Lightworks Flatpak

Following some discussion on the LWKS forum, I decided to create a Flatpak package based on the .deb package. This repository contains the manifest for that package.

It's been working great for me so far. If you're brave enough to test it, please report any bugs you find on this issue tracker!

Install this Flatpak

Download the lightworks.flatpak bundle file from the Releases page and double click it to install with GNOME Software or KDE Discover.

Or run:

flatpak install lightworks.flatpak

Decklink Support

I've bundled the Blackmagic Libraries with the Flatpak package, which seems to work for users with Decklinks.

If you have a Decklink, install this flatpak.

All Flatpaks produced moving forward will contain the Blackmagic Libraries for Decklink compatibility by default; there won't be a separate Flatpak.

Building With Decklink Support

When building this package, you need to download the Blackmagic libraries to the same directory, available at this link: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/download/b97e55f37a0042fbacd234971d8c93ed/Linux

Building & Developing the Flatpak Package

You need Flatpak Builder.

To build the package:

flatpak-builder build-dir --force-clean com.lwks.Lightworks.yaml

To install the package:

flatpak-builder build-dir --user --install --force-clean com.lwks.Lightworks.yaml

To run the package:

flatpak run com.lwks.Lightworks

To get a shell within the Flatpak sandbox for debugging purposes:

flatpak run --command=sh --devel com.lwks.Lightworks

Build a .flatpak Bundle

After building the Flatpak with flatpak-builder, export the build:

flatpak build-export export build-dir

Now create the bundle:

flatpak build-bundle export lightworks.flatpak com.lwks.Lightworks --runtime-repo=https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo