Fix Linux distribution by removing unwanted stuff from PyQt5 (#135) +…

… fontconfig/freetype

* Deleted other workflows

* Removed unwanted stuff from PyQt5

* Remove libfontconfig and libfreetype also

* Revert "Deleted other workflows"

This reverts commit 3ff9939.

fsbuild/build.sh

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ make
 
 BUILDDIR=fsbuild/_build
 
+# Remove files from PyQt5 that we don't want to bundle (before pyinstaller
+# pulls in their dependencies).
+python3 fsbuild/fix-pyqt5.py
+
 rm -Rf $BUILDDIR/pyinstaller
 if [ "$SYSTEM_OS" = "Windows" ]; then
 pyinstaller \
@@ -30,6 +34,13 @@ pyinstaller \
 	--log-level DEBUG \
 	$PACKAGE_NAME
 BINDIR=fsbuild/_build/pyinstaller/$PACKAGE_NAME
+# Fontconfig in particular can crash the application because it conflicts
+# with system font cache or config files. For now, assume these library are
+# always present and use the system ones.
+echo "rm $BINDIR/libfreetype.so.6"
+rm $BINDIR/libfreetype.so.6
+echo "rm $BINDIR/libfontconfig.so.1"
+rm $BINDIR/libfontconfig.so.1
 fi
 
 # These do not work with macOS notarization, but might as well remove for all

fsbuild/fix-pyqt5.py

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import os
+import shutil
+import sys
+
+from PyQt5.QtCore import QLibraryInfo
+
+
+def main():
+    # This is mainly to avoid bundling libraries that can cause issues,
+    # such as GTK (and dependencies) being included if GTK platform
+    # integration is included.
+    print("Fixing PyQt5 installation before running pyinstaller")
+    print("(Removing unnecessary stuff")
+
+    # librariesPath = QLibraryInfo.location(QLibraryInfo.LibrariesPath)
+    # print(librariesPath)
+
+    def removePath(path):
+        print(path)
+        if os.path.exists(path):
+            print("Removing", path)
+            shutil.rmtree(path)
+
+    qmlPath = QLibraryInfo.location(QLibraryInfo.Qml2ImportsPath)
+    removePath(qmlPath)
+
+    translationsPath = QLibraryInfo.location(QLibraryInfo.TranslationsPath)
+    removePath(translationsPath)
+
+    pluginsPath = QLibraryInfo.location(QLibraryInfo.PluginsPath)
+    print(pluginsPath)
+
+    def removePlugins(type):
+        pluginTypePath = os.path.join(pluginsPath, type)
+        print(pluginTypePath)
+        if os.path.exists(pluginTypePath):
+            print("Removing", pluginTypePath)
+            shutil.rmtree(pluginTypePath)
+
+    if sys.platform == "linux":
+        removePlugins("platformthemes")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()