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Oliver Schönrock
Asked: 2024-11-15 06:30:34 +0800 CST

snapcraft: How can I have snapname-appname rather than snapname.appname

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When publishing multiple apps inside one snap, snapcraft prefixes the appname with "snapname." so the end user appears to see an executable name of "snapname.appname"

My snap is a collection of 7 cli utilities. all with a common prefix, let say "snapname".

but their names are:

snapname-appname

using a minus/dash instead of a period separator, which is much more common in linux cli utilities.

my utilities will also be published via .deb and .rpm etc, so I would like the naming to be consistent as otherwise the documentation will be confusing.

Is there any way around the apparently fixed prefixing scheme with the period?

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You want an alias. You can create them manually, but that's not really want you want: you want aliases to which your users have access. In that case, you need to request them by creating a new post in the store-requests category of the forum. Why? To quote the above link:

    As there is no guarantee that an alias is going to be unique, and potential conflicts create a minor inconvenience, a snap’s default aliases are only enabled after a simple public review process.

    The same review process also ensures that any default commands exposed by a snap are either named after the snap or, when different, reviewed to ensure the alias is relevant within the context of the application. This helps maintain a sane shared namespace for everyone.

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