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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon OCR-D

[RFC] AppImage for OCR-D

Open stweil opened this issue 4 years ago • 3 comments

An AppImage for OCR-D might be an interesting alternative to Docker containers.

AppImages contain all code and data for one or several applications in a single file (technically a compressed filesystem embedded into a standalone Linux executable). They only work on Linux, but don't require a special distribution or pre-installed packages. Their only requirement is working FUSE (user space filesystem).

Building an AppImage with similar contents as the current Docker containers has some challenges, but should be possible.

stweil avatar Jun 10 '20 08:06 stweil

proof-of-concept AppImage for ocrd core: https://github.com/OCR-D/ocrd_all/issues/130#issuecomment-663075594

mikegerber avatar Jul 23 '20 15:07 mikegerber

I think thar for target group an AppImage could indeed have a lot to offer, since it does not require superuser rights on the host (contrary to Docker).

cneud avatar Sep 26 '20 01:09 cneud

From what I can see (https://github.com/OCR-D/ocrd_all/issues/130#issuecomment-663075594) the one big problem is the handling of the working directory. Other than that it seems relatively easy to do.

mikegerber avatar Oct 01 '20 11:10 mikegerber