# Developers

**URL:** https://discourse.appimage.org/c/developers/7.md

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## [About the Developers category](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/about-the-developers-category/15)

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**Author:** [@probono](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/probono)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/about-the-developers-category/15 "2016-08-08T20:05:16Z")

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Discussion among AppImageKit developers (the software that is used to generate AppImages) Examples for topics: How can we make creating AppImages easier? Which functionality should be added to AppImageKit? What sh…

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## [/usr/share inside appimage](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/usr-share-inside-appimage/2917)

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**Author:** [@seasoned\_geek](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/seasoned_geek)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/usr-share-inside-appimage/2917 "2026-02-28T22:39:57Z")

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All, I’m using the deb2appimage tool to create a new version of RedDiamond. This version splits some libraries out on their own and it now has a bunch of stuff in a share directory tree. For Debian and RPM packaging…

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## [How to Package a TensorFlow Application as an AppImage?](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/how-to-package-a-tensorflow-application-as-an-appimage/3042)

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**Author:** [@drektheler](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/drektheler)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2024, 9:48am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/how-to-package-a-tensorflow-application-as-an-appimage/3042 "2024-10-23T09:48:46Z")

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Hi everyone, I am working on a machine learning project using TensorFlow and I am interested in packaging my application as an AppImage to make it easier to distribute across different Linux distributions. My goal is to…

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## [Android Emulation](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/android-emulation/2931)

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**Author:** [@Engineering\_Retiree](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/Engineering_Retiree)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/android-emulation/2931 "2023-06-18T18:49:55Z")

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I own a Chromebook that runs on a Linux based OS. It has the ability to run many Android apps. My desktop runs on Linux Mint. Is it possible to create an app image that will allow Linux Mint to run Android apps? Any …

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## [Appimage use PostgreSQL from host?](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/appimage-use-postgresql-from-host/2886)

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**Author:** [@seasoned\_geek](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/seasoned_geek)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/appimage-use-postgresql-from-host/2886 "2023-02-05T13:48:20Z")

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I am thinking about creating an AppImage of Xpns-It-Cs once I finish creating Debian and RPM packages. (Normally convert a .deb for my appimage.) The problem is Xpns-It-Cs relies on PostgreSQL already being installed an…

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## [Thoughts on an infrastructure for distributing Linux application bundles](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/thoughts-on-an-infrastructure-for-distributing-linux-application-bundles/58)

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**Author:** [@probono](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/probono)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/thoughts-on-an-infrastructure-for-distributing-linux-application-bundles/58 "2022-11-12T20:23:41Z")

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A system to distribute Linux application bundles and exchange metadata about them is needed, and this writeup ponders on how to create the infrastructure needed for that. Original article at https://plus.google.com/105…

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## [Multi-arch AppImages](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/multi-arch-appimages/2766)

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**Author:** [@mgord9518](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/mgord9518)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/multi-arch-appimages/2766 "2022-09-26T03:16:24Z")

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In the AppImage docs, it mentions that multi-arch AppImages are not possible due to Linux not supporting FatELF or similar. Such a feature can be added by making the AppImage runtime in a well-supported interpreted langu…

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## [What versions of linux distros are AppImages able to run on?](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/what-versions-of-linux-distros-are-appimages-able-to-run-on/2813)

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**Author:** [@Seren541](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/Seren541)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/what-versions-of-linux-distros-are-appimages-able-to-run-on/2813 "2022-09-25T13:16:38Z")

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I found this refrence: Testing your AppImage — AppImage documentation But I believe its old because the newest Fedora version supported according to it is 27. Is there a more updated list of what distros and versions su…

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## [I am very new to appimage. would like to know the pros and cons of it against docker images?](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/i-am-very-new-to-appimage-would-like-to-know-the-pros-and-cons-of-it-against-docker-images/336)

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**Author:** [@voollasandeepkumar](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/voollasandeepkumar)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/i-am-very-new-to-appimage-would-like-to-know-the-pros-and-cons-of-it-against-docker-images/336 "2022-09-23T17:07:27Z")

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Please help me understand the pros and cons of appimage against docker. Is appimage a good idea to create execution environment for no desktop applications

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## [Integrating AppImages into the greater system using libappimage](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/integrating-appimages-into-the-greater-system-using-libappimage/2672)

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**Author:** [@Seren541](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/Seren541)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/integrating-appimages-into-the-greater-system-using-libappimage/2672 "2022-05-07T15:37:23Z")

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Hi, I’m working on an application that integrates appimages into the system, similar to AppImageLauncher, however I want it to integrate the appimages into the greater system. The predefined system formats such as appima…

