arch2appimage
This is a python script that downloads Arch Linux packages (Official/Chaotic AUR) and converts to an AppImage executable (by hanzala123)
Atoms
Easily manage Linux Chroot(s) and Containers with Atoms. (by AtomsDevs)
| arch2appimage | Atoms | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 8 | |
| 342 | 389 | |
| - | 1.0% | |
| 6.4 | 5.0 | |
| 12 months ago | 9 months ago | |
| Python | Python | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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arch2appimage
Posts with mentions or reviews of arch2appimage.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-26.
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ArchImage: my (experimental) side-project to convert Arch Linux programs to AppImages that really work on any distro, old or young... powered by Junest
Arch2AppImage is useless, just like my Arch-Deployer (Arch2AppImage is inspired by my project, see it's README), I've also created an "issue" on its repository to explain why I've abandoned it, see https://github.com/hanzala123/arch2appimage/issues/25 ).
I'm a creator of AppImage packages, the basis always used (and recommended) is to create them based on old distributions for compatibility reasons. With this solution I want to try to break that rule. Both my Arch-deployer and the better known arch2appimage failed at this (and were archived as a result).
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Two reasons because Arch-based AppImages are not a good idea
less than two years ago I published a bash script that can that downloads a package from the Arch repository or from ChaoticAUR with all its dependences, and this was a big success for me on this community and on github. Later someone else, inspired by this project, have developed its own tool with a better code and easier to use (DT on YouTube did also a review on it, here). Everithing is great, I'm glad about all this, but... I stopped work on my repo more than 1 year ago (about december 2021) for a reason, the same that I think the developer of arch2appimage have understand later (and I said it into an issue, here), that's why its project have no more commits since 9 months. Arch-based AppImages are not a good idea, here are two reasons:
- MicroOS arch distrobox and AUR
- all dependencies in one package
- LURE: AUR on non-Arch distros
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Lamenting What AppImage Could Have Been
If you are in Arch, arch2appimage can easily make packages from Chaotic AUR.
- A Python script to convert any Arch Linux package (official/AUR) to an AppImage
- Arch2appimage- A Python script to convert any Arch Linux Package (official/AUR) to an AppImage
Atoms
Posts with mentions or reviews of Atoms.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-23.
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Is there a GUI tool for DistroBox?
Yes, check out Atoms. Its on flathub as well.
- Podman Desktop 1.0: Local container development made easy
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NordVPN "Command not found" after OS update.
you can install distrobox rootless https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox with atoms (manages distrobox containers) https://github.com/AtomsDevs/Atoms and you will not need to disable read only ever again.
- Do you think Silverblue will replace today’s Workstation in the future?
- Which CLI applications would you like to see a GUI version for GNOME (GTK/Libadwaita)?
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LURE: AUR on non-Arch distros
Plus, well, there's already pacstall and makedeb for Ubuntu-based and Debian-based, as well as the option of using distrobox, junest, and eventually Atoms to just get a portable Arch environment or just using Conty if you only want a few specific things.
- AtomsDevs/Atoms - Easily manage Linux Chroot(s) and Containers
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Another banger is coming from Mirko Brombin, author of Bottles
Go star the GitHub repository now!!
What are some alternatives?
When comparing arch2appimage and Atoms you can also consider the following projects:
lure-repo - The default repository for LURE
pods - Keep track of your podman containers
deb-get - apt-get for .debs published via GitHub or direct download 📦
toolbox-tuner - Graphical application intended for use on Fedora Silverblue to manage containertoolbx.org containers.
mprweb - Hosting platform for the makedeb Package Repository (MPR)
lure - The community repository missing from your Linux distro
ArchImage - Build AppImage packages for all distributions but including Arch Linux packages. Powered by JuNest.
OBS-Studio-appimage - OBS Studio AppImage built on top of JuNest, the lightweight Arch Linux based distro that runs on top of any other Linux distro.
junest - The lightweight Arch Linux based distro that runs, without root privileges, on top of any other Linux distro.
mnamer - media file renaming and organizing tool