damoclark / appimage-builder

GNU/Linux packaging solution using the AppImage format

appimage-builder

GNU/Linux packaging made easy! ™

What is it?

It's a tool for packing applications along with all of its dependencies using the system package manager to obtain binaries and resolve dependencies. It creates a self-sufficient and portable bundle using the AppImage format.

Features:

• Real GNU/Linux packaging. (no more distro packaging)
• Simple recipes.
• Simple workflow.
• Backward and forward compatibility.
• One binary, many target systems.

Useful links

• Installation
• Getting help
• Tutorial
• Documentation

Projects using appimage-builder

Developers

If you want to contribute, you can install this project from source like this:

(After cloning the repository)

Requirements

This project requires python 3.8 to work!

1. Using pipenv

you can use pipenv (installed through pip) to simplify the process of setting up a virtual environment.

1. Create a virtual environment:

pipenv shell

if you do not have python 3.8 installed you can use another version like so:

pipenv shell --python path/to/python

2. Install the dependencies:

pipenv install

3. Add the current directory to the list of python modules:

export PYTHONPATH="`pwd`"

At this point you should be able to run appimage-builder by running pipenv run appimagebuilder!

2. Manual Installation

For those who don't want to use pipenv there's a requirements.txt file that contains all the dependencies.

Next you need to add the current directory to the list of python modules:

export PYTHONPATH="`pwd`"

Then you can run the project like so:

python appimagebuilder/__main__.py

Notes

• This project uses the Black code formatter.