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## [Feature request: Allow telling --appimage-mount to use a specific directory](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/feature-request-allow-telling-appimage-mount-to-use-a-specific-directory/2445)

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**Author:** [@mgord9518](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/mgord9518)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2022, 8:37am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/feature-request-allow-telling-appimage-mount-to-use-a-specific-directory/2445 "2022-04-03T08:37:03Z")

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Setting $TMPDIR allows for setting where the mounting directory will be created, but there is no option the name the mount directory itself. An example of how this would work: example.AppImage --appimage-mount $TMPDIR/…

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## [AppImage and Cloudron](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/appimage-and-cloudron/2564)

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**Author:** [@LoudLemur](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/LoudLemur)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/appimage-and-cloudron/2564 "2022-03-31T20:57:13Z")

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AppImage helps make deploying desktop applications safe and easy. Cloudron does the same thing for web applications: As you can see from the live demo, Cloudron allows people to perform one-click deployment of quite c…

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## [Destination folder for --appimage-extract](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/destination-folder-for-appimage-extract/2567)

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**Author:** [@mcgiwer](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/mcgiwer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/destination-folder-for-appimage-extract/2567 "2022-03-31T20:54:51Z")

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Please add a parametr that would allow to specify a destination folder for the --appimage-extract parameter. This additional parameter would prevent eventual conflicts in case if in the folder is already a squashfs-root…

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## [KiCad AppImage on Centos](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/kicad-appimage-on-centos/2573)

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**Author:** [@maui](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/maui)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/kicad-appimage-on-centos/2573 "2022-03-31T20:54:01Z")

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hi @probono as I have posted at kicad forum forum.kicad.info/t/kicad-appimage-for-linux I have updated the scripts to work with ubuntu focal and they seem fine here my fork repo: github.com/easyw/kicad-appimage/tree/A…

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## [Is this forum still alive?](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/is-this-forum-still-alive/2595)

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**Author:** [@maui](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/maui)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/is-this-forum-still-alive/2595 "2022-03-31T20:36:04Z")

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is this forum still alive? is the admin @probono still in charge?

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## [Bad permissions while Appimage run/mount](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/bad-permissions-while-appimage-run-mount/2436)

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**Author:** [@mcgiwer](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/mcgiwer)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/bad-permissions-while-appimage-run-mount/2436 "2021-11-03T22:19:53Z")

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While running an AppImage, it’s beeing mounted (without possibility for the user to select where it should be mounted) into the “/tmp” directory. It’s beeing either mounted as read-only or with incorrect permissions, t…

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## [Dolphin: AppImage custom icon not displayed](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/dolphin-appimage-custom-icon-not-displayed/2535)

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**Author:** [@ashledombos](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/ashledombos)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2021, 6:31am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/dolphin-appimage-custom-icon-not-displayed/2535 "2021-10-28T06:31:38Z")

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Hello, I use a Linux distribution in which Dolphin does not show the custom icons, only generic AppImages icon Do I need to install or build a specific KDE plugin for having custom icons being displayed in Dolphin ?

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## [Root privileges](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/root-privileges/2227)

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**Author:** [@nedrysoft](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/nedrysoft)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/root-privileges/2227 "2021-08-17T17:50:52Z")

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I have created an AppImage for my application (https://github.com/fizzyade/pingnoo) but I’m wondering how to handle the requirement of root privileges. My application is traceroute/ping analyser and it creates and sends…

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## [Possible additions to improve system integration with the AppImage spec](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/possible-additions-to-improve-system-integration-with-the-appimage-spec/2287)

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**Author:** [@mgord9518](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/mgord9518)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/possible-additions-to-improve-system-integration-with-the-appimage-spec/2287 "2021-07-23T14:38:33Z")

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Reaching out to the AppImageKit devs: I absolutely love the AppImage format, but over my last 6 months or so of using them, I’ve found some fundamental issues that may be holding them back overall as an application distr…

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## [Proposal of changes in AppImage command line](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/proposal-of-changes-in-appimage-command-line/2433)

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**Author:** [@mcgiwer](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/mcgiwer)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/proposal-of-changes-in-appimage-command-line/2433 "2021-07-18T21:05:44Z")

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I would like to propose some changes in the command line of an AppImage: Replace the “–appimage-command” with (for example): --appimage-extract ==\> -e --appimage-mount ==\> -m etc. add possibility to add parameters …

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## [Bintray is gone?](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/bintray-is-gone/2431)

