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@crwood crwood commented Jul 25, 2019

This PR adds a rudimentary make_appimage script (called by the make appimage command) that uses linuxdeploy to package PyInstaller-generated binaries into a single, standalone, executable Gridsync AppImage file. Pending further testing and integration with CI/CD, this preliminarily allows for Gridsync AppImages to be offered alongside future releases, making it considerably easier for GNU/Linux users to install and run the application.

Closes #245

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crwood commented Aug 7, 2019

As per usual, Travis-CI's macOS runners are stalled but this is passing on Linux -- where it actually matters. Merging...

@crwood crwood merged commit 8b37d20 into master Aug 7, 2019
@crwood crwood deleted the 245.appimage branch August 7, 2019 23:40
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Offer AppImage packages for GNU/Linux users

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