OOTB Support Major Distros

[katakombi]

GOAL: goglizer OOTB support for current Mint/Ubuntu/Debian/Manjaro/Fedora "Broken Sword 2.5"

Tests:

1. install/run/uninstall boxed "LifeForce_ASD"
2. download dolmades-cli, cook/serve/del "LifeForce_ASD"

Results

• [X] Mint 19 / Mate - best support as I use it for development :)

TODO --- from here repeat and update:

• [ ] Official Ubuntu Desktop 18.04.1 LTS - GNOME 3 (ugh!)

  • requires sudo apt -y install git python curl
  • No SysTray feature using yad. What to do?
  • Did not have ~/.Xauthority. It works without. FIXME: adapt cook and dolmades

• [ ] Debian Live 9.5 - KDE

  • no systray
  • requires sudo apt -y install git curl
  • Desktop symbol receives no run permissions. These can be given manually by user...

• [ ] Manjaro - XFCE

  • I'm not even able to install git without breaking the system...hmm, download zip and install like that
  • Did not have ~/.Xauthority. It works without. FIXME: adapt cook and dolmades
  • Desktop symbol receives no run permissions. These can be given manually by user...

• [ ] Fedora 29 Workstation - Gnome localized German

  • sudo yum install python2
  • gnome is so advanced it even removed desktop symbols 🤦

General Issues

• [ ] udocker needs curl or pycurl
• [ ] python2 shebang might differ from distro to distro we cover most with python2
• [ ] desktop file doesnt receive exec permissions on some distros (WHY?)
• [ ] git is often needed - change docs to use curl instead!
• [ ] Some WMs might not have systrays
• [ ] Some WMs do not display desktop icons by default
• [ ] Full Screen did not work. Might be due to VirtualBox though...

Create

• a very simple test suite
• make it work out-of-the-box on the most common distros

[katakombi]

support for ubuntu 19.04 has been added!