learningmedia/anavis

Provide AppImage for download on GitHub Releases

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probonopd commented

Looks like AppImage generation is already configured in this project, so it would be great if you could provide a readymade AppImage for download on GitHub Releases.

anavis/package.json

Line 23 in a82a5e3

"pack": "build --mac dmg --win nsis --linux AppImage --x64",

Providing an AppImage would have, among others, these advantages:

  • Applications packaged as an AppImage can run on many distributions (including Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, CentOS, elementaryOS, Linux Mint, and others)
  • One app = one file = super simple for users: just download one AppImage file, make it executable, and run
  • No unpacking or installation necessary
  • No root needed
  • No system libraries changed
  • Works out of the box, no installation of runtimes needed
  • Optional desktop integration with appimaged
  • Optional binary delta updates, e.g., for continuous builds (only download the binary diff) using AppImageUpdate
  • Can optionally GPG2-sign your AppImages (inside the file)
  • Works on Live ISOs
  • Can use the same AppImages when dual-booting multiple distributions
  • Can be listed in the AppImageHub central directory of available AppImages
  • Can double as a self-extracting compressed archive with the --appimage-extract parameter

Here is an overview of projects that are already distributing upstream-provided, official AppImages.

If you have questions, AppImage developers are on #AppImage on irc.freenode.net.

ahelmberger commented

Thanks for integrating AnaVis into the AppImageHub repository. I'll close this issue as we provide the AppImage by now. Please let us know if we can improve the support.