Packaging and Distributing Ignite

Ignite CLI is distributed on multiple platforms and package managers. This document describes how to package and distribute Ignite CLI.

Snap

Read the following resources to understand Snap.

• https://snapcraft.io/docs/snapcraft-overview
• https://snapcraft.io/docs/go-plugin#heading--core22
• https://snapcraft.io/docs/go-applications

cd packaging/snap
sudo apt install snapd
sudo snap install multipass
multipass launch
SNAPCRAFT_BUILD_ENVIRONMENT=multipass snapcraft
snap install ignite_0.0.0_amd64.snap --dangerous --classic

For building, from snapcraft 8, use SNAPCRAFT_REMOTE_BUILD_STRATEGY=force-fallback snapcraft remote-build.

A github action is used to build and publish the Snap at each release.

HomeBrew

Read the following resources to understand HomeBrew.

• https://docs.brew.sh/
• https://docs.brew.sh/Formula-Cookbook

HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_FROM_API=1 brew install --interactive ignite
brew audit --new-formula ignite

The formula is published in the homebrew-core repository: Homebrew/homebrew-core#161938