Snapcraft

image loaders (gdkpixbuf) not easy to integrate

Bug #1576289 reported by Sebastien Bacher
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Bug Description

gtk softwares need gdkpixbuf image loaders to be able to display images (jpg, png, svg, ...)

if you want that to work you need to
- include the loaders
- generate a cache (or ship a static one in the source and copy it)
- include mimetype definition (or a static mime.cache) so the loader knows what image type is needed
- set those environment variable

"# Gdk-pixbuf loaders
export GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE=$SNAP/usr/lib/$ARCH/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache
export GDK_PIXBUF_MODULEDIR=$SNAP/usr/lib/$ARCH/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0"

ideally snapcraft would do that for you

See original description
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
tags: added: snap-desktop-issue
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
description: updated
description: updated
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Leo Arias (elopio) wrote :

Hey seb, shouldn't this be solved with a shared part in the wiki that does that for you?

Changed in snapcraft:
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for Snapcraft because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in snapcraft:
status: Incomplete → Expired
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the desktop launcher handles that, but I'm not sure if the snapcraft team consider having to use a launcher as a proper solution or a temporary one until that's handled by the tools?

Changed in snapcraft:
status: Expired → New
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