Initial commit: snap using zen-bin

2025-08-25 13:38:58 +02:00
commit 929ceb523c
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--- a/snap/hooks/disconnect-plug-host-hunspell
+++ b/snap/hooks/disconnect-plug-host-hunspell
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Clean up old Firefox snap mount for host hunspell; we now use
+# the system-files interface for host hunspell dictionaries.
+
+# TODO: Drop this (along with the host-hunspell mount-control
+# declaration in snapcraft.yaml) later in the future once a
+# reasonable amount of time has passed and nearly all users
+# have an updated version and were migrated to use system-files,
+# and just about no new Ubuntu installations start with a
+# Firefox snap that has the older mount-control interface.
+snapctl umount $SNAP_COMMON/host-hunspell || true
+rm -r $SNAP_COMMON/host-hunspell || true
--- a/snap/hooks/install
+++ b/snap/hooks/install
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+post-refresh
--- a/snap/hooks/post-refresh
+++ b/snap/hooks/post-refresh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Copyright (C) 2022 Canonical Ltd.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3, as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+host_hunspell=/var/lib/snapd/hostfs/usr/share/hunspell
+
+if [ ! -d  $host_hunspell ]; then
+    echo "No host hunspell, skipping"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+DICPATH=$SNAP_COMMON/snap-hunspell
+
+if [ -d $DICPATH ]; then
+    # Clean up on each refresh to ensure we have an up-to-date list
+    # of host dictionaries.
+    find $DICPATH -type l -name "*.dic" -or -name "*.aff" | xargs rm
+else
+    mkdir -p $DICPATH
+fi
+
+# We deliberately don't directly use the host dictionary files.
+# Instead, we use their names to know which ones the user has
+# installed on their system, and we use the corresponding ones
+# we primed in '$SNAP/usr/share/hunspell' in our 'hunspell' part.
+#
+# - We don't set DICPATH=/var/lib/snapd/hostfs/usr/share/hunspell
+#   to avoid potential incompatibility due to different hunspell
+#   versions inside the snap and outside on the host.  See:
+#   https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/11025
+#
+# - We don't set DICPATH="$SNAP/usr/share/hunspell" because that
+#   would result in all available dictionaries we primed in our
+#   'hunspell' part being displayed in Firefox's interface,
+#   presenting an overwhelming number of options to the user.
+#   So instead we only use those that were installed on the host.
+#   This way, the user could affect the dictionaries available to
+#   Firefox snap similarly to how they could for non-snap Firefox.
+for dic in $(find $host_hunspell/ -name "*.dic"); do
+    dic_file=$(basename $dic)
+    aff_file="${dic_file%%.dic}.aff"
+    # Some dic,aff files in hunspell are themselves symlinks to other files,
+    # e.g. /usr/share/hunspell/fr_CH.dic -> fr.dic.
+    # That extra level of indirection somehow breaks spell checking.
+    # We therefore use readlink to link to the "real" file, not to a symlink.
+    if [ -e "$SNAP/usr/share/hunspell/${dic_file}" ]; then
+        ln -s "$(readlink -e $SNAP/usr/share/hunspell/${dic_file})" $DICPATH/${dic_file}
+    fi
+    if [ -e "$SNAP/usr/share/hunspell/${aff_file}" ]; then
+        ln -s "$(readlink -e $SNAP/usr/share/hunspell/${aff_file})" $DICPATH/${aff_file}
+    fi
+done
--- a/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snapcraft.yaml
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+# zen-browser snap, (c) Valentin HAUDIQUET
+# inspired from https://github.com/canonical/firefox-snap
+# GNU General Public License version 3
+
+name: zen-browser
+version: 1.14.11b
+license: MPL-2.0
+summary: Zen Browser - Welcome to a calmer internet
+description: |
+  Zen is a firefox-based browser with the aim of pushing your productivity to a new level!
