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pkgs.appimageTools
pkgs.appimageTools
is a set of functions for extracting and wrapping AppImage files.
They are meant to be used if traditional packaging from source is infeasible, or if it would take too long.
To quickly run an AppImage file, pkgs.appimage-run
can be used as well.
::: {.warning}
The appimageTools
API is unstable and may be subject to backwards-incompatible changes in the future.
:::
Wrapping
Use wrapType2
to wrap any AppImage.
This will create a FHS environment with many packages expected to exist for the AppImage to work.
wrapType2
expects an argument with the src
attribute, and either a name
attribute or pname
and version
attributes.
It will eventually call into buildFHSEnv
, and any extra attributes in the argument to wrapType2
will be passed through to it.
This means that you can pass the extraInstallCommands
attribute, for example, and it will have the same effect as described in buildFHSEnv
.
::: {.note}
In the past, appimageTools
provided both wrapType1
and wrapType2
, to be used depending on the type of AppImage that was being wrapped.
However, those were unified early 2020, meaning that both wrapType1
and wrapType2
have the same behaviour now.
:::
:::{.example #ex-wrapping-appimage-from-github}
Wrapping an AppImage from GitHub
{ appimageTools, fetchurl }:
let
pname = "nuclear";
version = "0.6.30";
src = fetchurl {
url = "https://github.com/nukeop/nuclear/releases/download/v${version}/${pname}-v${version}.AppImage";
hash = "sha256-he1uGC1M/nFcKpMM9JKY4oeexJcnzV0ZRxhTjtJz6xw=";
};
in
appimageTools.wrapType2 {
inherit pname version src;
}
:::
The argument passed to wrapType2
can also contain an extraPkgs
attribute, which allows you to include additional packages inside the FHS environment your AppImage is going to run in.
extraPkgs
must be a function that returns a list of packages.
There are a few ways to learn which dependencies an application needs:
- Looking through the extracted AppImage files, reading its scripts and running
patchelf
andldd
on its executables. This can also be done inappimage-run
, by settingAPPIMAGE_DEBUG_EXEC=bash
. - Running
strace -vfefile
on the wrapped executable, looking for libraries that can't be found.
:::{.example #ex-wrapping-appimage-with-extrapkgs}
Wrapping an AppImage with extra packages
{ appimageTools, fetchurl }:
let
pname = "irccloud";
version = "0.16.0";
src = fetchurl {
url = "https://github.com/irccloud/irccloud-desktop/releases/download/v${version}/IRCCloud-${version}-linux-x86_64.AppImage";
sha256 = "sha256-/hMPvYdnVB1XjKgU2v47HnVvW4+uC3rhRjbucqin4iI=";
};
in appimageTools.wrapType2 {
inherit pname version src;
extraPkgs = pkgs: [ pkgs.at-spi2-core ];
}
:::
Extracting
Use extract
if you need to extract the contents of an AppImage.
This is usually used in Nixpkgs to install extra files in addition to wrapping the AppImage.
extract
expects an argument with the src
attribute, and either a name
attribute or pname
and version
attributes.
::: {.note}
In the past, appimageTools
provided both extractType1
and extractType2
, to be used depending on the type of AppImage that was being extracted.
However, those were unified early 2020, meaning that both extractType1
and extractType2
have the same behaviour as extract
now.
:::
:::{.example #ex-extracting-appimage}
Extracting an AppImage to install extra files
This example was adapted from a real package in Nixpkgs to show how extract
is usually used in combination with wrapType2
.
Note how appimageContents
is used in extraInstallCommands
to install additional files that were extracted from the AppImage.
{ appimageTools, fetchurl }:
let
pname = "irccloud";
version = "0.16.0";
src = fetchurl {
url = "https://github.com/irccloud/irccloud-desktop/releases/download/v${version}/IRCCloud-${version}-linux-x86_64.AppImage";
sha256 = "sha256-/hMPvYdnVB1XjKgU2v47HnVvW4+uC3rhRjbucqin4iI=";
};
appimageContents = appimageTools.extract {
inherit pname version src;
};
in appimageTools.wrapType2 {
inherit pname version src;
extraPkgs = pkgs: [ pkgs.at-spi2-core ];
extraInstallCommands = ''
mv $out/bin/${pname}-${version} $out/bin/${pname}
install -m 444 -D ${appimageContents}/irccloud.desktop $out/share/applications/irccloud.desktop
install -m 444 -D ${appimageContents}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/irccloud.png \
$out/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/irccloud.png
substituteInPlace $out/share/applications/irccloud.desktop \
--replace 'Exec=AppRun' 'Exec=${pname}'
'';
}
:::
The argument passed to extract
can also contain a postExtract
attribute, which allows you to execute additional commands after the files are extracted from the AppImage.
postExtract
must be a string with commands to run.
:::{.example #ex-extracting-appimage-with-postextract}
Extracting an AppImage to install extra files, using postExtract
This is a rewrite of to use postExtract
.
{ appimageTools, fetchurl }:
let
pname = "irccloud";
version = "0.16.0";
src = fetchurl {
url = "https://github.com/irccloud/irccloud-desktop/releases/download/v${version}/IRCCloud-${version}-linux-x86_64.AppImage";
sha256 = "sha256-/hMPvYdnVB1XjKgU2v47HnVvW4+uC3rhRjbucqin4iI=";
};
appimageContents = appimageTools.extract {
inherit pname version src;
postExtract = ''
substituteInPlace $out/irccloud.desktop --replace 'Exec=AppRun' 'Exec=${pname}'
'';
};
in appimageTools.wrapType2 {
inherit pname version src;
extraPkgs = pkgs: [ pkgs.at-spi2-core ];
extraInstallCommands = ''
mv $out/bin/${pname}-${version} $out/bin/${pname}
install -m 444 -D ${appimageContents}/irccloud.desktop $out/share/applications/irccloud.desktop
install -m 444 -D ${appimageContents}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/irccloud.png \
$out/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/irccloud.png
'';
}
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