Appimage: Difference between revisions
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[https://appimage.org/ AppImage] is a monolithic packaging format for linux applications. It contains all dependencies in one file that is composed of an executable with a tacked on filesystem. | [https://appimage.org/ AppImage] is a monolithic packaging format for linux applications. It contains all dependencies in one file that is composed of an executable with a tacked on filesystem. | ||
On most distros, all one has to do is download the <code>.AppImage</code> file, make it executable <code>chmod +x $AppImage</code>, and execute it. This doesn't work in | On most distros, all one has to do is download the <code>.AppImage</code> file, make it executable <code>chmod +x $AppImage</code>, and execute it. This doesn't work in NixOS out of the box though, as AppImage files usually (if not always) depend on certain libraries commonly found on other Linux distributions to exist on certain paths; such as <code>/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2</code>. | ||
== Running an AppImage file on NixOS == | == Running an AppImage file on NixOS == | ||