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gnunn1 / tilix

A tiling terminal emulator for Linux using GTK+ 3
https://gnunn1.github.io/tilix-web
Mozilla Public License 2.0
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feature request: an AppImage version of Tilix #1870

Open edmundlaugasson opened 4 years ago

edmundlaugasson commented 4 years ago

Have you considered an AppImage version for download? Also an update mechanism inside an AppImage to keep the app up-to-date. Noticed that there is no tilix package among other AppImage apps.

AkechiShiro commented 3 years ago

I wish there was also an AppImage just to be able to have a more portability as a software (like putting Tilix in a USB key and switching between different Linux distros without having anything breaking).

edmundlaugasson commented 3 years ago

Currently I see just binary version, that has to be copied to appropriate folders under /usr/. This is doable, but appropriate script to automate it would be appreciated. This script should move correct files, folders to correct places with correct permissions and change also ownership properly. I assume user downloaded, but root should be in the end both owner and group.

edmundlaugasson commented 3 years ago

In the end, when I do that manual work to copy correct files with correct permission and ownership to proper locations, the Tilix won't work with following error message: glib.GException.GException@../../../.dub/packages/gtk-d-3.8.5/gtk-d/generated/gtkd/glib/GException.d(41): PCRE2 not supported So - definitely kind of containerization would be appreciated. E.g. also Flatpak would be good, even better as it can be automated for regular updates. Currently I see no results in Flathub about Flatpak version.