Based or nah?

>>105830669 (OP)
I prefer it over flatpak or snap. I can just download an appimage and use it. I don't need garbage installed in order to do it.

>>105830669 (OP)
Based. Works without any hassle, unlike Flatpak/Snap garbage.

>>105830669 (OP)
I like them overall but not all of them work and they may include malware so be careful out there.

It just werks.

>>105830872
Snap Just werks.

>>105830746
>>105830872
>>105830902
Thanks, guys. Was wondering if I should use flatpak or appimage for an something but ill go with appimage :D

>>105830669 (OP)
Cringe
I can't tell how many times I've downloaded an AppImage on linux and it required some gay library, which I didn't have or was unable to find in debian's stable repo or whatever
Furthermore I can't tell the difference between AppImage and a regular binary

>>105830948
Nigga just compile a static binary
You faggots are insufferable

useless, deprecated

>>105830669 (OP)
cringe, its not very secure and the mainteiner is a macfag

>>105830968
>Furthermore I can't tell the difference between AppImage and a regular binary
holy skill issue

>>105830936
Kek sure it does
>>105830975
Also based

>>105830669 (OP)
Is AppImage not just like having static binary but worse? Pls redpill me if I'm wrong

Bros, OP here. Okay so appimage didnt work because the only applications i can use to run the file is disk mounter and writer. Fucking weird.

Okay so I went and downloaded lutris via the deb file and it downloaded qsynth? I was like wtf delete that shit and i actually deleted lutris entirely then redownloaded, then no qsynth... wtf is that qsynth thing

anyways, is deb files good? can they update themselves

>>105831212
>Okay so appimage didnt work because the only applications i can use to run the file is disk mounter and writer. Fucking weird.
My best guess is that you're talking about file association in a DE (which DE?) but AppImages are executables, you are supposed to run them like `./file.AppImage`, or mark it as executable first (chmod +x file.AppImage) or do so in the file properties in your file browser
>Okay so I went and downloaded lutris via the deb file and it downloaded qsynth? I was like wtf delete that shit and i actually deleted lutris entirely then redownloaded, then no qsynth... wtf is that qsynth thing
It probably is a dependency
>anyways, is deb files good? can they update themselves
No, installing a .deb file directly will pull the latest dependencies, but the package itself will not self-update because you downloaded the package directly rather than pulling it from a repository
If you want my advice (uniquely tailored to you) uninstall linux and install windows

>>105831253
I am on Ubuntu, i marked the app as executable but i dont have the right apps to execute it apparently, wtf is disk mounter and writer gon do

>>105831025
>Kek sure it does
It Just Werks.

>>105831317
Open your file manager to the location you have the appimage.
right click an empty part of the file listing pane, and select open terminal here (or something similar)
in the terminal type
sudo chmod +x NAME_OF_APPIMAGE_FILE
NAME OF APPIMAGE FILE is whatever it is called in the folder.
again in the terminal, type
./NAME_OF_APPIMAGE_FILE
You shouldn't have to do more than that.

>>105831342
Didn't work, man ubuntu 25.4 is ass compared to the previous version

>>105831401
>"didn't work" with no explanation of what the output looked like when you tried executing it
Holy ngmi. Why did you even post this thread?

>>105831414
$ ./Heroic-2.17.2-linux-x86_64.AppImage
[15226:0708/000018.168734:FATAL:sandbox/linux/suid/client/setuid_sandbox_host.cc:163] The SUID sandbox helper binary was found, but is not configured correctly. Rather than run without sandboxing I'm aborting now. You need to make sure that /tmp/.mount_HeroicDIkTAn/chrome-sandbox is owned by root and has mode 4755.
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)


plz help me linux gigachad

Based. They don't need to download an entire desktop environment for a small app.

