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

Software App for Ubuntu made with Flutter 🧡 💙
https://github.com/ubuntu-flutter-community/software
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Recent commits:

• Merge pull request #1723 from d-loose/error-viewfeat: add custom error view, GitHub
• feat(error_view): use column layout, Dennis Loose
• fix(error_view): add missing action text, Dennis Loose
• feat: match figma designs for error pages- add `ErrorMessage` structure for localized error title, body and actions- add retry logic where possible- link to snapcraft status page for server errors, Dennis Loose
• fix: remove unused imports, Dennis Loose