I Flatpak Paraview, any thought?

Andythe_great · March 14, 2021, 6:27pm

Hello,

I create Flatpak for Paraview.
Flatpak is a packaging and distributing desktop software on Linux.

I would like it to be submit to Flathub, an app store for Flatpak apps. Many Linux distros supported Flatpak. So I think it would be beneficial to package large software like Paraview into Flatpak, it will make installing quick and easy.

This is what I have been working on so far.

I does build and runใ
I encounter a graphical issue. The graph show checker pattern glitch.

I encounter this glitch with Tomviz as well. So I think this might be issue with the display backend and Flatpak. Do anybody know what it is?

github.com/OpenChemistry/tomviz

Flatpak Tomviz

opened 06:16PM - 10 Mar 21 UTC

closed 01:23PM - 17 Jul 22 UTC

kevinsmia1939

Hello, I am trying to create Flatpak package for Tomviz and upload to Flathub…. https://www.flatpak.org/ Flathub-builder is what use to build locally Flatpak. I build dependencies in sequence below. GLEW 2.2.0 Numpy 1.19.5 TBB 2019_U8 Swig 4.0.2 with flags below. ``` - --without-pcre - --disable-ccache - --without-tcl - --without-tcl - --without-perl5 - --without-octave - --without-scilab - --without-java - --without-ruby ``` GDCM 3.0.8 Cmake-ninja ``` - -DGDCM_BUILD_APPLICATIONS=OFF - -DGDCM_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON - -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release - -DGDCM_WRAP_PYTHON=ON - -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python3 - -DGDCM_INSTALL_PYTHONMODULE_DIR=/app/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ - -DGDCM_USE_VTK=OFF - -DGDCM_BUILD_DOCBOOK_MANPAGES:BOOL=OFF ``` CastXML 0.4.3. cmake ``` - -DCLANG_LINK_CLANG_DYLIB:BOOL=ON - -DLLVM_DIR=/usr/lib/sdk/llvm11/lib/cmake/llvm ``` Eigen3 3.3.9 cmake-ninja Paraview build with cmake from github.com/OpenChemistry/ParaView release v5.9.0 (commit 0aaf903ba3e8d012a608a466f798a041b4aebe17). The build flags were adopt from https://github.com/OpenChemistry/tomviz/blob/master/BUILDING.md. ``` - -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=RelWithDebInfo - -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=OFF - -DPARAVIEW_USE_PYTHON:BOOL=ON - -DPARAVIEW_ENABLE_WEB:BOOL=OFF - -DPARAVIEW_ENABLE_EMBEDDED_DOCUMENTATION:BOOL=OFF - -DPARAVIEW_USE_QTHELP:BOOL=OFF - -DPARAVIEW_PLUGINS_DEFAULT:BOOL=OFF - -DVTK_SMP_IMPLEMENTATION_TYPE:STRING=TBB - -DVTK_PYTHON_VERSION:STRING=3 - -DVTK_PYTHON_FULL_THREADSAFE:BOOL=ON - -DVTK_NO_PYTHON_THREADS:BOOL=OFF ``` ITK release 5.1.2 with cmake, flags also adopt from BUILDING.md. ``` - -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=RelWithDebInfo - -DITK_LEGACY_REMOVE:BOOL=ON - -DITK_LEGACY_SILENT:BOOL=ON - -DModule_ITKBridgeNumPy:BOOL=ON - -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=OFF - -DITK_WRAP_unsigned_short:BOOL=ON - -DITK_WRAP_rgb_unsigned_char:BOOL=OFF - -DITK_WRAP_rgba_unsigned_char:BOOL=OFF - -DITK_BUILD_DEFAULT_MODULES:BOOL=OFF - -DITKGroup_Core:BOOL=ON - -DITKGroup_Filtering:BOOL=ON - -DITKGroup_Segmentation:BOOL=ON - -DITKGroup_Nonunit:BOOL=ON - -DPython_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS:STRING=3 - -DITK_WRAP_PYTHON:BOOL=ON - -DBUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL=OFF - -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON - -DITK_USE_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES:BOOL=ON - -DITK_USE_SYSTEM_CASTXML:BOOL=ON - -DITK_USE_SYSTEM_GDCM:BOOL=ON - -DITK_USE_SYSTEM_SWIG:BOOL=ON - -DITK_USE_SYSTEM_VXL:BOOL=OFF - -DITK_FORBID_DOWNLOADS=ON ``` And finally Tomviz build with cmake from github.com/OpenChemistry/tomviz tag:1.9.0 commit: b397df6d40810b97ad3afa221c2fa3e027d20754 ` - -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=RelWithDebInfo` During building of Tomviz, I got this error. ``` -- The C compiler identification is GNU 10.2.0 -- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 10.2.0 -- Detecting C compiler ABI info -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc - skipped -- Detecting C compile features -- Detecting C compile features - done -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ - skipped -- Detecting CXX compile features -- Detecting CXX compile features - done -- Performing Test HAVE_GCC_ERROR_RETURN_TYPE -- Performing Test HAVE_GCC_ERROR_RETURN_TYPE - Success -- Found Git: /usr/bin/git (found version "2.30.0") -- Determined Source Version : 1.9.0 -- Looking for pthread.h -- Looking for pthread.h - found -- Performing Test CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD -- Performing Test CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD - Failed -- Check if compiler accepts -pthread -- Check if compiler accepts -pthread - yes -- Found Threads: TRUE -- Found X11: /usr/include -- Looking for XOpenDisplay in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so;/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so -- Looking for XOpenDisplay in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so;/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so - found -- Looking for gethostbyname -- Looking for gethostbyname - found -- Looking for connect -- Looking for connect - found -- Looking for remove -- Looking for remove - found -- Looking for shmat -- Looking for shmat - found -- Looking for IceConnectionNumber in ICE -- Looking for IceConnectionNumber in ICE - found -- Found OpenGL: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libOpenGL.so found components: OpenGL GLX -- Found Python3: /usr/bin/python3.8 (found suitable version "3.8.7", minimum required is "3.8") found components: Interpreter Development.Module Development.Embed -- Found Python3: /usr/bin/python3.8 (found version "3.8.7") found components: Interpreter Development Development.Module Development.Embed -- Found PythonInterp: /usr/bin/python3.8 (found version "3.8.7") -- Found PythonLibs: python3.8 -- pybind11 v2.2.3 -- Found OpenGL: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libOpenGL.so -- Performing Test COMPILER_HAS_HIDDEN_VISIBILITY -- Performing Test COMPILER_HAS_HIDDEN_VISIBILITY - Success -- Performing Test COMPILER_HAS_HIDDEN_INLINE_VISIBILITY -- Performing Test COMPILER_HAS_HIDDEN_INLINE_VISIBILITY - Success -- Performing Test COMPILER_HAS_DEPRECATED_ATTR -- Performing Test COMPILER_HAS_DEPRECATED_ATTR - Success -- Performing Test HAS_FLTO -- Performing Test HAS_FLTO - Success -- LTO enabled -- Configuring done CMake Error at tomviz/CMakeLists.txt:631 (add_executable): Target "tomviz" links to target "ParaView::ServerManagerRendering" but the target was not found. Perhaps a find_package() call is missing for an IMPORTED target, or an ALIAS target is missing? CMake Error at tomviz/CMakeLists.txt:626 (add_library): Target "tomvizlib" links to target "ParaView::ServerManagerRendering" but the target was not found. Perhaps a find_package() call is missing for an IMPORTED target, or an ALIAS target is missing? -- Generating done CMake Generate step failed. Build files cannot be regenerated correctly. ``` I suspect that I use OpenChemistry/ParaView version 5.9.0 (commit: 0aaf903ba3e8d012a608a466f798a041b4aebe17) instead of the commit: 98a2eea1af02a45fa6d9b72b97b67f991bcb1f0e (reference in superbuild) , that might fix this issue? I will try rebuilding with the commit reference in superbuild (https://github.com/OpenChemistry/tomvizsuper), but it will take very long time to compile again.

