FreeBSD Can - Running AppImages via Linux ABI
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Slyfoxuk · 2021-05-15 13:07

Woah Woah Woah, tell me more!

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glowiak · 2021-05-15 17:09

AppImages cannot be directly runt on FreeBSD. To do it, first
debootstrap(8) ubuntu (any version you want), then grap the appimage
and run it with --appimage-extract option, then go to squashfs-root
directory and run AppRun script. Note that not all appimages works. In
this example I'm running Minetest hacked client compiled for Linux and
packed as AppImage.

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edthesmokebeard · 2021-05-15 17:09

Whats AppImages?

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glowiak · 2021-05-15 17:10

You also should add 'ubuntu\_enable="YES"' and 'linux\_enable="NO"' to
/etc/rc.conf

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aue_sum · 2021-05-15 18:43

A Linux packaging format that bundles all dependencies along with all
binaries into one file.

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kraileth · 2021-05-15 18:46

AppImage is a container format for distributing applications in a
portable way (think PBI if you're familiar with what PCBSD did back in
the day). It originated on Linux, however its creator has switched to
FreeBSD a while ago and did at least a proof of concept of AppImage
for FreeBSD. It's likely that this approach will be used for
helloSystem eventually.

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antoarre · 2021-05-15 19:12

Being able to run AppImages on FreeBSD is the one thing that I've been
looking forward to since I saw mentions of it on a github thread.

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grahamperrin · 2021-05-15 19:20

https://docs.appimage.org/ | https://appimage.org/ |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppImage

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portresiolmayanadam · 2021-05-15 20:15

what is your desktop?

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patovm04 · 2021-05-16 03:01

Please be aware that by default 'ubuntu\_enable="YES"' is not valid
and does not exist, unless you follow certain alternative guides
available on the internet that make you create that custom "ubuntu"
rc.d script...

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[deleted] · 2021-05-16 06:25

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glowiak · 2021-05-16 07:33

The Motif Window Manager

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glowiak · 2021-05-16 07:34

OH NO (unable to mount squashfs root)

ANYWAY (extract it and run with Linux ABI)

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Xerxero · 2021-05-16 09:18

I think it’s similar as what an .app is on OS X or a fat jar/binary.
A folder structure with all library needed for this application

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Daedalus312 · 2021-05-16 11:44

These are extra crutches. It would be nice if this software format was
supported natively by the FreeBSD OS without including the Linux
compatibility layer and the Ubuntu emulator. If I need Ubuntu, then I
will just install this OS on my computer. If I need Windows OS, I'll
just install it.

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abmrk1010 · 2021-05-16 15:58

🍥

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NeverSawAvatar · 2021-05-17 14:54

>The Motif Window Manager

Wow... I'm honestly impressed there.

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NeverSawAvatar · 2021-05-17 14:56

>These are extra crutches. It would be nice if this software format
was supported natively by the FreeBSD OS without including the Linux
compatibility layer and the Ubuntu emulator. If I need Ubuntu, then I
will just install this OS on my computer. If I need Windows OS, I'll
just install it.

That's not a crutch, the app images are Linux compiled binaries,
that's like saying wine is a crutch.

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Daedalus312 · 2021-05-18 11:23

Yes, it's an unnecessary crutch. Why do I need Wine if I can install
Windows as a second operating system?

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probonopd · 2021-05-30 18:19

Work is underway in the FreeBSD Linuxulator to make --appimage-extract
unneccessary: https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/issues/98