Re: appimage magic

2024-11-12 Thread David Wright
On Tue 12 Nov 2024 at 05:14:50 (+), fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > On Mon, 11 Nov 2024, David Wright wrote: > > On Tue 12 Nov 2024 at 02:47:21 (+), fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > >> i down loaded super_program.appimage > >> on the command line i type ./super_program.appimage > >> how do

Re: appimage magic

2024-11-12 Thread Anssi Saari
fxkl4...@protonmail.com writes: > i don't see anything in that about appimage AppImages are ELF binaries. So the answer to your question "how does my debian powered device know what to do", is that it knows how to run ELF format binaries. I'd assume there are technical descriptions available on h

Re: appimage magic

2024-11-11 Thread tomas
On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 05:14:50AM +, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > On Mon, 11 Nov 2024, David Wright wrote: > > > On Tue 12 Nov 2024 at 02:47:21 (+), fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > >> i down loaded super_program.appimage > >> on the command line i type ./super_program.appimage > >> h

Re: appimage magic

2024-11-11 Thread fxkl47BF
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 12 Nov 2024 at 02:47:21 (+), fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: >> i down loaded super_program.appimage >> on the command line i type ./super_program.appimage >> how does my debian powered device know what to do > > It looks at the file signature,

Re: appimage magic

2024-11-11 Thread David Wright
On Tue 12 Nov 2024 at 02:47:21 (+), fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > i down loaded super_program.appimage > on the command line i type ./super_program.appimage > how does my debian powered device know what to do It looks at the file signature, or "magic number", in the first few bytes of the f

Re: AppImage files (was: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl)

2020-11-19 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 11/18/20 6:07 AM, Fred wrote: On 11/17/20 11:47 PM, Anssi Saari wrote: Fred writes: There is a binary for Linux available for download as a AppImage file. What is an AppImage file and what does one do with it. The program was probably compiled for Ubuntu.  Is it likely to also run on Debia

Re: Appimage file that does not launch

2020-10-12 Thread Charles Curley
On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 17:15:43 +0200 Hervé wrote: > what is the exec bit? I made the executable file in permission, and am > trying to run it. As on the other distribution. > First, please reply to the list so others get the benefit of the exchange. Second, please quote what you are replying to,

Re: Appimage file that does not launch

2020-10-12 Thread Charles Curley
On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 13:37:50 +0200 Hervé wrote: > it is not possible to run an appimage file on Debian, whether in > stable or testing. The file is good because it launches on MX linux > and on ubuntu. It is a pity that this is not possible. Can't we > improve that? Did you set the execute bit?

Re: Appimage file that does not launch

2020-10-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 12 October 2020 07:37:50 Hervé wrote: > Hello, > it is not possible to run an appimage file on Debian, whether in > stable or testing. The file is good because it launches on MX linux > and on ubuntu. It is a pity that this is not possible. Can't we > improve that? You may have to becom

Re: AppImage

2019-10-11 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Thu Oct 10, 2019 at 6:31 AM wrote: > On Thursday, October 10, 2019 06:05:14 AM Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > To try to answer your question, the AppImage you are using is almost > > certainly built for the amd64 (aka "X86_64") architecture, rather than > > amd64 (aka "Aarch64"), which is what the

Re: AppImage

2019-10-10 Thread rhkramer
On Thursday, October 10, 2019 06:05:14 AM Jonathan Dowland wrote: > To try to answer your question, the AppImage you are using is almost > certainly built for the amd64 (aka "X86_64") architecture, rather than > amd64 (aka "Aarch64"), which is what the Pi requires. (except, at the --^ I'm ass

Re: AppImage

2019-10-10 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Wed Oct 9, 2019 at 2:14 PM Donnie Wooton wrote: > Is there a way to install a AppImage file on RasPi4 running Debian? You almost certainly are not running Debian on your RasPi4, but Raspbian, which is something else entirely. You might get better help contacting a Raspbian list. To try to ans

Re: AppImage

2019-10-10 Thread Reco
Hi. Please post your reply to the list next time, and please do not top post. On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 03:44:14PM -0500, Donnie Wooton wrote: > Sorry, I am using raspbian. You are correct. > > I am trying to get xlights on my raspberry pi. > > https://www.adebenham.com/xlights-linux/ A

Re: AppImage

2019-10-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 09 October 2019 15:37:37 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 02:14:42PM -0500, Donnie Wooton wrote: > > Is there a way to install a AppImage file on RasPi4 running Debian? > > Where did you get an unofficial Debian image for Raspberry Pi4? > Just to save you the confus

Re: AppImage

2019-10-09 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 02:14:42PM -0500, Donnie Wooton wrote: > Is there a way to install a AppImage file on RasPi4 running Debian? Where did you get an unofficial Debian image for Raspberry Pi4? Just to save you the confusion - Raspbian is not Debian, and Debian cannot run on Raspbe

Re: AppImage

2019-10-09 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 02:14:42PM -0500, Donnie Wooton wrote: > Is there a way to install a AppImage file on RasPi4 running Debian? > > I have saved the image file to the desktop and used terminal to make it > executable. It won’t run... > What application? What is the source of the AppImage