Re: Packaging pgAdmin 4

See https://ubuntu.com/blog/chromium-in-ubuntu-deb-to-snap-transition

On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 1:27 PM Blake McBride <blake1024(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I've had ongoing difficulties installing pgAdmin 4. These difficulties
> have to do with the way pgAdmin is packaged and distributed.
>
> For example, I use LinuxMint and Manjaro. The pgAdmin distributions
> support neither. Although Mint is a derivative of Ubuntu, lsb_release -cs
> returns a value not usable by pgAdmin's distribution system. I had to
> tweak internal files to get it to work.
>
> I'd like to suggest using snap, flatpack, or AppImage. Using one of
> these, pgAdmin would be trivial to install on nearly any distro and on
> nearly any version of those distros. Secondly, you'd have to maintain far
> fewer builds.
>
> The only negative to using one of these is that the installations would be
> a bit larger. This is a very small penalty to get the portable and
> convenience these package managers provide.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Blake McBride
>
>