📦 Stores and Package Managers

[hacdias]

Summary

Many users want to see IPFS Desktop binaries distributed across many stores and package managers. This issue will be used to address those and new requests should be done here for now.

Status

Package Manager	Status	How to
Homebrew (macOS)	🐓	brew cask install ipfs
Chocolatey (Windows)	🐓	choco install ipfs-desktop
Scoop (Windows)	🐓	scoop bucket add extras && scoop install ipfs-desktop package maintained by @NatoBoram
WinGet (Windows)	❔
PPA Ubuntu/Debian	❔
Flatpak	❔
Snap	🐓	snap install ipfs-desktop
AUR	🐓	package maintained by @alexhenrie
App Store (macOS)	❔

• ❔ : Status unknown
• 🐣 : Work in progress
• 🐓 : Published

[mkg20001]

I'd also add snaps (https://snapcraft.io) to the list as it's also a fairly common distribution method and can be easily integrated (https://build.snapcraft.io)

[olizilla]

homebrew pls! - https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

[lidel]

This feels like a good opportunity to improve community involvement.

When v1.0 is ready we (or Package Managers WG) should reach out to current maintainers of existing go-ipfs packages and ask them for help with adding ipfs-desktop one:

• https://repology.org/metapackages/?search=ipfs&maintainer=&category=&inrepo=&notinrepo=&repos=&families=&repos_newest=&families_newest=

[lidel]

+ we should provide prebuilt standalone .deb and .rpm as best-effort approach to cover remaining Linux distros.

[hacdias]

Brew cask just added as ipfs. See the PR for why it is not ipfs-desktop.

brew cask install ipfs for everyone.