I read first about LibreOffice as AppImage portable application Linux format. Yeas, we already happy to have Cinelerra-GG in many stable distributions native package formats, but just wonder if a Cinelerra AppImange portable format would be beneficial for portable and generic testing, use or demonstrations on other/generic (rolling) releases? Background and references: AppImage is a portable application format for Linux that allows users to run applications on rolling (e.g. Arch, openSUSE Tumbleweed) and stable (e.g. Ubuntu LTS, CentOS) Linux distributions very easily, without the need for installation or worry of dependencies. AppImages bundle all the files needed for an application to run (e.g. libraries, translations, icons, fonts) that may not already be present on a user's system. LibreOffice AppImage is a portable version of LibreOffice for Linux that can be run from any location (e.g. local drive, USB, CD, network share) on all popular Linux distributions, including their live CDs. LibreOffice AppImage is available in three versions - Basic, Standard, and Full - which support a different set of languages. https://www.libreoffice.org/download/appimage/ Today, you can test or use LibreOffice in your Gnu/Linux distribution without the need of going through the installation process. How? With AppImage, a format for distributing portable software on Linux without the need of superuser permissions to install the application. https://libreoffice.soluzioniopen.com/ https://appimage.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppImage https://itsfoss.com/use-appimage-linux/ https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/04/easily-run-and-integrate-appimage-file... https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-run-appimages-on-linux/ ------------ Any experiences about the AppImage format? Terje J. Hanssen
Some commentary follows: On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 7:55 AM Terje J Hanssen <[email protected]> wrote:
I read first about LibreOffice as AppImage portable application Linux format. Yeas, we already happy to have Cinelerra-GG in many stable distributions native package formats, but just wonder if a Cinelerra AppImange portable format would be beneficial for portable and generic testing, use or demonstrations on other/generic (rolling) releases?
This is a good idea for certain applications, probably smaller ones. Cinelerra builds are currently being done with "xen" and is automatic enough now that GG would not like to start something new BUT is not opposed to another builder or developer who would like to implement this. It would be another good means of disbursement. Below is something else another developer could help with.
Previously another viable suggestion from Glen (email Aug. 27, 2018) is as follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Not sure if this has been posted or not previously but this looks pretty interesting and several other Linux NLE's (Kdenlive, Openshot, Flowblade, Pitivi, Shotcut) are now being distributed this way. It would appear instead of packaging TARs, RPMs, DEBs and other individual distribution formats a single self-contained 'flatpak' could be created of Cinelerra to be installed across all Distros.. Since Cinelerra already has static builds I would guess much of the foundation for a self-contained format like flatpak would already be laid..?* *https://flatpak.org/ <https://flatpak.org/>* *https://flathub.org/home <https://flathub.org/home>* *-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*
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