build: add linuxbuild.sh to generate an AppImage file for portable distribution - #138
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Pull request overview
Adds a Linux packaging path to the repo by introducing an AppImage build script (modeled after the existing macOS build flow) and a GitHub Actions workflow to generate and upload the AppImage artifact for portable distribution on Ubuntu/Linux.
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- Add
linuxbuild.shto build a PyInstaller-based AppDir and package it into an AppImage viaappimagetool. - Add
.github/workflows/linuxbuild.ymlto run the Linux AppImage build on CI and uploaddist/*.AppImageartifacts.
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| linuxbuild.sh | New Linux build script to create an AppImage from the Python project using PyInstaller + AppImageKit tooling. |
| .github/workflows/linuxbuild.yml | New CI workflow to run the Linux AppImage build and publish the resulting artifact. |
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| # Download appimagetool if not exists | ||
| if [ ! -f "appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage" ]; then | ||
| echo "Downloading appimagetool..." | ||
| wget -q "https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage" | ||
| chmod +x appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage | ||
| fi |
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| # Create and activate a clean virtual environment | ||
| python3 -m venv venv | ||
| source venv/bin/activate |
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I needed a way to be able to easily distribute a standalone/portable executable to linux (ubuntu) users of the tool without having to setup full python environments.
Takes inspiration from the
macbuild.shimplementation.Generates an AppImage that can be launched on linux operating systems to use the tool.
Added a github action workflow for generating the AppImage.