl -sSLf "$(curl -sSLf https://api.github.com/repos/tomwright/dasel/releases/latest | grep browser_download_url | grep linux_amd64 | grep -v .gz | cut -d\" -f 4)" -L -o /usr/bin/dasel && \
+    chmod +x /usr/bin/dasel
+
 RUN rpm-ostree override remove firefox firefox-langpacks && \
-    rpm-ostree install distrobox gnome-tweaks just vte291-gtk4-devel vanilla-first-setup && \
+    rpm-ostree install vte291-gtk4-devel vanilla-first-setup && \
+
+    echo "-- Installing RPMs defined in recipe.yml --" && \
+    rpm_packages=$(dasel -f /etc/ublue-recipe.yml -r yaml -w json -s 'rpm_packages') && \
+    rpm_packages_count=$(echo $rpm_packages | dasel -r json -s 'len()') && \
+    for i in $( seq 0 $(($rpm_packages_count-1)) ); do \
+        pkg=$(echo $rpm_packages | dasel -r json "[${i}]" | tr -d '"') && \
+        echo "Installing: ${pkg}" && \
+        rpm-ostree install $pkg; \
+    done && \ 
+    echo "---" && \
+
     sed -i 's/#AutomaticUpdatePolicy.*/AutomaticUpdatePolicy=stage/' /etc/rpm-ostreed.conf && \
     systemctl enable rpm-ostreed-automatic.timer && \
     systemctl enable flatpak-system-update.timer && \

etc/justfile

@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ distrobox-ubuntu:
   echo 'Creating Ubuntu distrobox ...'
   distrobox create --image quay.io/toolbx-images/ubuntu-toolbox:22.04 -n ubuntu -Y
 
+install-recipe-flatpaks:
+  flatpaks=$(dasel -f /etc/ublue-recipe.yml -r yaml -w json -s 'flatpaks')
+  flatpaks_count=$(echo $flatpaks | dasel -r json -s 'len()')
+  for i in $(seq 0 $(($flatpaks_count-1))); do
+    pkg=$(echo $flatpaks | dasel -r json "[${i}]" | tr -d '"')
+    echo "# Installing ${pkg}"
+    flatpak install --user --noninteractive flathub $pkg
+  done
+
 setup-flatpaks:
   echo 'Setting up your flatpaks...'
   flatpak install -y --user \\

recipe.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+rpm_packages:
+  - distrobox
+  - gnome-tweaks
+  - just
+flatpaks:
+  - org.mozilla.firefox
+  - org.mozilla.Thunderbird
+  - com.mattjakeman.ExtensionManager
+  - org.libreoffice.LibreOffice
+  - org.gnome.DejaDup
+  - org.gustavoperedo.FontDownloader
+  - com.github.tchx84.Flatseal
+  - io.github.celluloid_player.Celluloid

ublue-firstboot

@@ -55,77 +55,24 @@ if [ "$?" != 0 ] ; then
 fi
 echo "25"
 
-echo "# Installing Firefox"
-/usr/bin/flatpak install --user --noninteractive flathub org.mozilla.firefox
-if [ "$?" != 0 ] ; then
-        zenity --error \
-          --text="Installing Firefox Failed"
-        exit 1
-fi
-echo "30"
+echo "# Installing flatpaks from recipe"
+flatpaks=$(dasel -f /etc/ublue-recipe.yml -r yaml -w json -s 'flatpaks')
+flatpaks_count=$(echo $flatpaks | dasel -r json -s 'len()')
+
+for i in $(seq 0 $(($flatpaks_count-1))); do
+  pkg=$(echo $flatpaks | dasel -r json "[${i}]" | tr -d '"')
+  echo "# Installing ${pkg}"
+  /usr/bin/flatpak install --user --noninteractive flathub $pkg
+  if [ "$?" != 0 ] ; then
+          zenity --error \
+            --text="Installing ${pkg} Failed"
+          exit 1
+  fi
+  # Automatically calculates evenly spaced progess using bc, cuts everything after decimal point.
+  echo "${i}/${flatpaks_count} * (95-30) + 30" | bc -l | cut -d "." -f1 
+done
 
-echo "# Installing Thunderbird"
-/usr/bin/flatpak install --user --noninteractive flathub org.mozilla.Thunderbird
-if [ "$?" != 0 ] ; then
-        zenity --error \
-          --text="Installing Thunderbird Failed"
-        exit 1
-fi
-echo "40"
 
-echo "# Installing Extension Manager"
-/usr/bin/flatpak install --user --noninteractive flathub com.mattjakeman.ExtensionManager
-if [ "$?" != 0 ] ; then
-        zenity --error \
-          --text="Installing Extension Manager Failed"
-        exit 1
-fi
-echo "50"
-
-echo "# Installing LibreOffice"
-/usr/bin/flatpak install --user --noninteractive flathub org.libreoffice.LibreOffice
-if [ "$?" != 0 ] ; then
-        zenity --error \
-          --text="Installing LibreOffice Failed"
-        exit 1
-fi
-echo "70"
-
-echo "# Installing DejaDup Backup"
-/usr/bin/flatpak install --user --noninteractive flathub org.gnome.DejaDup
-if [ "$?" != 0 ] ; then
-        zenity --error \
-          --text="Installing DejaDup Failed"
-        exit 1
-fi
-echo "80"
-
-echo "# Installing Font Downloader"
-/usr/bin/flatpak install --user --noninteractive flathub org.gustavoperedo.FontDownloader
-if [ "$?" != 0 ] ; then
-        zenity --error \
-          --text="Installing FontDownloader Failed"
-        exit 1
-fi
-echo "85"
-
-echo "# Installing Flatseal"
-/usr/bin/flatpak install --user --noninteractive flathub com.github.tchx84.Flatseal
-if [ "$?" != 0 ] ; then
-        zenity --error \
-          --text="Installing Flatseal Failed"
-        exit 1
-fi
-echo "90"
-
-echo "# Installing Celluloid Media Player"
-/usr/bin/flatpak install --user --noninteractive flathub io.github.celluloid_player.Celluloid
-if [ "$?" != 0 ] ; then
-        zenity --error \
-          --text="Installing Celluloid Failed"
-        exit 1
-fi
-echo "95"
 
 echo "Enabling Flatpak auto update"
 /usr/bin/systemctl --user enable --now flatpak-user-update.timer