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Appimage
Hi, could it be possible to have an AppImage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppImage This would allow all Linux users to use Min without problems. Thanks
I'm a Linux user and have no problems with Min. What problems do you have that AppImage will solve?
Running Min without having to build if you are not Debian or Os X user. AppImage run on all glibc Linux. It's not exactly a problem, but more an improvement.
So you suggest this thing just to avoid running grunt before starting min? I don't see running a single command as such a problem that needs introducing a packaging system, though for some lazy users it may be easier to download a file and click on it, instead of download a repo and grunt it.
Building from source can be kind of a pain though, so if there are ways we can make it easier to avoid that it might be worth looking into (and I wouldn't really call it "lazy"). I don't know much about appimage, I'm traveling for the next few weeks but I'll try to look into it after that.
On Jun 5, 2018, at 9:33 AM, code-hunger [email protected] wrote:
So you suggest this thing just to avoid running grunt before starting min? I don't see running a single command as such a problem that needs introducing a packaging system, though for some lazy users it may be easier to download a file and click on it, instead of download a repo and grunt it.
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This is even easier because the project is on electron and from the AppImage documentation there is a electronbuilder which can automatically build AppImages from source. Here is a link to it https://docs.appimage.org/packaging-guide/overview.html#using-electron-builder
It would be nice for many users to have appimage of min, not all of them are able to build this ... So, can you consider releasing an appimage? Thanks!
I would totally vote for this as well!
AppImage is a great way to test and use Software.
I have a few appimages of software i don't really want to have installed! (beside... i can just put it on a USB Drive and "go"...)
please consider it :)
Yes, this would be great for users on non-Debian or non Fedora-based distributions. It will also help users of immutable distributions
