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I want to use Appimagetool-x86_64, how do I run It in Manjaro?

Open CineEncoder opened this issue 4 years ago • 5 comments

I want to use Appimagetool-x86_64, how do I run It in Manjaro? (appimage-builder has nothing to do with this.)

CineEncoder avatar Aug 17 '20 10:08 CineEncoder

wget https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
chmod +x appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
./appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage <...>

Please note that appimagetool is a rather low-level tool, usually used by higher-level tools to produce AppImages from already-prepared AppDirs.

probonopd avatar Aug 17 '20 10:08 probonopd

Just looked at other options - but there I do not understand what to do (from the word "completely"). I've been trying to make Appimage for a month, but I can't do anything... Very scattered information, there is no clear sequence of actions.

CineEncoder avatar Aug 17 '20 11:08 CineEncoder

You need to bundle CineEncoder, Python, ffmpeg, mediainfo, mkvtoolnix and their dependencies in an AppDir. Once you have that AppDir you can convert it into an AppImage.

For Python-based applications, there are different options: https://github.com/AppImage/awesome-appimage#deployment-tools-for-python-applications

These tools are made by different people, so depending which tool you have questions on please ask in the respective projects.

probonopd avatar Aug 17 '20 12:08 probonopd

Thanks!

CineEncoder avatar Aug 17 '20 12:08 CineEncoder

You should probably have a look at https://docs.appimage.org/, too. It provides an introduction as well as some guides on how to create AppImages from source.

Also, please feel free to join our IRC channel, where we can guide you better.

TheAssassin avatar Aug 17 '20 13:08 TheAssassin