Trying to find out how to create webapps with Firefox I cam across Mint's WebApp-Manager.
https://itsfoss.com/web-app-manager-linux-mint/
https://github.com/linuxmint/webapp-manager
So first I tried just installing the deb package. Yes it installed but crashed.
So I figured what the heck let's see if I can backport the needed packages to Debian Stable.
As it has been almost 10 yrs since I have even touched a computer I wasn't sure if I could. Luckily the directions to build a "Simple Sid Backport" are pretty simple.
Here is what I did:
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How to Install Mint's WebApp-Manager on Raspberry Pi OS (Buster)
Step 1) sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list add
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-backports main contrib non-free
Step 2) wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/debian-archive-keyring/debian-archive-keyring_2019.1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i debian-archive-keyring_2019.1_all.deb
sudo apt update && sudo apt install build-essential devhelp gdebi
sudo apt build-dep xapp
Step 3) sudo apt -b source xapp
Step 4) Install the packages
sudo gdebi libxapp1-dbgsym_2.0.7-1_armhf.deb
sudo gdebi libxapp-dev_2.0.7-1_armhf.deb
sudo gdebi gir1.2-xapp-1.0_2.0.7-1_armhf.deb
sudo gdebi libxapp1_2.0.7-1_armhf.deb
sudo gdebi xapps-common_2.0.7-1_all.deb
(If needed) sudo apt -f install
wget http://packages.linuxmint.com/pool/main/w/webapp-manager/webapp-manager_1.1.1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i webapp-manager_1.1.1_all.deb
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