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appimage-builder

GNU/Linux packaging made easy!

What is it?

It's a tool for packing applications along with all of its dependencies using the system package manager to obtain binaries and resolve dependencies. It creates a self-sufficient and portable bundle using the AppImage format.

Features:

  • Real GNU/Linux packaging (no more distro packaging)
  • Simple recipes
  • Simple workflow
  • Backward and forward compatibility
  • One binary, many target systems.

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Projects using appimage-builder

Zeal Kstars Glimpse MystiQ MAUI Saber ProtonUp-QT

Developers

If you want to contribute to this project, you can install this project from source like this : (After cloning the repository)

Enter the virtual environnment :

pipenv shell

if you do not have python 3.8 installed you can try to use another version

pipenv shell --python path/to/python

Install the dependencies :

pipenv install

Add the current directory to the list of python modules :

export PYTHONPATH="`pwd`"

At this point you should be able to run appimage-builder by running python appimagebuilder !

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