>>105831475
See >>105830968
Shouldn't have listened to the other faggots

>>105831515
fuck appimage im now an appimage hater

>apparmor stops Appimage from working
Kek

>>105831475
Hmm
try this in a terminal

su
That you becoming root, so have the password or perhaps use sudo if you prefer.
in the terminal again
chmod 4755 /tmp/.mount_heroicDIkTAn/chrome-sandbox
chown root:root /tmp/.mount_heroicDIkTAn/chrome-sandbox
then check it to make sure
ls -lah /tmp/.mount_heroicDIkTAn/chrome-sandbox
So light reading to asauge any trepidation
https://chmodcommand.com/chmod-4755/

>>105831544
Don't do this cancer. Just don't use AppImage
Jesus christ

>>105831544
Thanks for the help but i cant even go into root somehow, authentication failure no matter how many times i type the password in correctly lol

Just gonna give up on this appimage thing, man what a mess

>>105830669 (OP)
>Download older ShadPS4 appimage
>Doesn't work
No

>>105830669 (OP)
It's the closest we have to Windows' standalone executables, but the devs need to figure out how to deal with its 2 main issues: its dependency on FUSE and the lack of tooling to make properly standalone AppImages.

>>105831628
Yeah, Ubuntu is a garbage distro. Try Xubuntu or LMDE with Xfce.

>>105830669 (OP)
Any form of container is kind cringe.

>>105831646
>It's the closest we have to Windows' standalone executables
Linux has standalone executables too, they're called ELF binaries, you don't need a gay format like AppImage, Windows didn't invent executable files
Are you just trolling or what? I feel like this entire thread is ragebait and I've just become bad at identifying it.

>>105831646
Btw windows didn't invent statically linking either. You can make a statically linked binary on Linux and it will work, believe it or not.

>>105831721
>>105831732
I meant executable installers. As in, you download a single exe, it puts all your binaries, dynamic libraries and resource files inside a directory and you don't have to worry about dependency hell.

>>105831785
>You can make a statically linked binary on Linux and it will work, believe it or not.

Based but it needs better integration in desktop environments and more software needs to be available as an AppImage.

>>105831877
>static linking
No, thanks. Give me a dynamically link app with non-globally shared dependencies.

>>105833458
Why?

>>105834630
Probably so they can run any version of software they wish alongside any other version of the same software.

>>105834679
Why?

Cringe botnet. Requires fuse. Just make a fucking static binary

>>105830669 (OP)
sexy character what's his name

AppImages fucking suck to maintain. I had a script that would automatically build one for my software, but it kept breaking in bizzare ways. The final straw was when libthai.so.0 not found got thrown in my ENGLISH application.
I moved over to Flatpak and I never have to deal with breakages like this ever.

>>105830669 (OP)
cringe to try to appease wintoddlers

>>105830669 (OP)
It kinda sucks for our own good. When I try to send one to my wife, she has to use the terminal to remove its lockbits or I have to pay for a developer account. I prefer this to her being able to execute any random shit she downloads off the internet.

>>105830948
Only do it if you're actually going to integrate all the libraries you'll need.
>>105830968
Pretty much defeats the purpose, doesn't it?

>>105834682
Sometimes newer versions don't always do what you want. Personally, I'd love to be able to use the last release of GIMP 2.x instead of being stuck on 3.x, since they screwed up the UI in 3.x.
>>105835018
Why the fuck are you sending AppImages to a Mac user?

>>105830669 (OP)
out of all the cross platform solutions I've had the most issues with it. could be because developers don't know what the fuck they're doing but I almost always have to edit the .desktop file to make it work as intended

>>105831212
Like this

>>105830669 (OP)
Useless for small fast programs (because fuse), good for medium and large programs. The only serious flaw is integration with system, i think it should have install and uninstall feature when you execute it.

I use a steam appimage so I dont have to enable multilib repos just for gaymes, and I use a few emulator appimages because nobody packages them for void linux. The appimage package manager handles them for me

>>105830669 (OP)
based