Add deb package creation logic.

.gitignore

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ data/
 __pycache__
 build/
 dist/
+tmp/
 
 # Astro 
 node_modules/

build.py

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import PyInstaller.__main__
+import subprocess
+
+
+def build_application():
+    """Build an executable file for the Application."""
+
+    print("[server] Creating linux executable file for Open Data Editor")
+    PyInstaller.__main__.run([
+        'ode/main.py',
+        '--collect-all', 'frictionless',  # Frictionless depends on data files
+        '--collect-all', 'ode',  # Collect all assets from Open Data Editor
+        '--log-level', 'WARN',
+        '--name', 'opendataeditor',
+        '--noconfirm',
+    ])
+    # Clean the spec file generated by PyInstaller
+    subprocess.run(['rm', 'opendataeditor.spec'])
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    build_application()

create-deb.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+# Script to create a PyQT deb package using fpm
+#
+# This script will create a folder structure that will be used as input
+# for the fpm command and copy into it all the distributable files generated by
+# pyinstaller.
+# We will create a folder with the same structure Linux systems expects:
+#  - /opt for our executable and associated files (a.k.a our dist/ folder)
+#  - /usr/share/applications (for the .desktop file)
+#  - /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps for our svg icons (only svg in scalable folder)
+#
+# More info:
+#  - https://www.pythonguis.com/tutorials/packaging-pyqt5-applications-linux-pyinstaller/
+#  - https://fpm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/packages/dir.html#dir-local-files
+#
+# Create folders
+[ -e package ] && rm -r tmp
+mkdir -p tmp/opt
+mkdir -p tmp/usr/share/applications
+mkdir -p tmp/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
+
+# Build the project
+[ -e build ] && rm -r build
+[ -e dist ] && rm -r dist
+python build.py
+
+# Copy files
+cp -r dist/opendataeditor tmp/opt/opendataeditor
+cp ./packaging/linux/icon.svg tmp/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/org.okfn.opendataeditor.svg
+cp ./packaging/linux/opendataeditor.desktop tmp/usr/share/applications
+
+# Change permissions
+# Packages retain the permissions of installed files from when they were packaged,
+# but will be installed by root. In order for ordinary users to be able to run the
+# application, we need to change the permissions.
+find tmp/opt/opendataeditor -type f -exec chmod 644 -- {} +
+find tmp/opt/opendataeditor -type d -exec chmod 755 -- {} +
+find tmp/usr/share -type f -exec chmod 644 -- {} +
+chmod +x tmp/opt/opendataeditor/opendataeditor
+
+# Create the deb package
+VERSION=$(python -c "import ode; print(ode.__version__)")
+FILENAME=opendataeditor-linux-$VERSION.deb
+[ -e $FILENAME ] && rm $FILENAME
+fpm -C tmp -s dir -t deb -n "opendataeditor" -v $VERSION  -p dist/$FILENAME

ode/__init__.py

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 # Required for PyInstaller to collect all assets
+__version__ = "1.3.0"

ode/main.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import collections
 import sys
 import shutil
+import ode
 
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import (
     QApplication, QMainWindow, QWidget, QVBoxLayout, QHBoxLayout,
@@ -335,6 +336,8 @@ def open_report_issue(self):
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     app = QApplication(sys.argv)
+    app.setApplicationName("Open Data Editor")
+    app.setApplicationVersion(ode.__version__)
     window = MainWindow()
     window.show()
     sys.exit(app.exec())

packaging/linux/opendataeditor.desktop

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+[Desktop Entry]
+
+# The type of the thing this desktop file refers to
+Type=Application
+
+# The Application Name
+Name=Open Data Editor
+
+# Tooltip comment to show in menus
+Comment=Data management for humans.
+
+# The path (folder) in which the executable is run
+Path=/opt/opendataeditor
+
+# The executable (can include arguments)
+Exec=/opt/opendataeditor/opendataeditor
+
+# The icon we install for the application, use the target filesystem path
+Icon=org.okfn.opendataeditor