Hello,
Referencer is a software to manage bibliography and create bib files needed by latex. It is no more present in the ubuntu 18.04 archives. It has been orphaned from Debian archive. It also depends on gconfmm2.6 that is also unmaintained. More over referencer developpement doesn’s seems to be very active as the last release dates back to 2014.
However only few software exist to manage bibliography with latex (jabref, zotero and kbitex). Because of its simplicity and its good integration with Gnome, Referencer has a great interest. Thus I tried to package as Snap.
The I create the following Yaml file (I am not sure about the needed build-packages) :
name: referencer # you probably want to 'snapcraft register <name>'
version: '1.2.2' # just for humans, typically '1.2+git' or '1.3.2'
summary: manage your bibliograpy # 79 char long summary
description: |
manage your bibliograpy
grade: devel # must be 'stable' to release into candidate/stable channels
confinement: devmode # use 'strict' once you have the right plugs and slots
apps:
referencer:
command: bin/referencer
parts:
referencer:
# See 'snapcraft plugins'
plugin: autotools
source: ./referencer-1.2.2/
build-packages:
- build-essential
- gnome-doc-utils
- gtkmm-documentation
- libboost1.65-dev
- intltool
- python2.7-dev
- libpython2.7-dev
- libpython-dev
- python-dev
stage-packages:
- libatk1.0-0
- libatkmm-1.6-1v5
- libblkid1
- libboost-regex1.65.1
- libcairo2
- libcairomm-1.0-1v5
- libdatrie1
- libdbus-glib-1-2
- libfontconfig1
- libgconf-2-4
- libgconfmm-2.6-1v5
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglibmm-2.4-1v5
- libgpg-error0
- libgraphite2-3
- libgtk2.0-0
- libgtkmm-2.4-1v5
- libharfbuzz0b
- libicu60
- libjbig0
- libjpeg-turbo8
- liblcms2-2
- libnspr4
- libnss3
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libpangomm-1.4-1v5
- libpixman-1-0
- libpng16-16
- libpoppler73
- libpoppler-glib8
- libpython2.7
- libsigc++-2.0-0v5
- libthai0
- libtiff5
- libx11-6
- libxau6
- libxcb1
- libxcb-render0
- libxcb-shm0
- libxcomposite1
- libxcursor1
- libxdamage1
- libxdmcp6
- libxext6
- libxfixes3
- libxi6
- libxinerama1
- libxml2
- libxrandr2
- libxrender1
- zlib1g
- libc6
I am facing first the following error/warning :
The GLIBC version of the targeted core is 2.23. A newer libc will be required for the following files:
- /home/maxime/Apps/snap_referencer_2/prime/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libblkid.so.1.1.0 (requires GLIBC 2.25)
- /home/maxime/Apps/snap_referencer_2/prime/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1.6.7 (requires GLIBC 2.25)
- /home/maxime/Apps/snap_referencer_2/prime/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30.14.10 (requires GLIBC 2.25)
- /home/maxime/Apps/snap_referencer_2/prime/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbsd.so.0.8.7 (requires GLIBC 2.25)
- /home/maxime/Apps/snap_referencer_2/prime/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypt-2.27.so (requires GLIBC 2.25)
- /home/maxime/Apps/snap_referencer_2/prime/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpatw.so.1.6.7 (requires GLIBC 2.25)
- /home/maxime/Apps/snap_referencer_2/prime/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libp11-kit.so.0.3.0 (requires GLIBC 2.26)
and I tried to run referencer but I have the following issue :
/snap/bin/referencer
(process:13586): Gtk-WARNING **: 10:32:32.600: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.
Gtk-Message: 10:32:32.662: Failed to load module "gail"
Gtk-Message: 10:32:32.662: Failed to load module "atk-bridge"
Gtk-Message: 10:32:32.686: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error'
what(): locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale name not valid
Abandon (core dumped)
Any idea to fix these issues ? Am I on the good way to make such snap ?
i would drop all the stage-packages: and instead use the gtk2 desktop helper by adding it to the referencer: part like:
after:
- desktop-gtk2
(if there are any dependencies missing after build, add them one by one so you end up with just a small stage-packages: entry)
You seem to not be building on a 16.04 host, which causes a libc discrepancy, try to use snapcraft cleanbuild in a container (lxd or multipass) or build on https://build.snapcraft.io or launchpad to get around this.
there are some good examples in the snapcrafters github repo… i.e. take a look at:
Thank you for your answer,
I correct my snapcraft.yaml and run snapcraft through lxd with the command snapcraft buildclean.
