Packaging for Gnome Games (libretro frontend)

[murdos]

Project description Games is a GNOME application to browse your video games library and to easily pick and play a game from it. It uses libretro.

Metadata

• homepage URL: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Games
• source URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-games/
• license: gpl3
• platforms: linux

[worldofpeace]

We could probably pick this up with #68318.

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[murdos]

I still think it could be a nice addition to nixos

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[murdos]

Not Stale

[DamienCassou]

I have started working on this:

1. I opened a PR for retro-gtk which is a dependency;
2. I started working on packaging Gnome Games in a dedicated branch.

Feel free to help by reviewing and contributing to the branch.

[DamienCassou]

/cc @NixOS/gnome My branch has a buildable Gnome Games package. Because Gnome Games still depend on Tracker 2 and Gnome ships with Tracker 3, I had to include a derivation for tracker 2. When launching gnome-games, I get an error:

(org.gnome.Games:224080): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: 20:59:12.294: Settings schema 'org.freedesktop.Tracker.FTS' is not installed
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)

I'm not on NixOS and I don't have tracker running so I'm not sure what the next step is.

[jtojnar]

@DamienCassou You are missing wrapGAppsHook as per https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#ssec-gnome-common-issues-missing-schema.

Also, it might be more convenient to use the patch from the PR, otherwise you will also need to install Tracker 2 as systemd service, which requires more plumbing outside of NixOS/home-manager.

[DamienCassou]

Thank you very much for your help @jtojnar: I've updated the branch and the application launches now. I will open a PR when https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/124168 is merged.

[Krutonium]

@DamienCassou Did you ever PR gnome.gnome-games?

[DamienCassou]

@Krutonium: I never did. I still have the patch but now Gnome Games has been renamed to Highscore and the dependencies completely changed (e.g., no more Grilo or Tracker dependencies).

Here is the patch in case you want to work on adapting it:

{ lib
, stdenv
, fetchurl
, fetchpatch
, meson
, ninja
, pkg-config
, vala
, cmake
, libarchive
, glib
, grilo
, libxml2
, gtk3
, libhandy
, libmanette
, retro-gtk
, librsvg
, libsoup
, sqlite
, desktop-file-utils
, appstream-glib
, python3
, tracker
, wrapGAppsHook
}:

stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  pname = "gnome-games";
  version = "40.0";

  src = fetchurl {
    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-games/${lib.versions.major version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
    sha256 = "03yzd97kpkjdzfqp8qx3mqnf9347yk830njam2q78ai9i4zl3k9j";
  };

  patches = [
    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-games/-/merge_requests/424
    (fetchpatch {
      name   = "gnome-games-port-to-tracker3.patch";
      url    = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-games/-/commit/d38e93160a8e16776bb1fdc46f547365d3f2c9ee.patch";
      sha256 = "0k7g7p8spdnvzfg6p9rqbvj5df5yx7wgz0m8w963ls0bv00fp0fc";
    })
  ];

  nativeBuildInputs = [
    meson pkg-config ninja vala cmake glib libxml2 grilo gtk3 libhandy libmanette retro-gtk librsvg
    libsoup sqlite libarchive tracker desktop-file-utils appstream-glib python3 wrapGAppsHook
  ];

  preInstall = ''
    patchShebangs ../build-aux/post_install.py
  '';

  meta = with lib; {
    description = "Simple game launcher for GNOME";
    longDescription = ''
      Just as your music player does, Games shows you all of your
      installed games with their cover art, even Steam and retro
      games, and sorts them by developer or platform.

      Many legacy game platforms are supported and tightly integrated
      into Games' interface. Simply select your preferred video
      filter, grab your gamepad and enjoy your game.

      When you leave an integrated game, your progress is
      automatically saved so you can restart where you left off.
    '';
    homepage = "https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Games";
    changelog = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-games/-/blob/master/NEWS";
    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
    maintainers = [ maintainers.DamienCassou ];
    platforms = platforms.all;
  };
}