# Building AppImageKit failing

**URL:** <https://discourse.appimage.org/t/building-appimagekit-failing/2778>\
**Category:** Creating AppImages\
**Created:** [August 6, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/building-appimagekit-failing/2778 "2022-08-06T18:48:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Cenkron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cenkron](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/Cenkron)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/building-appimagekit-failing/2778/1 "2022-08-06T18:48:22Z")

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I am definitely a newby.  
I am trying to duplicate the sigrok procedure that they use to make an appimage of pulseview.  
I have downloaded the AppImageKit to the root of my user directory.  
I have installed and configured the Docker Engine; It passes their demo task verification test.  
I have built the target application (pulseview), but I cannot do the steps to complete the process until I successfully build the AppImageKit.

When I execute the build.sh script found in the AppImageKit/ci directory. It spends a significant time downloading stuff, then gets to the point where it should build, and fails, complaining about CMakeLists.txt being missing, among other things.  
I have no idea where to go from here.  
It would not surprise me if I am missing something, but I am lost here.

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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:** [September 25, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/building-appimagekit-failing/2778/2 "2022-09-25T13:28:50Z")

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Hello @Cenkron, you don’t need to compile AppImageKit yourself to produce an AppImage.