Re: discussion: GNUstep developer tools as AppImage?

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Has anyone looked into shipping a linux equivalent to a DMG image for
GNUstep applications?

On Mon, 25 May 2026 at 18:42, Riccardo Mottola <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> [email protected] via Discussion list for the GNUstep
> programming environment wrote:
> > I think, GNUstep needs lower hurdles for entering our ecosystem and so =
I
> had the thought =E2=80=9EWhat if we distribute the GNUstep dev tools as A=
ppImage?=E2=80=9C,
> e.g. bundling everything needed (basic GNUstep installation; compiler,
> linker, make; Gorm.app and ProjectCenter.app; some example code) into an
> AppImage like PikoPixel did, so that our App can be run everywhere
> AppImages are supported.
> >
> > What do you think about the idea, would it help our cause?
> >
> > What would be the prerequisites for such an attempt?
> >
> > How much work would it be?
> >
>
> I don't know about AppImages but GNUstep supports packing everything
> into a single directory containing Application, frameworks, themes,
> preferences into a single folder.
>
> It is useful to ship a single application with its environment, I use it
> with success on windows and have scripts for that. Very convenient.
> Theoretically it can also contain more than one app.
>
> It is instead not very smart having several directories for each app,
> since that way you have multiple runtime installations and running them
> in concurrency may cause issues (beyond space waste). I don't know how
> AppImages would handle this.
>
> -R
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Has anyone looked into shipping a linux equivalent to a DM=
G image for GNUstep applications?</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_=
quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, 25 May 2026 =
at 18:42, Riccardo Mottola &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"g=
mail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204=
,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">lar=
[email protected]</a> via Discussion list for the GNUstep <br=
>
programming environment wrote:<br>
&gt; I think, GNUstep needs lower hurdles for entering our ecosystem and so=
 I had the thought =E2=80=9EWhat if we distribute the GNUstep dev tools as =
AppImage?=E2=80=9C, e.g. bundling everything needed (basic GNUstep installa=
tion; compiler, linker, make; Gorm.app and ProjectCenter.app; some example =
code) into an AppImage like PikoPixel did, so that our App can be run every=
where AppImages are supported.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; What do you think about the idea, would it help our cause?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; What would be the prerequisites for such an attempt?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; How much work would it be?<br>
&gt;<br>
<br>
I don&#39;t know about AppImages but GNUstep supports packing everything <b=
r>
into a single directory containing Application, frameworks, themes, <br>
preferences into a single folder.<br>
<br>
It is useful to ship a single application with its environment, I use it <b=
r>
with success on windows and have scripts for that. Very convenient.<br>
Theoretically it can also contain more than one app.<br>
<br>
It is instead not very smart having several directories for each app, <br>
since that way you have multiple runtime installations and running them <br=
>
in concurrency may cause issues (beyond space waste). I don&#39;t know how =
<br>
AppImages would handle this.<br>
<br>
-R<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>

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