Install: Build a Linux binary

[davidfstr]

Either:

• Build a single binary that works on all supported Linux distributions (Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora/Red Hat) 👈(preferred approach)
  • Choose one of:
    • [ ] Snap - circa Nov 2015 👈 (recommend)
      • The Snap format has been heavily promoted by Ubuntu
      • See the Snapcraft tool, which can be used to build binaries for the Snap Store
    • [ ] Flatpak - circa Sep 2015
    • [ ] AppImage - circa 2004 Superceded by Flatpak
• Build a binary for each major distribution:
  • [ ] Debian/Ubuntu - .deb package
    • [ ] (Bonus) Publish to Debian package repository (#90)
  • [ ] Fedora/Red Hat - .rpm package
    • [ ] (Bonus) Publish to Fedora package repository (#91)

[davidfstr]

Building a Snap

• Really want the package name and binary name to be the same, ideally: "crystal"

  

• However it looks like somebody has already taken the package name "crystal" in the Snap ecosystem: