Failed to init: Unable to find sdk io.elementary.Sdk version 6

[aral]

When I run flatpak-builder build org.small-tech.hello-world.yml --user --install --force-clean, I get the following error:

error: io.elementary.Sdk/x86_64/6 not installed
Failed to init: Unable to find sdk io.elementary.Sdk version 6

apt search elementary-sdk gives me:

elementary-sdk/focal,now 1.508+r576~ubuntu6.1 amd64 [installed]
  elementary Developer Kit

My org.small-tech.hello-world.yml file contents are:

app-id: org.small-tech.hello-world

runtime: io.elementary.Platform
runtime-version: '6'
sdk: io.elementary.Sdk

command: org.small-tech.hello-world

finish-args:
  - '--share=ipc'
  - '--socket=fallback-x11'
  - '--socket=wayland'

modules:
  - name: hello-world
    buildsystem: meson
    sources:
      - type: dir
        path: .

[cassidyjames]

Ah so you'll need to install the Flatpak SDK as a user. We need to include this in the instructions:

flatpak install --user io.elementary.Sdk//6

[aral]

Ah, cool, that worked, thanks :)

(After I “fixed” my reverse-domain name from small-tech to small_tech because Flatpak chokes on dashes on anything but the last fragment for some reason.)

(It did remain a long time on Updating runtime/io.elementary.Platform.Locale/x86_64/6 the first time I ran flatpak-builder, in case that matters. Subsequent builds did not wait at that step.)

[iancleary]

@aral @cassidyjames

Hello,

I encountered the same issue.

Ah so you'll need to install the Flatpak SDK as a user. We need to include this in the instructions:

flatpak install --user io.elementary.Sdk//6

I've created #133 to update the docs. Feel free to look at the wording and merge when you have the time.

Thanks!

[aral]

@icancclearynow Thank you :)

[iancleary]

@icancclearynow Thank you :)

You're welcome!

Thanks for the reporting the issue as it helped me when I followed the tutorial 😊

[lenemter]

@danirabbit Can this be closed? We already include this instructions on 'The Basic Setup' page, do we need to duplicate the same instruction in the packaging section?

[danirabbit]

@lenemter hm I think this is because we don't include --user when we tell folks to install the SDK. So probably just needs that

[lenemter]

@danirabbit --user is default in this case. I followed the setup section and was able to successfully build a flatpak app