Here my new snapcraft.yaml :
name: referencer # you probably want to 'snapcraft register <name>'
version: '1.2.2' # just for humans, typically '1.2+git' or '1.3.2'
summary: manage your bibliograpy # 79 char long summary
description: |
manage your bibliograpy
grade: devel # must be 'stable' to release into candidate/stable channels
confinement: devmode # use 'strict' once you have the right plugs and slots
apps:
referencer:
command: bin/referencer
desktop: share/applications/referencer.desktop
parts:
referencer:
# See 'snapcraft plugins'
plugin: autotools
source: ./referencer-1.2.2/
after:
- desktop-gtk2
build-packages:
- build-essential
- gnome-doc-utils
- intltool
- python2.7-dev
- libxml2-dev
- libpoppler-glib-dev
- libgconfmm-2.6-dev
- libgtkmm-2.4-dev
- libboost-regex-dev
- rarian-compat
stage-packages:
- libc6
- libatkmm-1.6-1v5
- libcairomm-1.0-1v5
- libdbus-glib-1-2
- libgconf-2-4
- libdb5.3
- libgconfmm-2.6-1v5
- libpangomm-1.4-1v5
- libglibmm-2.4-1v5
- libpoppler-glib8
- libpoppler58
- python2.7
- libpython2.7
- libgtkmm-2.4-1v5
- libboost-regex1.58.0
- libsigc++-2.0-0v5
I have no more warnings about glibc. That is a good step forward.
However, the executable installed in /snap/bin/referencer still crash with this log :
/snap/bin/referencer
(process:6758): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "gail"
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "atk-bridge"
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error'
what(): locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale name not valid
Abandon (core dumped)
Update :
calling referencer with this command :
env LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 /snap/bin/referencer
seems to go further... but crash with this log :
Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>
Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
ImportError: No module named site
When using the desktop-* parts you should prepend desktop-launch to your command to set up the library paths and required desktop-environment runtime caches:
Hello,
Thank you for your answer.
It seems that the snap referencer is working little bit better with python.
However I still have some big issues to launch referencer using the following command
snap run referencer
Here the output :
/snap/referencer/x1/usr/bin/update-mime-database: 22: exec: update-mime-database.real: not found
/snap/referencer/x1/bin/desktop-launch: line 332: /snap/referencer/x1/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/gio-querymodules: No such file or directory
/snap/referencer/x1/bin/desktop-launch: line 360: /snap/referencer/x1/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/glib-compile-schemas: No such file or directory
/snap/referencer/x1/bin/desktop-launch: line 389: /snap/referencer/x1/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders: No such file or directory
/snap/referencer/x1/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches: 16: /snap/referencer/x1/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches: gtk-update-icon-cache: not found
WARNING: icon cache generation failed for /home/maxime/snap/referencer/x1/.local/share/icons/Adwaita
/snap/referencer/x1/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches: 16: /snap/referencer/x1/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches: gtk-update-icon-cache: not found
WARNING: icon cache generation failed for /home/maxime/snap/referencer/x1/.local/share/icons/DMZ-Black
/snap/referencer/x1/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches: 16: /snap/referencer/x1/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches: gtk-update-icon-cache: not found
WARNING: icon cache generation failed for /home/maxime/snap/referencer/x1/.local/share/icons/DMZ-White
/snap/referencer/x1/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches: 16: /snap/referencer/x1/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches: gtk-update-icon-cache: not found
WARNING: icon cache generation failed for /home/maxime/snap/referencer/x1/.local/share/icons/Humanity
/snap/referencer/x1/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches: 16: /snap/referencer/x1/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches: gtk-update-icon-cache: not found
WARNING: icon cache generation failed for /home/maxime/snap/referencer/x1/.local/share/icons/Humanity-Dark
/snap/referencer/x1/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches: 16: /snap/referencer/x1/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches: gtk-update-icon-cache: not found
WARNING: icon cache generation failed for /home/maxime/snap/referencer/x1/.local/share/icons/LoginIcons
/snap/referencer/x1/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches: 16: /snap/referencer/x1/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches: gtk-update-icon-cache: not found
WARNING: icon cache generation failed for /home/maxime/snap/referencer/x1/.local/share/icons/hicolor
/snap/referencer/x1/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches: 16: /snap/referencer/x1/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches: gtk-update-icon-cache: not found
WARNING: icon cache generation failed for /home/maxime/snap/referencer/x1/.local/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark
/snap/referencer/x1/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches: 16: /snap/referencer/x1/usr/sbin/update-icon-caches: gtk-update-icon-cache: not found
WARNING: icon cache generation failed for /home/maxime/snap/referencer/x1/.local/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-light
/snap/referencer/x1/bin/desktop-launch: line 458: /snap/referencer/x1/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk2.0-0/gtk-query-immodules-2.0: No such file or directory
/snap/referencer/x1/bin/desktop-launch: line 468: /snap/referencer/x1/bin/referencer: No such file or directory
It look like nothing exist although everything is here !
