appimage experiences

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manyroads
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appimage experiences

#1 Post by manyroads »

For those who are interested in finding another way to get access to non-standard Stretch applications (easily), I have had success (on MXLinux) using appimages. I am currently running the following apps as appimages:

- avidemux
- libreoffice-fresh
- openshot

I know this will not work in all cases, but it is often a viable and easy option. If you'd like to read more about my experience(s) you may view my posting here:

http://eirenicon.org/2018/12/18/using-linux-appimages/

Note to moderator(s): If you'd like to use my eirenicon post as a tutorial here, I'm happy to contribute it.
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#2 Post by Jerry3904 »

Thanks. Maybe it would be good for us to collect appimage success in a thread and link it from the Wiki article.
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#3 Post by Jerry3904 »

For the moment, I have added a link to your excellent post in the existing Wiki entry.
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#4 Post by manyroads »

Thank you @jerry3904!
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#5 Post by sunrat »

I'd be interested to know how much disk space these appimages take compared to native applications (if available), and why an appimage is used rather than a native application.

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#6 Post by timkb4cq »

Well, I use a 95 MB appimage for Jaxx. It's because that's the only way I can get it at all for Linux.

Also appimages, if built correctly, can let you use a program version that cannot be built on the base libraries in your distro since it includes the problematic ones in the appimage and shields the program from the host's versions.
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#7 Post by manyroads »

@sunrat Here' an article I wrote on appimages. http://eirenicon.org/2018/12/18/using-linux-appimages/
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