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Builds of Minetest for the Linux cross distro flatpak package format.
No deps required except flatpak (and the Freedesktop platform).

Download Minetest-0.4.15.flatpak

Installation of the freedesktop platform:



Installation works like:


Then you can run it using:


The build script is at: https://github.com/est31/minetest-flatpak

This is semi-official as right now I am experimenting a bit and trying to find out how to do stuff in the best way. Long term goal is an official minetest flatpak repo and attaching the flatpak files to the releases like we do already with windows builds.

Thank you for your excellent work.
Your instructions were perfect!
I look forward to you making a ppa available.

Will there be an updated version for 0.4.15?

Yes, I'll try to make an update for 0.4.15 next week.

est31 wrote:Yes, I'll try to make an update for 0.4.15 next week.

Thank you, my server admin is asking me to update my client and snap does not work on LinuxMint 18.1

Hi,

Good work est31, i tried your flatpak of Minetest 0.4.14 and it's good to see this kind of thing :)

For the installation : no problem

But when the game is running, after several minutes im disconnecting and can see this error message in the logs :


I never saw this message before, and I don't see it when im running from my self source compiled 0.4.14 stable version of Minetest.

I hope it can help you to improve your flatpak :)

Okay, now the flatpak was updated to the Minetest 0.4.15 release. Enjoy!

But when the game is running, after several minutes im disconnecting and can see this error message in the logs :

This looks like a network problem, but in theory it should have the same network quality in your self compiled source vs. the flatpak build.

When I run the following I get the error shown


How do I upgrade flatpak 0.4.14 to 0.4.15?

I tried running the following and everything else I parse out of the Flatpak docs, but I am unable to upgrade my 0.4.14 install.



I then tried to download and install the new version, but the following was returned:


Error in Download Path
v1.0 in the path should be changed to v2.0

Corrected path


Rather than poking in the dark, I will wait for your upgrade instructions.

v1.0 in the path should be changed to v2.0

Thanks! I'll change it.

You will have to do "flatpak uninstall --user net.minetest.app" before installing the new version. The settings should be preserved, as they reside in ~/.minetest.

Flatpack support is wonderfull idea.

Could you also provide http://appimage.org/ support.

est31 wrote:

v1.0 in the path should be changed to v2.0

Thanks! I'll change it.

You will have to do "flatpak uninstall --user net.minetest.app" before installing the new version. The settings should be preserved, as they reside in ~/.minetest.

Thanks, that did it. I had tried something very similar, but did not have the syntax quite right.

Is there a way to utilize the Minetest daily build ppa with your flatpak script?

The ppa itself can't be utilized, as its a different technology, but you can set the minetest and minetest_game repos to a different commit. This though will require updating some hashes, etc. It has to be repeated each time you will want to get an update, so is not the most simple way to update.