Immagini

An application made to easily manage and create .AppImage apps

Install

Library

Ways to manage AppImages inside library:

Rename a file

Set a file executable or not

Extract an appimage in a selected location

Delete an AppImage from disk

Create new AppImage

Create options

Delete .AppDir after build has finished

Include custom AppRun

Folder mode

Documentation

Name

The name can be whatever you like, with every character. Even spaces

Executable

The executable file is the file you want to execute as .AppImage.
With the app default .AppRun you can only execute shell scripts. If you want to include a python script as executable you need to specify the script runner at the top of the file.

Example:

Python

#!/bin/python3

import getpass
user = getpass.getuser()
print('My name is: ' + user)

Bash

#!/bin/sh

echo My name is:
whoami

Also, if you want to package whole folders see FolderMode

Icon

The Icon must respect the AppImage icon specifications.
Selected icons get put in different locations, based on the size and extension of the image.
The location of the icon is:

For png images: usr/share/icons/hicolor/{image dimensions}/icon.png

For svg images: usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/icon.svg

Category and Type

To see what category and tpye you can add to your AppImage see freedesktop specifications website

Advanced options

Folder mode

This option is still in beta quality, so don't expect much.
The exe file needs to be inside the selected folder
Folder mode allow you to package folders inside an AppImage.
To package folders into an AppImage you have to select the main app executable as the app executable, and then in the foldermode entry select the app folder.
Also, it's recommended to use a custom AppRun if you enable this option.

Custom AppRun

By enabling 'Custom AppRun' you can package in the application your own custom-made AppRun file.
it's recommended to use this option if you use folder mode. If packaging only a single file the executable is located in usr/bin/, so for example if you want to create your own apprun the path to the executable should be usr/bin/(exe).

Why the name Immagini

First of all let's start by sying that I'm italian.
The name Immagini is the italian translation for 'images'... you see where I'm going? Given that the app is made to manage .AppImage files and I wanted to give a name that has something to do with the app I came up with the name Immagini.
Next step is making an icon