Export Layer File

Use ll-builder export to check out the build content and generate layer file.

View the help information for the ll-builder export command:

ll-builder export --help

Here is the output:

Usage: ll-builder [options]

Options:
  -v, --verbose  show detail log (deprecated, use QT_LOGGING_RULES)
  -h, --help     Displays help on commandline options.
  --help-all     Displays help including Qt specific options.

The ll-builder export command creates a directory named appid in the project root directory, then checks out the local build cache to this directory, and generate layer file to the build result.

An example of the ll-builder export command is as follows:

ll-builder export

The directory structure after checkout is as follows:

linglong.yaml org.deepin.demo_0.0.0.1_x86_64_develop.layer org.deepin.demo_0.0.0.1_x86_64_runtime.layer

Layer files are divided into two categories: runtime and develop. The runtime includes the application's execution environment, while the develop layer, built upon the runtime, retains the debugging environment.

Take the org.deepin.demo Linglong application as an example. The directory is as follows:

org.deepin.demo
├── entries
│   └── share -> ../files/share
├── files
│   ├── bin
│   │   └── demo
│   └── share
│       ├── applications
│       │   └── demo.desktop
│       └── systemd
│           └── user -> ../../lib/systemd/user
├── info.json
└── org.deepin.demo.install