Linux: Unofficial AppImages

[shuvashish76]

If you're interested in portable Linux AppImage format then checkout https://github.com/ivan-hc/Calibre-appimage the unofficial AppImages are update-able via the developer's packaging manager AM: https://github.com/ivan-hc/AM

The developer just included the preview/beta packaging as per my request : https://github.com/ivan-hc/AM/issues/2050

ThankYou

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Unofficial Calibre installation via AM/AppMan

appman -i calibre
am -i calibre

for preview

appman -i calibre-preview
am -i calibre-preview

for betas

appman -i calibre-beta
am -i calibre-beta

[JSWolf]

Are you 100% sure this code actually works and it the current up-to-date code?

[shuvashish76]

Yes the AppImages are built on top of the official binaries.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by shuvashish76

Yes the AppImages are built on top of the official binaries.

Have they released v9.0 yet?

[shuvashish76]

The GitHub workflow runs at schedule to check update, build AppImage then publish.
Stable: once every week Sunday (7:00 AM UTC)
Preview: twice a day (12:00 PM and 12:00 AM UTC)
Beta: with recurring 3-day cycle (8:00 AM UTC)

All traditional distros take some time to push new updates. Even the bleeding edge Arch isn't close enough to getting Calibre latest: https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/calibre/ I think the current cycle is good enough.

If you think more faster updates is necessary or face any issues related to AppImage builds please report at developer's repo issue tracker.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by shuvashish76

The GitHub workflow runs at schedule to check update, build AppImage then publish.
Stable: once every week Sunday (7:00 AM UTC)
Preview: twice a day (12:00 PM and 12:00 AM UTC)
Beta: with recurring 3-day cycle (8:00 AM UTC)

All traditional distros take some time to push new updates. Even the bleeding edge Arch isn't close enough to getting Calibre latest: https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/calibre/ I think the current cycle is good enough.

If you think more faster updates is necessary or face any issues related to AppImage builds please report the developer's repo issue tracker.

Tomorrow you should be getting 9.1 which is purely a bug fix release.

[un_pogaz]

For Arch, it is preferable to use the AUR package because it use the official binarie,
rather to try to use the extra depot one because it try to rebuild the dependencies of Calibre wich is not recomanded to do so (source of bugs).
(fortunatly, your suggested unoficial AppImage don't make this mistake)
And AUR is up-to-date (~24h)
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/calibre-bin

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by un_pogaz

For Arch, it is preferable to use the AUR package because it use the official binarie,
rather to try to use the extra depot one because it try to rebuild the dependencies of Calibre wich is not recomanded to do so (source of bugs).
(fortunatly, your suggested unoficial AppImage don't make this mistake)
And AUR is up-to-date (~24h)
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/calibre-bin

AUR has the version wrong. It's not 9.1.0-1. It's 9.1.

[shuvashish76]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

AUR has the version wrong. It's not 9.1.0-1. It's 9.1.

That's patch number. If they notice any issues or minor bugs etc. that's how they patch it.

[e.g: If you remember the major xz vulnerability news that's how they quickly downgraded (as patched) it without affecting upstream future versions. https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlin...ages/xz/-/tags vs https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz/releases

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by shuvashish76

That's patch number. If they notice any issues or minor bugs etc. that's how they patch it.

[e.g: If you remember the major xz vulnerability news that's how they quickly downgraded (as patched) it without affecting upstream future versions. https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlin...ages/xz/-/tags vs https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz/releases]

It's not the correct source code unless they download the current source code after commits/patches have been made. I would not want to download calibre from a source that makes their own changes.

[un_pogaz]

Is not a patch to calibre itself, it a patch number for the AUR package. By example, if the AUR package 9.1.0-1 used the wrong link to the target version 9.1.0, the AUR package 9.1.0-2 will be the patch to fix that.

Else the AUR package use/warp the official binary installer, here with I recomand it.

[DiapDealer]

For god's sake, Jon, you clearly don't understand how packages are versioned on Arch, so why not stay out of it?

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

For god's sake, Jon, you clearly don't understand how packages are versioned on Arch, so why not stay out of it?

There's more gatekeepers 'round here than you'll find at Fort Knox.

[DiapDealer]

Jon doesn't use Linux, let alone AppImages. On Arch or otherwise. He's completely out of his depth, but pretending otherwise. It's pointless for him to participate.

[un_pogaz]

I wouldn't be so harsh in my judgment @DiapDealer, from an outside perspective, it is very relevant to ask why the versioning of AUR package work like that.