GNU/Linux packaging made easy! ™
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.
If you want to contribute to this project, you can install this project from source like this : (After cloning the repository)
Enter the virtual environnment :
pipenv shell
if you do not have python 3.8 installed you can try to use another version
pipenv shell --python path/to/python
Install the dependencies :
pipenv install
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 python appimagebuilder !