[aur-general] PKGBUILD for an .AppImage

[Robin Broda]

On 10/11/18 8:12 AM, Tom Hale wrote:
> I searched through the forums and can't find anything on packaging an AppImage.
> 
> The only app referenced (upwork-appimage) is no longer available.
> 
> The particular AppImage in question is:
> https://github.com/robert7/nixnote2/releases
> 
> How do I search this mailing list online?
> 
> What advice would you give with .AppImages?
> 
> I *could* rip it open, but the only snag I hit was the binary is linked to `libhunspell-1.3.so.0` whereas Arch has `/usr/lib/libhunspell-1.6.so.0`.
> 
> Would it be a no-no to install this previous libhunspell version in /usr/lib?
> 
> If using an unextacted AppImage, where should I install the .AppImage itself?
> 
> /usr/bin/$pkgname.AppImage with a simlink from /usr/bin/$pkgname?
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 

Looks like nixnote2 is already on the AUR and properly built from source, both stable and -git.
A binary package ripped from an AppImage is probably the last thing you should be proposing...

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Rob (coderobe)

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