[Cin] Run And Integrate Cinelerra AppImage With AppImageLauncher

Sun Oct 3 02:44:21 CEST 2021

Terje,
I will rename it README_appimage.txt which is what I should have done in
the first place but it was new and I did not know how it would all work
out.  Below is what it will now say and if it looks OK to you, I will put
it on the website tomorrow.  Note that I left out any mention of cin.svg
because now with AppImage, the source is no longer downloaded to the user
and they would have to get it from the website src/cin...tgz file.  You
lose some capabilities with the AppImage, but the users who have been
around awhile can find ways or do their own builds.
******************************************************************************************
AppImage is a software package that can be installed and run on various
Linux
distros.  It has several advantages in that there is no need to install or
compile software and no need to have root permission.  In addition, no
system
files are modified and you can simply delete the software by deleting the
AppImage file.

To install an AppImage, download it, make it executable and run it. It is a
compressed image and contains all the dependencies/libraries needed to run.

  1) download AppImage file     move from Download folder to your preference
  2) make it executable         chmod u+x {AppImageFile name}
  3) run it, for example        ./CinGG-date-x86_64.AppImpage

ARCH requires install of the "libappimage" package.
LEAP 15.3 (openSUSE) requires install of the "appimage" package.

*****  Alternative GUI method to download provided by Leap 15.3 user *****
To run and integrate Cinelerra AppImage with installed "AppImageLauncher",
follow the next few steps.  On openSUSE Leap 15.3 (and hopefully somewhat
similar on other distros) AppImageLauncher is integrated with Firefox.

   1) Start to download the AppImage file, and a widget popups in Firefox
      with the option to open it with AppImageLauncher (instead of Saving).
   2) At the end of the download a new popup asks to integrate it with
      your desktop system, so click OK.  The AppImage installation directory
      is /home/user/Application by default, but can be changed.

This automatically is integrated with icons and in the Gnome app-menu.

On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 2:47 PM Terje J. Hanssen via Cin <
cin at lists.cinelerra-gg.org> wrote:

> Phyllis,
>
> Just a minor suggestion I forgot to mentione:
>
> The file  *README.appimag*e works fine to read with cat (cli), but I
> experienced that usual dual mouse-click on it in a GUI file browser (Gnome
> Files) can't open it, because is recognized to be of file type Appimage
> (which it isn't).
>
> I rather renamed it to *README_appimage.txt* or optionally just
> *README_appimage* which both worked the usual gui way 😉
>
> Terje
>
>
>
> Den 01.10.2021 22:10, skrev Phyllis Smith via Cin:
>
> Terje,
> Thank you for passing this information along.  I will update the README
> and the manual to include your methodology.
>
> On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 12:37 PM Terje J. Hanssen via Cin <
> cin at lists.cinelerra-gg.org> wrote:
>
>> The README appimage file describes the CLI method to install Cinelerra-GG
>>
>>    1) download AppImage file    move from Download folder to your
>> preference
>>    2) make it executable         chmod u+x {AppImageFile name}
>>    3) run it            ./cinelerraGG.AppImpage
>>
>> --------------------------------
>>
>> Now I have also tried the /GUI method/ to download, Run And Integrate
>> Cinelerra AppImage with installed *AppImageLauncher*.
>> On openSUSE Leap 15.3 (and surely similar on other distros)
>> AppImageLauncher is integrated with Firefox as follows:
>>
>>    1) start download the AppImage file, and a widget popup in Firefox
>> with the option to open it with AppImageLauncher (instead of Saving it)
>>    2) At the end of the download a new popup asks to integrate it with
>> your desktop system. OK
>>
>> --------------------------------
>>
>> (The AppImage installation directory is /home/user/Application by
>> default, but can be customized in the Launcher widget)
>>
>>
>> That's it. Both *Cin* and *Cin-multi* were installed this way, automatic
>> integrated with icons and in the app-menue in Gnome,
>> see the attached screenshot AppImage.png and urls to articles for
>> detailed info below.
>>
>> I have used *alacarte* to add the icon comment sub-text to *Cin-multi*
>> for multiple bit version.the icon, as also mentioned in a previous post
>> AppImage and Desktop Integration with an app launcher
>> https://www.mail-archive.com/cin@lists.cinelerra-gg.org/msg02692.html
>>
>>
>> Packages I installed first on Leap 15.3
>>
>> zypper se -is appimage
>> Loading repository data...
>> Reading installed packages...
>>
>> S  | Name             | Type    | Version                             |
>> Arch   | Repository
>>
>> ---+------------------+---------+-------------------------------------+--------+------------------
>> i+ | appimaged        | package | 9~pre.1495805837.d05eac1-bp153.1.16 |
>> x86_64 | Main Repository
>> i+ | appimagelauncher | package | 2.2.0-travis995~0f91801             |
>> x86_64 | (System Packages)
>>
>>
>> appimaged
>> Daemon handles (un)registering AppImages with the system
>> appimaged is a daemon that handles registering and unregistering
>> AppImages with the system (e.g., menu entries, icons, MIME types, binary
>> delta updates, and such). The package comes also with appimage.validate
>> CLI tool to verify signature of AppImage files.
>> Version 9~pre.14958... Size 36.5 KB openSUSE Leap 15.3
>>
>>
>> AppImageLauncher generic
>>
>> https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/04/easily-run-and-integrate-appimage-files.html
>>
>> https://blog.desdelinux.net/en/appimagelauncher-easily-runs-and-integrates-apps-into-appimage/
>> https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher
>>
>> AppImageLauncher openSUSE:
>>
>> https://cubiclenate.com/2020/01/09/appimagelauncher-appimage-manager-on-opensuse/
>> https://software.opensuse.org/package/appimaged
>>
>> https://tutorialforlinux.com/2019/12/27/step-by-step-appimagelauncher-opensuse-installation-guide/
>>
>>
>> Terje
>>
>>
>>
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