Hi Daniel, I'd like to try appImage for some apps written in Chicken. I'm guessing that your set up for bundling Chicken itself would be a good starting point. Can you provide a tar of your AppDir or notes on how you created it?
Thanks, Matt -=- On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 3:37 PM Daniel Ziltener <dzilte...@lyrion.ch> wrote: > Hello Chickeners! > > I had a "why not?" idea recently. I'm maintaining the RPM packages for > Chicken, and I thought "why not pack Chicken into an AppImage?" - and > that's what I did! > > For those who don't know AppImages: they are single-file volumes (think > ISO or DMG) but executable, and they work, without any further > requirements apart from FUSE (to mount the embedded SquashFS), on every > Linux distribution. You download an AppImage, rename it if you want, > make it executable, and it's ready for use. (if you have AppImageUpdate > installed, you can even automatically check for and get updates). > > So in this case, I packed a little script into the AppImage, since > Chicken has a whole bunch of executables. The AppImage is being built on > OpenSUSE's OBS service, and a download page is on > https://www.appimagehub.com/p/1911578/ , where you'll also find further > description on how to use it. > > Try it out if you like, and let me know about your thoughts, bugs to > fix, or improvements to make. A bit later I will link it on the > installation page of the Chicken wiki. > > Best regards, > Daniel > > > -- -- Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to keep things simple. - Richard Branson.
