#install appimage as abroot?

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tropic fox
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How can I install an appimage as abroot?

(please dont tell me I shouldn't . i already know)

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well

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I want an appimage to make abroot changes

mellow elk
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you don't install appimages tho

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what exactly do you mean "make abroot changes"

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make changes inside a new abroot transaction?

tropic fox
mellow elk
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just run the appimage inside abroot shell

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copy it to /tmp, since that's shared

tropic fox
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okay, let me try

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weird error

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missing shared library ig

mellow elk
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appimage moment

tropic fox
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wait i get the same error not running in abroot

mellow elk
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yes, appimage moment

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it's missing a library/dependency most likely

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could you send the full error?

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wait the warning is right there

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you need gdkpixbuf

tropic fox
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sudo abroot exec apt install gdkpixbuf ?

mellow elk
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nah just do it inside the abroot shell you ran the appimage in

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will work immediately

tropic fox
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okay

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just apt install gdkpixbuf then right?

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while inside the shell

mellow elk
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not sure what the package name is, but yes

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try apt search gdkpixbuf first to find the actual package name

tropic fox
mellow elk
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the one starting with gir1.2

tropic fox
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it says it's installed though

mellow elk
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ah

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then it's just an appimage issue

tropic fox
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this guy has the same issue

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it looks like

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ig i'll try the solution he posted

mellow elk
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yeah that should work

tropic fox
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i get the feeling that what I'm about to do will cause a lot of problems

mellow elk
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what exactly?

tropic fox
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changing gdm via appimage using abroot

mellow elk
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nah that shouldn't do anything

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if it breaks something you can still rollback to the current root

tropic fox
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wtf

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permission denied

mellow elk
tropic fox
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am i just being stupid

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this shell should have all the permissions

mellow elk
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oh you have to chmod +x ./Login_Manager_Settings.AppImage

tropic fox
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oh lol i'm dumb

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well time to restart my pc again

mellow elk
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what

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you don't

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huh

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you don't have to restart after every command 😭

tropic fox
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so it wouldnt let me open another

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Well, I decided to run the new appimage described in the github issue without abroot

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just to check to see if I got the same error

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and i did

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well, i dropped a comment , hopefully he'll reply

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only other solution i have is to just build the thing

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guess I'll abroot all dependencies and do so

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seems to be working

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so far

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weird... it went without a hitch, but after installing, it's not appearing in my app launcher

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(and i restarted)

mellow elk
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it changes system stuff

tropic fox
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so if I entered an abroot shell right now, what command would I need to run

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just gdm-settings?

mellow elk
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yeah

tropic fox
mellow elk
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ok that issue is just because you're running it in abroot shell

tropic fox
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well, restarting my pc removed all my changes earlier

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I had to rebuild everything and install the dependencies again

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so I really don't know how to do this outside an abroot shell

mellow elk
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you can't

tropic fox
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yeah

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well damn

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well, i guess i admit defeat

rustic kestrel
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Run the appimage in a normal shell with WITH SUDO

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When you are done, make an empty transaction (sudo abroot exec echo)

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Reboot, and see if it worked

mellow elk
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how is that supposed to work

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the application won't be able to change stuff in the root

rustic kestrel
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You edit it using sudo in a normal shell, and then run an empty abroot transaction

mellow elk
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yeah but the application changes gdm settings in root

rustic kestrel
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Yes, you also change grub settings in root

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Hence starting with sudo

mellow elk
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yes, in /etc, this changes things in /usr

barren talon