X-Git-Url: https://sigrok.org/gitweb/?p=sigrok-util.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=cross-compile%2Fappimage%2FREADME;h=f3c83d0c1b055e69199bd1b09de4c4ca9e83b976;hp=fd2a8ba1f527b3c36fc0135e8a70c9b6cbff705e;hb=ea193494966e38fae4e9eda91d4b273b8444101f;hpb=ddc7a83814b6f486d5fa1c43cc38e4b30112b96e diff --git a/cross-compile/appimage/README b/cross-compile/appimage/README index fd2a8ba..f3c83d0 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 @@ -19,32 +19,33 @@ 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 bundle.sh 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). -The bundle.sh 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. +The AppImages are tested to build fine on Ubuntu 14.04 (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 -------- - $ ./bundle.sh +For PulseView: -Per default it will put the AppImage in: + $ ./sigrok-native-appimage + +For sigrok-cli: + + $ ./sigrok-native-appimage sigrok-cli + +Per default the script will put the AppImages in: ./out/*.AppImage