X-Git-Url: https://sigrok.org/gitweb/?p=sigrok-util.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=cross-compile%2Fappimage%2FREADME;h=d8a353197edb74ea2ed28b9c8f084058b5d6b6e5;hp=e0c279c2eb99128caec3cfdd559ac9c8c51bbfc5;hb=bb8e5714d257e0ec426962e7c7f459bc7566a499;hpb=b24da7c1287ae6e12da36772a25da776156fb37c diff --git a/cross-compile/appimage/README b/cross-compile/appimage/README index e0c279c..d8a3531 100644 --- a/cross-compile/appimage/README +++ b/cross-compile/appimage/README @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ README ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -This is a small script for bundling PulseView and its dependencies +This is a small script for bundling PulseView/sigrok-cli and its dependencies for Linux systems as an AppImage. AppImage is a bundle format for Linux applications that allows the user to @@ -12,39 +12,55 @@ No need to install. No system libraries or system preferences are altered. For more information on AppImage, please see http://appimage.org/ -For example AppImages, please see -https://github.com/probonopd/AppImages - Status ------ -Work in progress. +Working, nightly AppImages are provided here: +https://sigrok.org/jenkins/job/sigrok-native-appimage/ Requirements ------------ -Currently the script uses pre-existing build products from Jenkins -that are built on Debian unstable. This makes the build product run on none -but the latest distributions. A much better choice would be to build e.g., -on Debian oldstable, CentOS 6, or Ubuntu Trusty or earlier. -Examples for building bleeding-edge Qt4 and Qt5 applications on such mature -build systems can be found at -https://github.com/probonopd/AppImages/blob/master/recipes +The script assumes you have built all of the sigrok subprojects and +installed them into $HOME/sr (e.g. via the sigrok-cross-linux script). + +It also assumes you have built AppImageKit in $HOME. First, install all +build requirements of AppImageKit (see AppImageKit docs or its +install-build-deps.sh file). Then: + + $ cd $HOME + $ git clone https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit + $ cd AppImageKit + +Apply chdir.patch (required to fix sigrok bug #1300), then build: + + $ patch -p1 < chdir.patch + $ ./build.sh -The script has been tested on Ubuntu 16.04 but is assumed -to also run on Debian unstable with no or minor changes. However, it is -strongly suggested to build and package the AppImage on a significantly -older distribution as mentioned above for any productive use. +Temporary workaround for an AppImageKit issue: + + $ mkdir -p build/lib/appimagekit + $ cp build/out/mksquashfs build/lib/appimagekit + +The AppImages are tested to build fine on Ubuntu 16.04 (32bit and 64bit). +These older distros are used for the build so that the generated AppImages +can run on as many different systems as possible. Building -------- +For PulseView: + $ ./sigrok-native-appimage -Per default it will put the AppImage in: +For sigrok-cli: + + $ ./sigrok-native-appimage sigrok-cli + +Per default the script will put the AppImages in: ./out/*.AppImage