Howto: Popular AppImages one click away

[softappweber]

Wine appimege:

Appimage of Wine - link to downlad is posted here.

[M. Eerie]

Zen browser AppImage:

glast zen-browser/desktop

[M. Eerie]

Since this is outdated, here's how to get an appimage of the latest version of Blender:

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#!/bin/bash
# Generates Blender's latest version AppImage

# mirror URL: https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/blender/release
URL="https://download.blender.org/release"

TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
cd $TEMP_DIR || { echo "Fail to create temporary folder"; exit 1; }
VERSION=$(curl -s "$URL"/ | grep -oP 'Blender[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | sort -V | tail -n 1)
# Lists last version available files
FILE=$(curl -s "$URL/$VERSION/" | grep -oP 'href="\K[^"]+' | grep -E 'linux.*\.tar\.xz$' | fzf --prompt="Select desired version file: " --height=40% --border --ansi --bind home:top --bind end:last --reverse)

[ -z "$FILE" ] && echo "No file was selected." && exit 1
wget "$URL/$VERSION/$FILE"

# Crear un AppDir
APPDIR=Blender.AppDir
mkdir -p $APPDIR/usr/bin   ### /{,share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps,share/applications}

# Extract file and move it to AppDir
echo "Extracting $FILE..."
tar -xf $FILE
BLENDER_DIR=$(tar -tf $FILE | head -1 | cut -f1 -d"/")
mv $BLENDER_DIR/* $APPDIR/usr/bin

# Create symlinks and required .desktop and icons
cd $APPDIR || exit
ln -sf usr/bin/blender.desktop ./
printf "blender.svg\n.DirIcon" | xargs -I {} ln -sf usr/bin/blender.svg {}
cd -

# Create AppRun launcher
cat > $APPDIR/AppRun <<EOF
#!/bin/bash
exec "\$APPDIR/usr/bin/blender" "\$@"
EOF
chmod +x $APPDIR/AppRun

# Generate AppImage
ARCH=$(uname -m)
RELEASE=${FILE:8:5}
APPIMAGE_NAME="Blender-$RELEASE-${ARCH}.AppImage"
echo "Generating AppImage..."
wget https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage -O appimagetool && chmod a+x ./appimagetool
./appimagetool -n $APPDIR $APPIMAGE_NAME

# Move it to /tmp
mv $APPIMAGE_NAME ..

# Limpiar
echo "Cleaning up..."
cd ..
rm -rf $TEMP_DIR

echo "AppImage generated: /tmp/$APPIMAGE_NAME"

[Kulle]

Flying Carpet
Download Appimage:
https://www.linux-apps.com/p/2281227

Flying Carpet is a free, open-source software that enables fast and secure file transfers directly between devices running Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS—without requiring any existing wireless network, internet connection, or cloud service.
Works seamlessly across all major desktop and mobile operating systems, making it ideal for mixed-device environments.
Establishes a temporary ad hoc Wi-Fi connection between devices, so you can transfer files anywhere—even without access to a trusted network or internet
Also handles large files.+
Files are encrypted during transit, ensuring privacy and protection from interception.

[roro]

ApexBrowser-Debian-x86-64.AppImage

Apex Browser is a super fast, custom, lightweight Qt6 browser written in C++ for Arch and Debian.

Download:
https://www.appimagehub.com/p/2258773
Qt 6 is required and must be installed !!

[rych]

Qt 6 is required and must be installed !!

Do you have Qt6 modules, please?

[roro]

Hi rych,
here is the Module
https://www.mediafire.com/file/uysla2y0 ... 3.xzm/file

[SEMERENDO.cr]

QMPlay2, the best video player; radio and Youtube include in tabs
https://github.com/zaps166/QMPlay2/releases
Some Krita release, can't export to: png, jpg or gif; tried older (https://download.kde.org/Attic/krita/?C=M;O=D)
kdenlive 18.04 work but no render project; 22.04 (https://download.kde.org/Attic/kdenlive/?C=M;O=D)!

Video;Multimedia

[rych]

QMPlay2

Thank you for this, it starts and shows its GUI, with these errors/warnings for me:

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root@porteus:/I/bin# QMPlay2 
MESA-INTEL: warning: Haswell Vulkan support is incomplete
[20 May 2025 19:23:54.496] Cannot load library /tmp/.mount_QMPlayfrUW1l/usr/lib/qmplay2/modules/libPipeWire.so: (libpipewire-0.3.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)

Is Porteus missing PipeWire? Do I need to install it (for audio)?

[SEMERENDO.cr]

I run the appimage on Porteux 0.9 and Porteus 5.01 "Mate" and I also have the extracted I use daily, and it works like a charm. It also works for me on my old computer/2006(NVIDIA) and my Acer laptop/2010!
https://youtu.be/vDrFtKTdCFc

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guest@porteux:/mnt/sdb2$ ./QMPlay2
[20 may. 2025 10:32:26.308] Using OpenGL instead of Vulkan software rasterizer
[ass] libass API version: 0x1703000
[ass] libass source: tarball: 0.17.3
[ass] Shaper: FriBidi 0.19.7 (SIMPLE) HarfBuzz-ng 9.0.0 (COMPLEX)
[ass] Using font provider fontconfig

Thank you for this, it starts and shows its GUI, with these errors/warnings for me: