Powershell: Provide official AppImage builds for Linux

Created on 23 Aug 2016  路  14Comments  路  Source: PowerShell/PowerShell

Please provide PowerShell in the AppImage format for Linux.

AppImage is a packaging format for Linux that lets users download one single file, set the executable bit and run the application (here: PowerShell). Unlike other solutions, no special runtime infrastructure must be installed on the target system(s).

PowerShell

An unofficial PowerShell AppImage has been available on https://bintray.com/probono/AppImages/PowerShell#files. It has been tested on

  • CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-GnomeLive.iso
  • CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGNOME-1511.iso
  • Chromixium-1.5-amd64.iso
  • Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-22-3.iso
  • Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-23-10.iso
  • SL-72-x86_64-2016-02-03-LiveDVDgnome.iso
  • debian-live-8.0.0-amd64-xfce-desktop+nonfree.iso
  • debian-live-8.4.0-amd64-gnome-desktop.iso
  • elementary_OS_0.3_freya_amd64.iso
  • kali-linux-2.0-amd64.iso
  • kali-linux-2016.1-amd64.iso
  • kubuntu-14.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso
  • kubuntu-15.04-desktop-amd64.iso
  • kubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso
  • linuxmint-17.3-cinnamon-64bit.iso
  • neon-devedition-gitunstable-20160814-0806-amd64.iso
  • netrunner-17-64bit.iso
  • ubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso
  • ubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso
  • ubuntu-gnome-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso
  • ubuntu-mate-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso
  • xubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso

To try it, run

PS="PowerShell-6.0.0.alpha.9-x86_64.AppImage"
wget -c "https://bintray.com/probono/AppImages/download_file?file_path=$PS" -O "$PS"
chmod a+x "$PS"
./"$PS"

@TravisEz13 mentioned that the AppImage works for him and @andschwa mentioned that he likes the idea of having one format for all Linux distributions.

The script that generated the AppImage is here. Feel free to use it, e.g. as part of the automated Travis CI build process. I am happy to help.

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Thanks for providing an AppImage.

picture probonopd on 11 Mar 2017
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I like it a lot, want to open a Pull Request? You should be able to setup Travis CI on your own fork for testing.

andschwa picture andschwa on 23 Aug 2016

Work in progress: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/compare/master...probonopd:master

@andschwa I seem to be running into issues with the Travis CI build unrelated to AppImage: https://travis-ci.org/probonopd/PowerShell/builds/154306325#L719-L750, seems to be the case in the official build too: https://travis-ci.org/PowerShell/PowerShell/builds/154265962#L731-L758

probonopd picture probonopd on 23 Aug 2016

@probonopd The root error is here: https://travis-ci.org/probonopd/PowerShell/builds/154306325#L722
git cannot get the last tag. Looking for a workaround...

TravisEz13 picture TravisEz13 on 23 Aug 2016

I believe this will fix/workaround the issue. https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/customizing-the-build#Git-Clone-Depth

Your clone depth was 50... I would suggest increasing to 100.

TravisEz13 picture TravisEz13 on 23 Aug 2016

I filled issue #2029 for the clone depth issue.

TravisEz13 picture TravisEz13 on 23 Aug 2016

Ping

probonopd picture probonopd on 12 Feb 2017
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PowerShell-6.0.0.alpha.9-x86_64.AppImage works fine on Slackware64-14.2 as well.

qury picture qury on 2 Mar 2017
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Thanks for providing an AppImage.

probonopd picture probonopd on 11 Mar 2017
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SUGGESTION #1:
the AppImage download for " PowerShell v6.0.0-alpha.17 Release" provided at url https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/tag/v6.0.0-alpha.17 currently has the name "PowerShell-x86_64.AppImage"

I think currently the filename "PowerShell-x86_64.AppImage" file should be renamed as
"powershell-x86_64-6.0.0-alpha.17.AppImage" . Just like filename of other download formats, Appimage filename should also include version

zaxebo1 picture zaxebo1 on 13 Mar 2017

POINT #2: Currently when i run (on Debian testing and ubuntu 16.04 both) the downloaded file "PowerShell-x86_64.AppImage" from url https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/tag/v6.0.0-alpha.17, then it first gives the some warnings and then successfully launches Powershell

myuser1@my-machine1:~$ chmod a+x *.AppImage myuser1@my-machine1:~$ ./PowerShell-x86_64.AppImage /bin/bash: /tmp/.mount_kvGjoY/usr/lib/libtinfo.so.5: no version information available (required by /bin/bash) $XDG_DATA_DIRS is missing. Please run /tmp/.mount_kvGjoY/usr/bin/powershell.wrapper from within an AppImage. PowerShell Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. PS /home/myuser1>

Are these above warnings OK? Is there anything which still needs to be done to remove these warnings?
/bin/bash: /tmp/.mount_kvGjoY/usr/lib/libtinfo.so.5: no version information available (required by /bin/bash)
$XDG_DATA_DIRS is missing. Please run /tmp/.mount_kvGjoY/usr/bin/powershell.wrapper from within an AppImage.

zaxebo1 picture zaxebo1 on 13 Mar 2017

@zaxebo1 Great points, but it would be better to capture them as a new issue or set of issues. I'd rather not reopen this issue. The new issue will give us something track the work that needs to be done to fix these issues. Thanks!

TravisEz13 picture TravisEz13 on 13 Mar 2017
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@TravisEz13
okk. Filed new issues, as per your suggestion

zaxebo1 picture zaxebo1 on 13 Mar 2017
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Aren't appimages being distributed anymore? They were very convenient. I had to download the 'official linux binary' and tar xvf created a bit of a mess.

SRGOM picture SRGOM on 5 Feb 2019

@SRGOM We have switch to a Snap package. This got us better support for more platforms with lower maintenance costs.

cc @joeyaiello

TravisEz13 picture TravisEz13 on 5 Feb 2019
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