+confinement: strict
+grade: stable
+base: core24
+source-code: https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop
+compression: lzo
+
+apps:
+  zen-browser:
+    command: zen-browser.launcher
+    desktop: usr/share/applications/zen-browser.desktop
+    extensions: [gnome]
+    environment:
+      DICPATH: "$SNAP_COMMON/snap-hunspell"
+      GTK_USE_PORTAL: 1
+      HOME: "$SNAP_USER_COMMON"
+      PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_NAME: "$SNAP/usr/share/pipewire/pipewire.conf"
+      PIPEWIRE_MODULE_DIR: "$SNAP/usr/lib/$CRAFT_ARCH_TRIPLET_BUILD_FOR/pipewire-0.3"
+      SPA_PLUGIN_DIR: "$SNAP/usr/lib/$CRAFT_ARCH_TRIPLET_BUILD_FOR/spa-0.2"
+      SPEECHD_ADDRESS: "unix_socket:/run/user/$SNAP_UID/speech-dispatcher/speechd.sock"
+      LD_LIBRARY_PATH: $LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$SNAP/usr/lib:$SNAP/usr/lib/$CRAFT_ARCH_TRIPLET_BUILD_FOR:$SNAP/usr/lib/$CRAFT_ARCH_TRIPLET_BUILD_FOR/libproxy
+    slots:
+      - mpris
+      - dbus-daemon
+    plugs:
+      - alsa
+      - audio-playback
+      - audio-record
+      - avahi-observe
+      - browser-sandbox
+      - camera
+      - cups-control
+      - gsettings
+      - hardware-observe
+      - home
+      - host-hunspell
+      - host-usr-share-hunspell
+      - joystick
+      - login-session-observe
+      - mount-observe
+      - network
+      - network-observe
+      - opengl
+      - pcscd
+      - removable-media
+      - screen-inhibits-control
+      - system-packages-doc
+      - u2f-devices
+      - unity7
+      - upower-observe
+
+platforms:
+  amd64:
+
+plugs:
+  browser-sandbox:
+    interface: browser-support
+    allow-sandbox: true
+  dot-zen:
+    interface: personal-files
+    read: [$HOME/.zen]
+  etc-zen:
+    interface: system-files
+    read: [/etc/zen]
+  host-hunspell:
+    interface: mount-control
+    mount:
+    - what: /usr/share/hunspell
+      where: $SNAP_COMMON/host-hunspell
+      persistent: true
+      options: [ro, bind, noatime, noexec]
+  host-usr-share-hunspell:
+    interface: system-files
+    read:
+    - /var/lib/snapd/hostfs/usr/share/hunspell
+
+layout:
+  /usr/share/libdrm:
+    bind: $SNAP/gnome-platform/usr/share/libdrm
+  /usr/share/alsa:
+    bind: $SNAP/usr/share/alsa
+  /usr/lib/$CRAFT_ARCH_TRIPLET_BUILD_FOR/opensc-pkcs11.so:
+    bind-file: $SNAP/usr/lib/$CRAFT_ARCH_TRIPLET_BUILD_FOR/opensc-pkcs11.so
+
+parts:
+  # This is a temporary workaround to including the hunspell content
+  # snap, which would cause breakage in the Ubuntu desktop image build
+  # because of the Ubuntu policy.  See:
+  # https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1792006
+  #
+  # The definition of this part is essentially a copy of the
+  # corresponding part in hunspell-dictionaries-1-7-2004 by
+  # Buo-ren, Lin.
+  hunspell:
+    plugin: nil
+    override-build: |
+      craftctl default
+      set -eu
+      apt download $(apt-cache search '^hunspell-.*$' |
+        awk '!/myspell|dbgsym|tools|transitional|dependency/{printf "%s ", $1}')
+      find . -name "*.deb" -exec dpkg-deb -x {} "$CRAFT_PART_INSTALL" \;
+    prime:
+      - usr/share/hunspell
+
+  zen-browser:
+    plugin: nil
+    after:
+      - launcher
+      - desktop
+      - icons
+    build-packages:
+      - curl
+      - tar
+    override-build: |
+      mkdir -p "$CRAFT_PART_INSTALL/usr/lib"
+      curl -L -O https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/releases/download/$SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_VERSION/zen.linux-x86_64.tar.xz
+      tar xf zen.linux-x86_64.tar.xz -C "$CRAFT_PART_INSTALL/usr/lib"
+    prime:
+      - usr/lib/zen
+      - usr/lib/*/libproxy
+      - usr/lib/*/opensc-pkcs11.so
+      - usr/lib/*/pkcs11/opensc-pkcs11.so
+      - usr/lib/*/libasn1.so.*
+      - usr/lib/*/libcurl.so.*
+      - usr/lib/*/libgssapi.so.*
+      - usr/lib/*/libhcrypto.so.*
+      - usr/lib/*/libheimbase.so.*
+      - usr/lib/*/libheimntlm.so.*
