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pkg2appimage
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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!
The pkg2appimage script exists to do these conversions with many examples https://github.com/AppImageCommunity/pkg2appimage/tree/master/recipes
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SimpleScreenRecorder, a screen recorder for Linux (X11) is now available as an (Unofficial) AppImage
NOTE: I've built it using the recipe available at https://github.com/AppImageCommunity/pkg2appimage, added libunionpreload from https://github.com/project-portable/libunionpreload and some additional paths to LD_LIBRARy_PATH into the AppRun, just tested on Debian and Arch Linux... and works great!
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"AM" and AppMan - that's why they don't include support for AppImageHub and similar sites
Beyond all, my work is heavily focused on compiling AppImage from existing .deb packages through the use of pkg2appimage and appimagetool, as unofficial AppImage packages not present on AppImageHub are provided, but taken from fairly reliable sources ( Debian repositories, or in some cases a PPAs for Ubuntu). The sources are available via the -a or -w options of my scripts.
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What's the deal with "snap vs flatpack" rivalry I seem to see around the internet?
Does anyone actually do that? The official documentation says not to do that (see here). Also, the excludelist mentions a couple of problems that happen when certain libraries are bundled in an AppImage.
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Is it possible to have a Multi-Linux distro that has the main features of the rest?
It sounds like there might also be at least some support for portable Linux formats on Mac: snap appears to allow installing on mac via brew, but it sounds like appimages and flatpaks cannot run on mac. that said, i haven't used snaps on mac nor have I ever heard of anyone who does so... so no clue if they work well there.
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For those interested in compiling an AppImage for Chromium...
PS: yes, I know that better sources for this are already available, for example the Slackware repository and woolyss, but actually the more recent version, the 97, for old i386 machines is provided by Debian (ArchLinux32 has the v90, and other versions are quite buggy for this architecture, see this issue). Unluckily there is not a 32 bit version of pkg2appimage, if we had one or someone can fork better the main script, we can still have more appimages for old architectures, being many of my scripts for x86_64 wrote to support pkg2appimage (as you have already seen in my previous post).
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Issue in creating an AppImage for GIMP
If I have time enough, I wanna try to create a script that automatizes all the processes, also for you developers, but my knowledge is limited to the download of packages from Debian and derivatives or from Arch Linux to create these structures, I'm not much good in compiling these programs by myself into a chroot, I'm just an enthusiast.
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Why doesn't everyone use appimages instead of .deb, .rpm or other native binary system?
Depends on who makes them, but generally everything besides this list
- aisap - Android-like sandboxing for AppImages
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Any Appimages for linux?
Brave doesn't officially provide any AppImages. There is a issue on GitHub tracking this, but it's definitely not their top priority right now. You can use pkg2appimage to produce an AppImage of Brave or use existing ones available on this GitHub repository. Keep in mind that these are unofficial sources that I don't recommend to use, but if you really want to, at your own risk.
AppMan
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I'm sick of reading that among the disadvantages of AppImage is the lack of updates and a centralized repository!
I have been working on two CLI tools to install AppImage packages system wide and locall (they are AM and AppMan respectively). I've also written a website that acts as a catalog and a better source for downloading them all for real, https://portable-linux-apps.github.io !
- What’s the best way to install App Man, direct or via distrobox?
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Thank you for the review of "AM"
3:57, often appear the message "find: './containerd': Permission denied", this is because AM expects you install everything in /opt, to use a version that can work in any container or custom $HOME you want, use the portable version of AM, i.e. "AppMan", at https://github.com/ivan-hc/AppMan
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After two years of development on "AM", AppMan and many Appimage packages... I'm seriously considering giving it all up
I started writing AM/AppMan two years ago, it was just a custom script to install and always keep any Appimage package I needed updated to the latest version. Then become something much bigger.
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How to add applications
AppMan, at https://github.com/ivan-hc/AppMan, a copy of "AM" but portable, it can install everything into a directory of your choice in your $HOME, no root privileges are required.
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Portable-Linux-Apps.github.io - a "work in progress" site were we can upload AppImages and other standalone applications for GNU/Linux
AppMan, a copy of AM but that allows you to choose where to install the apps in your HOME directory and without root access.
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AppMan is back: v4.0.0 "PORTABLE", also available as an AppImage
More details at https://github.com/ivan-hc/AppMan
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Introducing AM and AppMan, two bash scripts that can install, update and manage all the AppImage packages and other standalone programs for GNU/Linux
https://github.com/ivan-hc/AM-AppMan ("AppMan", local integration only).
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AppMan 3.0.6.1: now you can choose the directory of your applications in your $HOME
RELEASE: https://github.com/ivan-hc/AppMan/releases/tag/3.0.6.1
- NEW "AppMan 3.0.6": not just another copy of "AM", now you can "convert" downloaded and created scripts for local installation (without root privileges)!
What are some alternatives?
AppImageKit - Package desktop applications as AppImages that run on common Linux-based operating systems, such as RHEL, CentOS, openSUSE, SLED, Ubuntu, Fedora, debian and derivatives. Join #AppImage on irc.libera.chat
Ventoy - A new bootable USB solution.
deb2appimage - Build AppImages from deb packages on any distro with simple json configuration
bubblewrap - Low-level unprivileged sandboxing tool used by Flatpak and similar projects
appimage-cli-tool - AppImage package manager
flathub - Issue tracker and new submissions
AM - An "AUR-inspired" Database of AppImage packages and a CLI to manage/install/update them system-wide! This repo lists 1900+ standalone apps for GNU/Linux. You can extend it with custom repositories, create your own installation scripts and even build AppImages on the fly! "AM" Application Manager: Easy to use like APT and Powerful like PacMan!
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ostree - Operating system and container binary deployment and upgrades
utils - Utility scripts