# About how to create Appimage from different distributions

**URL:** <https://discourse.appimage.org/t/about-how-to-create-appimage-from-different-distributions/2920>\
**Category:** Creating AppImages\
**Created:** [March 3, 2023, 11:13am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/about-how-to-create-appimage-from-different-distributions/2920 "2023-03-03T11:13:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![gambix](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.appimage.org/gambix/32/487_2.png) [@gambix](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/gambix)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 11:13am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/about-how-to-create-appimage-from-different-distributions/2920/1 "2023-03-03T11:13:05Z")

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This is the problem.

I’m using Appimage Builder with success on Ubuntu/Mint (recipe based on apt:bionic)  
But my recipe fail on fedora with a message error about PATH

The beautifull thing will be to be able create the appimage from apt even if I’m on a fedora distrib… I was thinking the apt tools was strored in the appimagebuilder and keep my own system apt ou of the process.

The goal of all of that : allow Gambas IDE Users to be able to generate an AppImage with few clicks, and then share their app with this great way.

Thank you for your help

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**Author:** ![RazZziel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.appimage.org/razzziel/32/490_2.png) [@RazZziel](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/RazZziel)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 10:57am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/about-how-to-create-appimage-from-different-distributions/2920/2 "2023-03-12T10:57:44Z")

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Have you tried [pkg2appimage](https://docs.appimage.org/packaging-guide/converting-binary-packages/pkg2appimage.html)?

I’m not 100% sure, but I think it’ll work on any distro and fetch the appropriate dependencies from Ubuntu repositories

Anyway, what’s the `PATH` error you’re getting exactly? It may be just a bug

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**Author:** ![probono](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.appimage.org/probono/32/81_2.png) [@probono](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/probono)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/about-how-to-create-appimage-from-different-distributions/2920/3 "2023-06-18T18:52:08Z")

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pkg2appimage is really a last resort tool and should not be used if avoidable.

As for Gambas, it would be best if someone would make a specific deployment tool for it, like the ones at

> **[GitHub - AppImageCommunity/awesome-appimage: Lovingly crafted AppImage tools...](https://github.com/AppImageCommunity/awesome-appimage#deployment-tools-for-python-applications)**
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> Lovingly crafted AppImage tools and resources . Contribute to AppImageCommunity/awesome-appimage development by creating an account on GitHub.