[Cin] AppImage

[Terje J Hanssen]

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-files.html
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-run-appimages-on-linux/

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Any experiences about the AppImage format?

Terje J. Hanssen