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Support appimage/snap for Linux

Open dnet890 opened this issue 2 years ago • 18 comments

Hi So far I like it because the software is quite responsive. But, the installation process is quite scary for newbies. I know Appimage/snap are quite common format for universal packaging. Is it possible to support appimage/snap?

dnet890 avatar Nov 06 '23 00:11 dnet890

I would suggest Flatpak. It would be a better options. Better integration with system.

While as AppImage downloads the whole package for updates and snap is mostly for Ubuntu. Few people use snap specifically in other distros.

Flatpak also has delta update that is only the update file is downloaded instead of whole app unlike AppImage.

IkelAtomig avatar Nov 14 '23 01:11 IkelAtomig

The other problem is the lack of automatic updates, every time we have to repeat the same process of building and moving the new files.

Hopefully the problem will be solved, in the meantime I wrote a script that automates the updating process.

https://github.com/The-Hypervisor/Updating-Scripts/blob/main/scripts/Stirling-PDF.md

ghost avatar Jan 01 '24 20:01 ghost

Would love a flat pack solution unfortunately dont know how to make it If someone else could help on this I would happily integrate it

Frooodle avatar Jan 01 '24 20:01 Frooodle

The other problem is the lack of automatic updates, every time we have to repeat the same process of building and moving the new files.

Hopefully the problem will be solved, in the meantime I wrote a script that automates the updating process.

https://github.com/JohnBetaro/Stirling-PDF-Updater

Just took a look, I'd suggest just grabbing the latest jar from the release artifacts to avoid have to redownload all the code and recompile it

Frooodle avatar Jan 01 '24 21:01 Frooodle

I think reaching https://github.com/flathub/flathub or https://discourse.flathub.org/c/requests/5 for Flatpak help. But, Appimage or Snap is welcoming and universal as well.

dnet890 avatar Jan 02 '24 00:01 dnet890

The other problem is the lack of automatic updates, every time we have to repeat the same process of building and moving the new files. Hopefully the problem will be solved, in the meantime I wrote a script that automates the updating process. https://github.com/The-Hypervisor/Updating-Scripts/blob/main/scripts/Stirling-PDF.md

Just took a look, I'd suggest just grabbing the latest jar from the release artifacts to avoid have to redownload all the code and recompile it

I still have to redownload the code anyway so I can get the latest scripts and move them, but I will download your latest jar file to make sure it is a proper build and not some kind of beta.

ghost avatar Jan 02 '24 16:01 ghost

@dtantono AppImage is universal not Snap

IkelAtomig avatar Jan 04 '24 04:01 IkelAtomig