left flatpak, right github binary

This is the “About Paraview” section.

Client Information:
Version: 5.9.0
VTK Version:
Qt Version: 5.15.2
vtkIdType size: 64bits
Embedded Python: On
Python Library Path: /usr/lib/python3.8
Python Library Version: 3.8.8 (default, Nov 10 2011, 15:00:00) [GCC 10.2.0]
Python Numpy Support: Off
Python Matplotlib Support: Off
Python Testing: Off
MPI Enabled: Off
Disable Registry: Off
Test Directory:
Data Directory:
OpenGL Vendor: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL Version: 4.2 (Core Profile) Mesa 20.3.4 (git-6d8c68603f)
OpenGL Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2)

Connection Information:
Remote Connection: No

I also think that this might cause by my outdate graphics driver.
Other problem I have is missing Examples and no matplotlib support.
If anybody is interest, please build Paraview Flatpak and try it out.

To build Paraview Flatpak.

Create new working folder.
Install flatpak-builder, for Ubuntu, sudo apt install flatpak-builder
Install KDE Sdk, choose version 5.15 (system), flatpak install org.kde.Platform org.kde.Sdk io.qt.qtwebengine.BaseApp
Clone sub-modules, these sub-modules are pre-made Flatpak manifest that commonly use, we will be using glew, git clone git://github.com/flathub/shared-modules.git
Download org.paraview.Paraview.yaml and tbb_cmake.patch from my github repo, put them in same folder.
flatpak-builder --install --user build org.paraview.Paraview.yaml --force-clean
Wait until finish and run with, flatpak run org.paraview.Paraview

Let me know if it work.

Andythe_great · March 15, 2021, 5:31am

Anyone know where am I support to put the example data?