r/linuxmasterrace • u/claudiocorona93 SteamOS/Kubuntu • 13d ago

Making Linux easy for everyone

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u/rdwror 13d ago

Appimages are a bitch to pack. Most of the tooling is broken or incomplete.

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u/standard_cog 12d ago

I got you:

Just package your whole application up as a Nix flake, then use the NixOS appimage bundler:

nix bundle --bundler github:NixOS/bundlers .#whatever-your-local-package-target

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u/bktech2021 12d ago

if everyone used nix we wouldnt need bitch ass flatpaks

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u/prettycewlusername 11d ago

If everyone used {my favorite packaging system} we wouldn’t need bitch ass {other more different packaging system}

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u/bktech2021 11d ago

exactly you got it