Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] AppImage? What's that?
On Sun, 5 Nov 2017 16:46:07 +0200 > Reading only this thread, it looks like an upstream used a horribly > incomplete scheme for distribution that isn't even ready for launch. What, like KDE-4, KDE-plasma, ... ? -- Regards, Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] AppImage? What's that?
On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 6:46 AM, Alan McKinnonwrote: > On 05/11/2017 15:48, tu...@posteo.de wrote: >> >> unpacking is not implemented yet. > > > Reading only this thread, it looks like an upstream used a horribly > incomplete scheme for distribution that isn't even ready for launch. > > And yet they distribute using it. > Nah, they just don't consider extracting the stuff without running it important. Nor apparently do they consider it important to support the 0.1% of Linux users on a distro that doesn't support appimage (just a rough estimate based by all the logos on their webpage - I can't vouch for how well it works on the distros they list). The concept behind it isn't terrible, but if you want to use it your first step is to get it packaged/working on Gentoo. I don't see any reason that this couldn't be done - it just probably doesn't scratch many Gentoo user's itches. -- Rich
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] AppImage? What's that?
On 11/05 04:46, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 05/11/2017 15:48, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > On 11/05 07:21, Tom H wrote: > >> On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 7:11 AM,wrote: > >>> On 11/05 06:29, Tom H wrote: > On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 6:20 AM, wrote: > > > > I got an archive (???) of an Linux application, which > > has the extension "*.AppImage". > > > > What is that? > > > > Is it possible to "unpack" that into something more common? > > How to handle that? > > Does it use this spec? > > https://appimage.org/ > >>> > >>> Dont know... > >>> How can I unpack that to look into it? > >> > >> From > >> https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit > >> > >> wget > >> "https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage; > >> etc... > >> > > > > > > ./appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage TestApp/. > > WARNING: appstreamcli is missing, please install it if you want to use > > AppStream metadata > > appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage is a file, assuming it is an AppImage and > > should be unpacked > > To be implemented > > > > unpacking is not implemented yet. > > > Reading only this thread, it looks like an upstream used a horribly > incomplete scheme for distribution that isn't even ready for launch. > > And yet they distribute using it. > > I would be questioning why I'm using that upstream's project at all, and > find something better by an author with more clue. > > Am I missing something? > > > -- > Alan McKinnon > alan.mckin...@gmail.com > > As so often, the persons 'up' in the hierarch decide things the people 'down' the hierarchy would keep their fingers off - but they will not be asked. I am 'down' the hierarchy and want to unpack that archive/image/whatever. Currently I am recompiling my kernel to support squashfs as it seems that this image is one of that images. If so, mounting it as an image and copying the files out of the mountpoints directory may work. Fingers crossed... Cheers Meino
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] AppImage? What's that?
On 05/11/2017 15:48, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > On 11/05 07:21, Tom H wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 7:11 AM,wrote: >>> On 11/05 06:29, Tom H wrote: On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 6:20 AM, wrote: > > I got an archive (???) of an Linux application, which > has the extension "*.AppImage". > > What is that? > > Is it possible to "unpack" that into something more common? > How to handle that? Does it use this spec? https://appimage.org/ >>> >>> Dont know... >>> How can I unpack that to look into it? >> >> From >> https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit >> >> wget >> "https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage; >> etc... >> > > > ./appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage TestApp/. > WARNING: appstreamcli is missing, please install it if you want to use > AppStream metadata > appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage is a file, assuming it is an AppImage and should > be unpacked > To be implemented > > unpacking is not implemented yet. Reading only this thread, it looks like an upstream used a horribly incomplete scheme for distribution that isn't even ready for launch. And yet they distribute using it. I would be questioning why I'm using that upstream's project at all, and find something better by an author with more clue. Am I missing something? -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] AppImage? What's that?
On 11/05 07:21, Tom H wrote: > On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 7:11 AM,wrote: > > On 11/05 06:29, Tom H wrote: > >> On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 6:20 AM, wrote: > >>> > >>> I got an archive (???) of an Linux application, which > >>> has the extension "*.AppImage". > >>> > >>> What is that? > >>> > >>> Is it possible to "unpack" that into something more common? > >>> How to handle that? > >> > >> Does it use this spec? > >> > >> https://appimage.org/ > > > > Dont know... > > How can I unpack that to look into it? > > From > https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit > > wget > "https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage; > etc... > ./appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage TestApp/. WARNING: appstreamcli is missing, please install it if you want to use AppStream metadata appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage is a file, assuming it is an AppImage and should be unpacked To be implemented unpacking is not implemented yet.
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] AppImage? What's that?
On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 7:11 AM,wrote: > On 11/05 06:29, Tom H wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 6:20 AM, wrote: >>> >>> I got an archive (???) of an Linux application, which >>> has the extension "*.AppImage". >>> >>> What is that? >>> >>> Is it possible to "unpack" that into something more common? >>> How to handle that? >> >> Does it use this spec? >> >> https://appimage.org/ > > Dont know... > How can I unpack that to look into it? From https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit wget "https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage; etc...
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] AppImage? What's that?
On 11/05 06:29, Tom H wrote: > On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 6:20 AM,wrote: > > > > I got an archive (???) of an Linux application, which > > has the extension "*.AppImage". > > > > What is that? > > > > Is it possible to "unpack" that into something more common? > > How to handle that? > > Does it use this spec? > > https://appimage.org/ > Dont know... How can I unpack that to look into it? Cheers Meino
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] AppImage? What's that?
On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 6:20 AM,wrote: > > I got an archive (???) of an Linux application, which > has the extension "*.AppImage". > > What is that? > > Is it possible to "unpack" that into something more common? > How to handle that? Does it use this spec? https://appimage.org/
[gentoo-user] [OT] AppImage? What's that?
Hi, I got an archive (???) of an Linux application, which has the extension "*.AppImage". What is that? Is it possible to "unpack" that into something more common? How to handle that? Thanks a lot for any help in advance! Cheers Meino