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**Author:** [@Malsasa](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/Malsasa)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2021, 3:23am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/bintray-is-gone/2431 "2021-07-11T03:23:57Z")

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Today, I tried to visit Probono’s Bintray web page – the central of AppImages downloads provided by @probono – but I got redirected to JFrog website. The original URL is this Center Sunset | JFrog and the redirected URL …

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## [Flatpak, snap, appimage... where is Gentoo Prefix?](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/flatpak-snap-appimage-where-is-gentoo-prefix/1809)

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**Author:** [@abetkin](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/abetkin)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2021, 4:17am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/flatpak-snap-appimage-where-is-gentoo-prefix/1809 "2021-07-09T04:17:40Z")

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Hi, this is a post about standalone linux apps (the ones the title starts with) and how to do them the gentoo way (personally I use arch). As a note aside, I do not think the support for these type of apps is first prio…

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## [Please support "desktop" files with specification version upto 1.5](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/please-support-desktop-files-with-specification-version-upto-1-5/2330)

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**Author:** [@llothar](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/llothar)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2021, 8:56am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/please-support-desktop-files-with-specification-version-upto-1-5/2330 "2021-06-19T08:56:41Z")

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Thats the latest version for over an year now. Shouldn’t change anything to appimage except the version checking function.

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## [Creating an AppImage-Store with peer-to-peer network](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/creating-an-appimage-store-with-peer-to-peer-network/2232)

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**Author:** [@Anna-c](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/Anna-c)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/creating-an-appimage-store-with-peer-to-peer-network/2232 "2021-05-11T17:47:30Z")

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Please describe. As a new Linux user, I am using Fedora 33 (GNOME) for the first time on my Notebook. When I read about AppImage, it seemed very familiar to me because the concept is very similar to .apk file from Andr…

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## [X-AppImage-Name not in go-appimage?](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/x-appimage-name-not-in-go-appimage/2324)

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**Author:** [@mgord9518](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/mgord9518)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/x-appimage-name-not-in-go-appimage/2324 "2021-05-01T20:54:04Z")

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I was reading through AppImage documentation and I noticed this optional desktop key and others like it, but they don’t appear to have any implementation in the newer Golang-based AppImage tools unless I somehow missed i…

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## [Standardise Removal of AppImage](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/standardise-removal-of-appimage/62)

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**Author:** [@Lewiscowles1986](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/Lewiscowles1986)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/standardise-removal-of-appimage/62 "2021-03-22T17:35:30Z")

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I've just removed the Jetbrains Toolbox. I Think AppImage apps should have a standard uninstaller / software removal process to ensure our systems are not littered with dependencies not managed by the OS when vendors do …

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## [Linuxdeployqt: New Linux Deployment Tool for Qt](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/linuxdeployqt-new-linux-deployment-tool-for-qt/57)

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**Author:** [@probono](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/probono)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/linuxdeployqt-new-linux-deployment-tool-for-qt/57 "2020-08-30T20:23:27Z")

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Inspired by this year's QtCon in Berlin, I have been working on Linux Deployment Tool for Qt, linuxdeployqt. These are my first steps with Qt and with C++ for that matter, and it is stil very young, but I'd appreciate yo…

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## [Shrinking multi AppImages size tool](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/shrinking-multi-appimages-size-tool/1734)

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**Author:** [@mitcoes](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/mitcoes)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2020, 8:59am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/shrinking-multi-appimages-size-tool/1734 "2020-06-27T08:59:28Z")

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Suggestion: Make a shrinking AppImage tool by changing shared dependencies with other AppImages with links to a shared AppImage with the dependencies created by it. A distribution only based in AppImages apps would be e…

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## [How do distros add support for running AppImages?](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/how-do-distros-add-support-for-running-appimages/1648)

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**Author:** [@cognifloyd](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/cognifloyd)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/how-do-distros-add-support-for-running-appimages/1648 "2020-05-21T13:49:45Z")

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I’ve looked through the documentation on appimage.org and on the github wiki. I see docs for AppImage users and AppImage packagers (generally the upstream author is also the AppImage packager). But, I can’t find document…

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## [Apps for AppImage - any recommendations for programmers?](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/apps-for-appimage-any-recommendations-for-programmers/1239)

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**Author:** [@SzykCech4](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/SzykCech4)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/apps-for-appimage-any-recommendations-for-programmers/1239 "2019-08-04T16:07:50Z")

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Hi I strugle with AppImage and I have some success (AppImage is created and my app can run from it). But I have strange problem: When I start my app (writen with C++ and Qt) I setup all dirs suposed to use by my app (t…

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