+      - usr/lib/*/libhogweed.so.*
+      - usr/lib/*/libhx509.so.*
+      - usr/lib/*/libkrb5.so.*
+      - usr/lib/*/liblber-2.4.so.*
+      - usr/lib/*/libldap_r-2.4.so.*
+      - usr/lib/*/libnettle.so.*
+      - usr/lib/*/libnghttp2.so.*
+      - usr/lib/*/libpci.so.*
+      - usr/lib/*/libpipewire*.so*
+      - usr/lib/*/libroken.so.*
+      - usr/lib/*/librtmp.so.*
+      - usr/lib/*/libsasl2.so.*
+      - usr/lib/*/libspeechd.so.*
+      - usr/lib/*/libssh.so.*
+      - usr/lib/*/libssl.so.*
+      - usr/lib/*/libvulkan*
+      - usr/lib/*/libVkLayer*
+      - usr/lib/*/libwind.so.*
+      - usr/lib/*/libXt.so.*
+      - usr/lib/*/pipewire-*
+      - usr/lib/*/spa-*
+      # alsa does not seem to be found
+      # - usr/share/alsa
+      - usr/share/pipewire
+      - usr/share/vulkan
+    stage-packages:
+      - libproxy1v5
+      - glib-networking
+      - libasound2
+      - libcurl4
+      - libpci3
+      - libpipewire-0.3-0
+      - libpipewire-0.3-modules
+      - libspa-0.2-modules
+      - libspeechd2
+      - libvulkan1
+      - libxt6
+      - mesa-vulkan-drivers
+      - pipewire-bin
+      - pipewire-pulse
+      - opensc-pkcs11
+
+  desktop:
+    plugin: dump
+    source: .
+    organize:
+      zen-browser.desktop: usr/share/applications/zen-browser.desktop
+  
+  launcher:
+    plugin: nil
+    override-prime: |
+      cp "$CRAFT_PROJECT_DIR/zen-browser.launcher" "$CRAFT_PRIME/"
+      chmod a+rwx "$CRAFT_PRIME/zen-browser.launcher"
+
+  icons:
+    plugin: nil
+    build-packages:
+      - inkscape
+      - curl
+    override-build: |
+      curl -L -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zen-browser/desktop/refs/heads/dev/docs/assets/zen-dark.svg
+      inkscape -w 16 -h 16 "$SNAPCRAFT_PART_BUILD/zen-dark.svg" -o "$CRAFT_PART_INSTALL/16.png"
+      inkscape -w 32 -h 32 "$SNAPCRAFT_PART_BUILD/zen-dark.svg" -o "$CRAFT_PART_INSTALL/32.png"
+      inkscape -w 48 -h 48 "$SNAPCRAFT_PART_BUILD/zen-dark.svg" -o "$CRAFT_PART_INSTALL/48.png"
+      inkscape -w 64 -h 64 "$SNAPCRAFT_PART_BUILD/zen-dark.svg" -o "$CRAFT_PART_INSTALL/64.png"
+      inkscape -w 128 -h 128 "$SNAPCRAFT_PART_BUILD/zen-dark.svg" -o "$CRAFT_PART_INSTALL/128.png"
+    organize: 
+      16.png: usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/zen-browser.png
+      32.png: usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/zen-browser.png
+      48.png: usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/zen-browser.png
+      64.png: usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/zen-browser.png
+      128.png: usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/zen-browser.png
+    prime:
+      - usr/share/icons/*
+  
+slots:
+  dbus-daemon:
+    interface: dbus
+    bus: session
+    name: zen.desktop
+
+hooks:
+  post-refresh:
+    plugs: [host-usr-share-hunspell]
--- a/zen-browser.desktop
+++ b/zen-browser.desktop
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+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.14.11b
+Name=Zen Browser
+GenericName=Web Browser
+Comment=Welcome to a calmer internet
+Keywords=Internet;WWW;Browser;Web;Explorer
+Exec=/usr/lib/zen/zen-bin %U
+Icon=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/zen-browser.png
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;application/x-xpinstall;application/pdf;application/json;
+StartupWMClass=Zen Browser
+Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
+Actions=new-window;new-private-window;profile-manager-window;
+
+[Desktop Action new-window]
+Name=Open a New Window
+Exec=/usr/lib/zen/zen-bin --new-window %u
+
+[Desktop Action new-private-window]
+Name=Open a New Private Window
+Exec=/usr/lib/zen/zen-bin --private-window %u
+
+[Desktop Action profile-manager-window]
+Name=Open the Profile Manager
+Exec=/usr/lib/zen/zen-bin --ProfileManager %u
--- a/zen-browser.launcher
+++ b/zen-browser.launcher
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+exec "$SNAP/usr/lib/zen/zen-bin" "$@"