lbry-desktop/README.md
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# LBRY Electron
An electron version of the LBRY application.
This repo uses submodules, so clone it using --recursive
## Setup
The lbrynet needs to be installed along with pyinstaller, and you
need everything to be able to build the lbry-web-ui
## Build
run `./build.sh` to create a lbry executable, bundle the front-end and move
everything into the the electron repo
## Run
`electron electron`
## Package
To build a distributable package for OSX, run (on an OSX machine):
`electron-packager --electron-version=1.4.14 --overwrite electron LBRY`
This also probably works for windows and linux, but I haven't tested it
## TODO
This app works by launching the lbrynet daemon in a seperate process. Currently the
process management is very poor and the lbrynet process might not be shut-down when the app
is closed. Also, if the lbrynet daemon dies, there is no attempt to restart it.