AppImage dev on Ubuntu Jammy, there is an error in other system

Creating AppImages
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I am on Jammy Ubuntu, I create an AppImage with appimage-builder --recipe AppImageBuilder.yml

my AppImageBuilder.yml is :

# appimage-builder recipe see https://appimage-builder.readthedocs.io for details
version: 1
script: |
  # remove any existent binaries
  rm -rf AppDir | true

  # compile and install binaries into AppDir
  cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
  make install DESTDIR=AppDir
AppDir:
  path: ./AppDir
  app_info:
    id: francetv
    name: FranceTV
    icon: france-tv
    version: '1.0'
    exec: usr/bin/FranceTV
    exec_args: $@
  runtime:
    env:
      # Disable webengine sandboxing
      QTWEBENGINE_DISABLE_SANDBOX: 0
      QT_QPA_PLATFORM: xcb
  apt:
    arch: amd64
    allow_unauthenticated: true
    sources:
      - sourceline: deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy main restricted
      - sourceline: deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-updates main restricted
      - sourceline: deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy universe
      - sourceline: deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-updates universe
      - sourceline: deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy multiverse
      - sourceline: deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-updates multiverse
      - sourceline: deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-backports main
          restricted universe multiverse
      - sourceline: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security main restricted
      - sourceline: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security universe
      - sourceline: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security multiverse
    include:
      - libxkbcommon0
      - libxkbcommon-x11-0
      - libxcb-icccm4
      - libxcb-xkb1
      - libxcb-render-util0
      - libxcb-randr0
      - libxcb-keysyms1
      - libxcb-xinerama0
      - libxcb-image0
      - kwayland-data
      - kwin-wayland-backend-drm
      - kwin-wayland-backend-fbdev
      - kwin-wayland-backend-virtual
      - kwin-wayland-backend-wayland 
      - kwin-wayland-backend-x11
      - libqt6webengine6-data
      - libqt6widgets6
      - libqt6core6
      - libqcoro6core0
      - libqt6core5compat6
      - libqt6webenginecore6
      - libqt6webenginecore6
      - libqt6svg6
      - libqt6gui6
      - libqt6webview6
      - libqt6webenginewidgets6
      - libqt6webenginecore6
      - libqt6webenginecore6-bin
      - libqt6webenginequick6
      - libqt6network6
      - qt6-base-dev
      - libqt6waylandclient6
      - libqt6waylandcompositor6
      - libqt6waylandeglclienthwintegration6
      - libqt6waylandeglcompositorhwintegration6
      - qt6-wayland
    exclude: []
  files:
    include: []
    exclude:
      - usr/share/man
      - usr/share/doc/*/README.*
      - usr/share/doc/*/changelog.*
      - usr/share/doc/*/NEWS.*
      - usr/share/doc/*/TODO.*
AppImage:
  arch: x86_64
  update-information: guess
  sign-key: None

In my system Jammy the appimage works correctly but in other linux (x11 or wayland) i have this error :

qt.qpa.plugin: Could not find the Qt platform plugin "wayland" in ""
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not find the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in ""
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

It’s a bug or It’s from me ?

when i try to debug :
qDebug() << "PluginPath is : " << QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::PluginsPath);
the result is :
PluginPath is : "/tmp/.mount_Francex0mlxO/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt6/plugins"
its the correct path

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Hello @Paullux, thanks for asking. I think it would be best to ask over at Issues · AppImageCrafters/appimage-builder · GitHub since I don’t know whether the appimage-builder developer is reading here.

Not sure anyone has ever tried this… very bleeding edge :wink: