Bug 385062

Summary:	Cannot build snaps locally
Product:	[KDE Neon] neon	Reporter:	Aleix Pol <aleixpol>
Component:	Snaps	Assignee:	Harald Sitter <sitter>
Status:	RESOLVED LATER
Severity:	normal	CC:	jr, neon-bugs, sgmoore, sitter
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Aleix Pol 2017-09-25 19:35:31 UTC

Tried to build this one: https://packaging.neon.kde.org/applications/kate.git/?h=Neon/unstable

apol@oliver:~/devel/snaps/kate (Neon/unstable)$ snapcraft cleanbuild
Cannot find the definition for part 'kde-frameworks-5-dev'.
It may be a remote part, run `snapcraft update` to refresh the remote parts cache.

Unsure how to solve it.

Comment 1 Harald Sitter 2017-09-26 08:02:23 UTC

https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/neon/2017-September/000464.html

```
export SNAPCRAFT_PARTS_URI=http://metadata.neon.kde.org/snap/parts.yaml
snapcraft update
snapcraft
```

Basically: we pull the content snap in via what is called a remote part, as the definition for that is currently not part of the standard remote parts yaml (although it probably should be now that it is actually working) you need to use a special one.

Comment 2 Scarlett Moore 2017-09-26 15:26:57 UTC

Worked for Aleix, no such luck for me.

export SNAPCRAFT_PARTS_URI=http://metadata.neon.kde.org/snap/parts.yaml
root@snapcraft:/home/ubuntu/neon-work/packaging/kontact# snapcraft update
The parts cache is already up to date.
root@snapcraft:/home/ubuntu/neon-work/packaging/kontact# snapcraft
Cannot find the definition for part 'kde-frameworks-5-dev'.
It may be a remote part, run `snapcraft update` to refresh the remote parts cache.
root@snapcraft:/home/ubuntu/neon-work/packaging/kontact#

Comment 3 Harald Sitter 2017-09-27 07:47:52 UTC

root@snapcraft:/home/ubuntu/neon-work/packaging/kontact# snapcraft update
The parts cache is already up to date.

snapcraft bug

Comment 4 Aleix Pol 2017-09-27 14:52:23 UTC

Here's a bug report and a workaround: https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapcraft/+bug/1719928

Comment 5 Harald Sitter 2018-12-05 15:13:15 UTC

This is getting a bit better with new tech that is forthcoming right now, I am not sure it will entirely solve it.