AppImageKit
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8,387 | 42 | |
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2.9 | 2.9 | |
about 1 month ago | 28 days ago | |
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AppImageKit
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GoboLinux
What you're looking for sounds like AppImages (https://appimage.org/) . I have only used them while downloading games from itch.io, etc. (since i prefer package managers) but they seem to work out of the box on popular distros.
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How to sandbox AppImages ?
I found a similar issue on github and tried this solution but still getting the same error .
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Ask HN: What's the best CLI installation experience you've ever seen?
There is AppImage[1], which packs a lot of stuff into a SquashFS filesystem, appends it to the executable, so everything is in one file.
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Linux users when their preferred app isn't packaged in the main repository
All my homies use appimage.
Nah i think yall just hating appimage. Real gold standard.
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How to minimize RAM usage during Go binary compilation
Although I haven't used plugins feature myself yet, this does sound like the perfect use case for them. Not every patient needs to access every single source. With plugins you can load only the source (or few sources) that they actually need. You can still use something like https://appimage.org/ to give them "a single binary", but will actually contain your slim binary and all the plugins.
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I'm thinking of moving from windows to Linux. What should I expect?
appimages. Appimages are similar to flatpaks, exept that they are a file you download and double click to run. Think of them as portable softwares like windows has (portable apps). They are sandboxed too. You can learn more about appimages here
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If you are on debian you can use this trick to pack any package in deb repository as appimage with its deps!
Look at how to bundle various frameworks - eg https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/wiki/Bundling-GTK3-apps
Download AppRun and AppImageTool from https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit
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List of Appimage *
AppImageKit - Package desktop applications as AppImages that run on common Linux-based operating systems.
nixos-config
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7 Useful Tools Written in Haskell
Here is an example of configured system (by erikbackman):
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Is anyone else trying to decide between only using NixOS on a server, using it on all your computers, and not using it all?
Here's my setup with flakes and home-manager if anyone is interested: https://github.com/erikbackman/nixos-config
What are some alternatives?
pdfarranger - Small python-gtk application, which helps the user to merge or split PDF documents and rotate, crop and rearrange their pages using an interactive and intuitive graphical interface.
pkg2appimage - Tool and recipes to convert existing deb packages to AppImage
appimage-builder - GNU/Linux packaging solution using the AppImage format
flatpak - Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework
piper - GTK application to configure gaming devices
powerjoular
AppImageLauncher - Helper application for Linux distributions serving as a kind of "entry point" for running and integrating AppImages
nixpkgs - Nix Packages collection & NixOS
firejail - Linux namespaces and seccomp-bpf sandbox
nickel - Better configuration for less
omnibus-ruby - Easily create full-stack installers for your project across a variety of platforms.
alire - Command-line tool from the Alire project and supporting library