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App Image Installer: Easily install AppImages to your system if that functionality doesn't exist by default. While it doesn't work for all, for most AppImages, it will extract the icon and create a .desktop file. Still needs some touch-ups. (I designed this for Ubuntu with GNOME; it may work for other Distros/DEs or it may not lol)
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| #AppImage Installer | |
| #For yes: run `appimage-extract` to get the icon, create .desktop. | |
| #Installs the AppImage | |
| installImage () { | |
| if [[ -d ./working ]]; then | |
| printf "Working directory exists, deleting...\n" | |
| rm -R ./working | |
| else | |
| printf "Working directory does not exist.\n" | |
| fi | |
| printf "Creating working directory\n" | |
| mkdir "./working" | |
| cd "./working" | |
| printf "Extracting for icon...\n" | |
| $file --appimage-extract >&- | |
| if [[ -d ./squashfs-root ]]; then #Get the icon | |
| printf "AppImage extracted successfully.\n" | |
| cd ./squashfs-root | |
| #Icons do not have consistent names. For now, let's just play a wild card and hope for the best :) | |
| cp *.svg ../icon.svg | |
| cp *.png ../icon.png | |
| cd ../ | |
| else | |
| printf "The AppImage couldn't be extracted, so no icon can be used. You can add one manually later.\n" | |
| fi | |
| if [[ -f ./icon.svg ]]; then | |
| icon=`readlink -f ./icon.svg` | |
| elif [[ -f ./icon.png ]]; then | |
| icon=`readlink -f ./icon.png` | |
| fi | |
| printf "[Desktop Entry]\nType=Application\nName=$name\nIcon=$icon\nExec=$file\nTerminal=false" > newDesktop.desktop #Create the launcher | |
| cp ./newDesktop.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/$name.desktop | |
| printf "Done! Launcher saved to ~/.local/share/applications/$name.desktop\n" | |
| } | |
| name="$2" | |
| file="$1" | |
| #Currently, spaces can't be used. | |
| printf "You will install $file, with the name \""$name"\"\n" | |
| read -p "Proceed? (y/n)" choice | |
| if [ $choice == "y" ] | |
| then | |
| printf "Beginning installation of $file.\n" | |
| installImage | |
| elif [ $choice == "n" ] | |
| then | |
| printf "Aborted.\n" | |
| else | |
| printf "Invalid. Aborted.\n" | |
| fi | |
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