If I run referencer inside /snap/referencer/x1/bin/ with this command
env LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 ./desktop-launch referencer
referencer begins to start, but failed, I thing, due to wrong read and write permission.
Below is my last yaml file. Have you any suggestion ?
Thanks
Best Regards
name: referencer # you probably want to 'snapcraft register <name>'
version: '1.2.2' # just for humans, typically '1.2+git' or '1.3.2'
summary: manage your bibliograpy # 79 char long summary
description: |
manage your bibliograpy
grade: devel # must be 'stable' to release into candidate/stable channels
confinement: devmode # use 'strict' once you have the right plugs and slots
icon: ./referencer-1.2.2/data/referencer.svg
apps:
referencer:
command: env LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 $SNAP/bin/desktop-launch referencer
desktop: usr/local/share/applications/referencer.desktop
environment:
PYTHONPATH: $SNAP/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/:$SNAP/usr/lib/python2.7/:/$SNAP/usr/lib/python2.7/plat-x86_64-linux-gnu/:/$SNAP/lib/referencer/:$PYTHONPATH
PYTHONHOME: $SNAP/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/:$SNAP/usr/lib/python2.7/:/$SNAP/usr/lib/python2.7/plat-x86_64-linux-gnu/:/$SNAP/lib/referencer/:$PYTHONHOME
parts:
referencer:
# See 'snapcraft plugins'
plugin: autotools
source: ./referencer-1.2.2/
after:
- desktop-gtk2
organize:
share/: usr/local/share/
lib/: usr/local/lib/
build-packages:
- build-essential
- gnome-doc-utils
- intltool
- python2.7-dev
- libxml2-dev
- libpoppler-glib-dev
- libgconfmm-2.6-dev
- libgtkmm-2.4-dev
- libboost-regex-dev
- rarian-compat
stage-packages:
- libc6
- libatkmm-1.6-1v5
- libcairomm-1.0-1v5
- libdbus-glib-1-2
- libgconf-2-4
- libdb5.3
- libgconfmm-2.6-1v5
- libpangomm-1.4-1v5
- libglibmm-2.4-1v5
- libpoppler-glib8
- libpoppler58
- python2.7
- libpython2.7
- libgtkmm-2.4-1v5
- libboost-regex1.58.0
- libsigc++-2.0-0v5
Hello,
My snap application runs if I launch it from a terminal in the $snap directory :
cd /snap/referencer/x1/
snap run referencer
If I run it from any other place, referencer failed to launch because it fail to find important data :
Glib::ustring Utility::findDataFile(const Glib::ustring&):
Glib::build_filename: what is Datadir ‘/share/referencer’
Utility::findDataFile: couldn’t find file ‘/home/maxime/app/data/crossref.ui’
terminate called after throwing an instance of ‘Glib::FileError’
Abandon (core dumped)
The function findDataFile try to find the file crossref.ui and build its path with the glib get_current_dir() function. This function should return the environnement variable $PWD, which is set to ‘/home/maxime/app/data/’ if I try to launch referencer from my home directory…
The function findDataFile also search in DATADIR directory which seams to set to /share/referencer… (return value of Glib::build_filename (DATADIR, filename); ).
What does the variable DATADIR refer to ? The datadir environnement variable ?
Can we reset the $PWD or $DATADIR environnement variables before launching this snap ?
I already tried that in the snapcraft.yaml
environment:
datadir: $SNAP/share/referencer/
datarootdir: $SNAP/share/referencer/
prefixe: $SNAP/
