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Linux Snap test distribution

28 Jul 19:18
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Linux Snap test distribution Pre-release
Pre-release

⚠️ This snap release is intended as a temporary solution for Linux users that can not use the .deb distribution from the Downloads page. All desktop apps will be superseded by a new universal browser extension.

Installation notes

These installation notes come from an email to the first tester that requested the snap package. The tester used LibreWolf as a browser.

  • Install with snap install --devmode --dangerous readup_1.0.6_amd64_alpha1.snap
    • The --devmode is required since I haven't tried to enable "strict" confinement to the app container yet.
    • The --dangerous is required because I didn't even sign this package yet, so snapd won't try to verify its origin.
  • To save new articles via your browser: make sure you have the Readup extension installed in your browser, see the Downloads page.
    After installation, two files should have been written to your system. These enable the native browser messaging interface that our browser extension requires:
    • /etc/opt/chrome/native-messaging-hosts/it.reallyread.mobile.browser_extension_app.json
      /usr/lib/mozilla/native-messaging-hosts/it.reallyread.mobile.browser_extension_app.json
    • I'm not sure which browser you use (my hunch from your website is LibreWolf). We formally support until now only Chrome and Firefox (see above) and I tested those on my Ubuntu VM. But supporting LibreWolf or Chromium should be very easy and follow the same process as other browsers. You can help with checking the compatibility for your browser.
    • Maybe LibreWolf already reads native messaging manifests from /usr/lib/mozilla/native-messaging-hosts ? If it doesn't, you can try copying it.reallyread.mobile.browser_extension_app.json into the folder that LibreWolf reads from.
    • Likewise for Chromium: it likely uses /etc/opt/chromium/native-messaging-hosts/
  • To open "read links": when you open a read link, like this one from Today's Article of the Day: https://readup.com/read/the-new-yorker/e-mail-from-bill, your browser should prompt you to open it with an app, and then you can associate it with Readup. See the attached video for how it should work. If this doesn't happen, then it's likely because the snap doesn't register a new mimetype for the readup:// protocol (a known snap issue).
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