image loaders (gdkpixbuf) not easy to integrate

[Sebastien Bacher]

gtk softwares need gdkpixbuf image loaders to be able to display images (jpg, png, svg, ...)

if you want that to work you need to
- include the loaders
- generate a cache (or ship a static one in the source and copy it)
- include mimetype definition (or a static mime.cache) so the loader knows what image type is needed
- set those environment variable

"# Gdk-pixbuf loaders
export GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE=$SNAP/usr/lib/$ARCH/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache
export GDK_PIXBUF_MODULEDIR=$SNAP/usr/lib/$ARCH/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0"

ideally snapcraft would do that for you

[Leo Arias (elopio)]

Hey seb, shouldn't this be solved with a shared part in the wiki that does that for you?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the desktop launcher handles that, but I'm not sure if the snapcraft team consider having to use a launcher as a proper solution or a temporary one until that's handled by the tools?