digiKam AppImage Linux 64 bits bundle

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi all,

I just completed to build a 32 bits version of digiKam AppImage bundle here
:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzeiVr-byqt5WnBDN0VfSk9UTWM

All feedback are welcome

We have now a complete AppImage solution ready for next 5.3.0...

Best

Gilles Caulier

2016-10-23 20:13 GMT+02:00 Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>:

> Hi all,
>
> For the next 5.3.0, a new digiKam bundle will be proposed : the Linux
> 64bits ApppImage.
>
> What's AppImage exactly ? Well it's simple : it's a stand alone Linux
> executable which embed all requirement to run an application.
>
> The executable is in fact an archive which is automatically decompressed
> somewhere in /tmp using Fuse file system. The contents is a copy of
> libraries, settings, data files of application, including plugins and
> mandatory dependencies. The AppImage is not installed on the system and do
> not require root right.
>
> Typically, it's an alternative of official package provided by Linux
> distro team.
>
> The goal is to provide a recent release of application without to wait
> that your distro team build relevant packages with all required dependencies
>
> For technical reasons, the AppImage is compiled on an older CentOS 6.8 to
> be sure that i can be executed on all major Linux distro, as Suse, RedHat,
> Debian, Ubuntu, etc... The time to build The bundle is around 3 hours from
> scratch, less if Qt5+KF5 dependencies are already pre-compiled. This will
> be perfect to test dysfunctions fix in real time without to wait a next
> official release.
>
> AppImage SDK provide also a desktop integration of the bundled
> application, as Icons and USB events when a camera is connected to
> computer. At first run of AppImage, a dialog must appear to ask about
> desktop integration...
>
> Some problems still present in this bundle. The main one identified is the
> non video files support (thumbnails + preview), as under Linux, Gstreamer
> puzzle is used and it's really impossible to package with AppImage, due to
> huge list of runtime dependencies. For the future, we plan to drop
> Qt5::Multimedia to another frameworks to handle video files (something less
> complicated...)
>
> The AppImage can be downloaded here :
>
> https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzeiVr-byqt5SUZRMGtWa3VCUDg
>
> For all unknown possible problems, i recommend to test it with a new
> account on your computer and with a test collection. Do not use it yet in
> real production.
>
> Thank in advance for your feedback.
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
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