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diff --git a/doc/builders/images/appimagetools.xml b/doc/builders/images/appimagetools.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 45c5619abd97d..0000000000000 --- a/doc/builders/images/appimagetools.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,102 +0,0 @@ -<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" - xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" - xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" - xml:id="sec-pkgs-appimageTools"> - <title>pkgs.appimageTools</title> - - <para> - <varname>pkgs.appimageTools</varname> is a set of functions for extracting and wrapping <link xlink:href="https://appimage.org/">AppImage</link> files. They are meant to be used if traditional packaging from source is infeasible, or it would take too long. To quickly run an AppImage file, <literal>pkgs.appimage-run</literal> can be used as well. - </para> - - <warning> - <para> - The <varname>appimageTools</varname> API is unstable and may be subject to backwards-incompatible changes in the future. - </para> - </warning> - - <section xml:id="ssec-pkgs-appimageTools-formats"> - <title>AppImage formats</title> - - <para> - There are different formats for AppImages, see <link xlink:href="https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageSpec/blob/74ad9ca2f94bf864a4a0dac1f369dd4f00bd1c28/draft.md#image-format">the specification</link> for details. - </para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - Type 1 images are ISO 9660 files that are also ELF executables. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Type 2 images are ELF executables with an appended filesystem. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <para> - They can be told apart with <command>file -k</command>: - </para> - -<screen> -<prompt>$ </prompt>file -k type1.AppImage -type1.AppImage: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV) ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem data 'AppImage' (Lepton 3.x), scale 0-0, -spot sensor temperature 0.000000, unit celsius, color scheme 0, calibration: offset 0.000000, slope 0.000000, dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, BuildID[sha1]=d629f6099d2344ad82818172add1d38c5e11bc6d, stripped\012- data - -<prompt>$ </prompt>file -k type2.AppImage -type2.AppImage: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV) (Lepton 3.x), scale 232-60668, spot sensor temperature -4.187500, color scheme 15, show scale bar, calibration: offset -0.000000, slope 0.000000 (Lepton 2.x), scale 4111-45000, spot sensor temperature 412442.250000, color scheme 3, minimum point enabled, calibration: offset -75402534979642766821519867692934234112.000000, slope 5815371847733706829839455140374904832.000000, dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, BuildID[sha1]=79dcc4e55a61c293c5e19edbd8d65b202842579f, stripped\012- data -</screen> - - <para> - Note how the type 1 AppImage is described as an <literal>ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem</literal>, and the type 2 AppImage is not. - </para> - </section> - - <section xml:id="ssec-pkgs-appimageTools-wrapping"> - <title>Wrapping</title> - - <para> - Depending on the type of AppImage you're wrapping, you'll have to use <varname>wrapType1</varname> or <varname>wrapType2</varname>. - </para> - -<programlisting> -appimageTools.wrapType2 { # or wrapType1 - name = "patchwork"; <co xml:id='ex-appimageTools-wrapping-1' /> - src = fetchurl { <co xml:id='ex-appimageTools-wrapping-2' /> - url = "https://github.com/ssbc/patchwork/releases/download/v3.11.4/Patchwork-3.11.4-linux-x86_64.AppImage"; - sha256 = "1blsprpkvm0ws9b96gb36f0rbf8f5jgmw4x6dsb1kswr4ysf591s"; - }; - extraPkgs = pkgs: with pkgs; [ ]; <co xml:id='ex-appimageTools-wrapping-3' /> -}</programlisting> - - <calloutlist> - <callout arearefs='ex-appimageTools-wrapping-1'> - <para> - <varname>name</varname> specifies the name of the resulting image. - </para> - </callout> - <callout arearefs='ex-appimageTools-wrapping-2'> - <para> - <varname>src</varname> specifies the AppImage file to extract. - </para> - </callout> - <callout arearefs='ex-appimageTools-wrapping-3'> - <para> - <varname>extraPkgs</varname> allows you to pass a function to include additional packages inside the FHS environment your AppImage is going to run in. There are a few ways to learn which dependencies an application needs: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - Looking through the extracted AppImage files, reading its scripts and running <command>patchelf</command> and <command>ldd</command> on its executables. This can also be done in <command>appimage-run</command>, by setting <command>APPIMAGE_DEBUG_EXEC=bash</command>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Running <command>strace -vfefile</command> on the wrapped executable, looking for libraries that can't be found. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </callout> - </calloutlist> - </section> -</section> |