Ubuntu Software Store

An alternative software store for the Ubuntu Desktop made with Flutter.

Goals

•  Great UX
•  Fast
•  Adaptive Layout
•  Snap support (https://github.com/canonical/snapd.dart)
  •  install
  •  search
  •  remove
  •  filter for sections
  •  refresh
  •  switch channels
  •  manage permissions
    •  list permissions
    •  activate/deactive permissions
•  deb/rpm (packagekit) support (https://github.com/canonical/packagekit.dart)
  •  install from file-explorer
  •  list installed debs/rpms
  •  remove
  •  update all debs/rpms on the system via the updates tab
  •  search and install for debs/rpms

Firmware updater

For the firmware updates the flutter linux desktop, yaru-designed application firmware-updater is recommended

Build

Install flutter

sudo apt install git curl cmake meson make clang libgtk-3-dev pkg-config
mkdir -p ~/development
cd ~/development
git clone https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git -b stable
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/development/flutter/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

OR a one-liner top copy & paste – CAUTION: it won’t stop after you entered your password 🙂

sudo apt -y install git curl cmake meson make clang libgtk-3-dev pkg-config && mkdir -p ~/development && cd ~/development && git clone https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git -b stable && echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/development/flutter/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc

run

flutter run

or press the run icon in vscode.

Download Software Center App source code on GitHub

Flutterappworld

Provides the list of the opensource Flutter apps collection with GitHub repository.