Packaging pgAdmin 4

From: Blake McBride <blake1024(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgadmin-support(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Packaging pgAdmin 4
Date: 2021-11-27 19:27:07
Message-ID: CABwHSOvupK1-0qf3_3XrJM65Kb+3t9yd=BVshCqfbMKaUbNWRg@mail.gmail.com
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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

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