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What's the update story for AppImages? AFAIU you have to download updates by hand?
by red_trumpet 2y ago
What's the update story for AppImages? AFAIU you have to download updates by hand?
- cardanome 2y agoYes. Things that are critical to update regularly should be handled by the package manager. I use AppImages when I want a specific version of a specific app. I never want them to be automatically updated because doing so might introduce breaking changes that might mess with my workflow. Imagine complex software like Blender or Krita updating automatically while you working on a specific project, possibly even breaking your saves, absolute horror.
- freedomben 2y agoThere aren't centralized solutions that I know of, but there are projects such as AppImageLauncher[1] that can provide some automated management of that. It's not perfect but it is helpful. [1]: https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher
- c-hendricks 2y agoUpdating app images are solved if a few ways: https://docs.appimage.org/packaging-guide/optional/updates.html#making-appimages-self-updateable https://docs.appimage.org/packaging-guide/optional/updates.h...
- contrarian1234 2y agoMy Arduino AppImage self-updates - so I know it's possible