What is the naming convention for Click packages?

Solution 1:

The package name is usually the name of your application, all in lowercase and using dashes (-) instead of spaces.

For example, here are a few of my applications and their package names:

• Weather Desktop became weather-desktop.

• Ubuntu Tasks become ubuntu-tasks.

• uBible will be ubible.

In addition, Click packages also use a namespace which is combined with the package name to form the App ID. The namespace is the developer's domain name reversed, so for example:

• MyAwesomeApps.com would become com.myawesomeapps.
• Ubuntu.com would become com.ubuntu.

If you don't have your own domain name, you can use the default which is based on your Launchpad user name:

com.ubuntu.developer.<lpname>

There are a couple of things to note about your developer namespace:

1. Once you've uploaded an app, it cannot be changed. Before you've uploaded an app, if you've made a mistake or would like to change it, you can ask in the #ubuntu-app-devel channel to have it changed.

2. You can only use a namespace if you own the domain it represents or if it is the default using your Launchpad user name.

So for example, the App ID for Ubuntu Tasks is

com.ubuntu.developer.mdspencer.ubuntu-tasks