FreeGameDev

I'd like to ask that how to build binary packages for Linux/Mac such that they can be downloaded, unpack and run directly without worrying dependencies.

Of course, one can compile from source code, but I don't think simply package the resulting binary and data files will work.

acme_pjz {l Wrote}:Of course, one can compile from source code, but I don't think simply package the resulting binary and data files will work.

It should work, as long as you link all libraries statically, or include the dynamically linked libraries.

If you compile in on a Ubuntu16.04, it is reasonable to assume that 90% of your Linux audience will be able to run it as this is sort of the base-line right now.

Other that that, look into snaps, appimages and flatpacks

Julius {l Wrote}:Other that that, look into snaps, appimages and flatpacks

I'm trying AppImage now. I have to say that the document of AppImage is terrible; I'm using pkg2appimage script to create AppImage file and there is almost no document at all.

I manage to run pkg2appimage on Travis CI without errors, but I can't find the generated AppImage file The last few lines of the log is

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/home/travis/build/acmepjz/meandmyshadow/MeAndMyShadow/MeAndMyShadow.AppDir/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblua5.2.so.0.0.0 used for determining architecture x86_64
/home/travis/build/acmepjz/meandmyshadow/MeAndMyShadow/MeAndMyShadow.AppDir/usr/lib/libmodplug.so.1.0.0 used for determining architecture x86_64
Using architecture x86_64
App name for filename: Me_and_My_Shadow
meandmyshadow{.png,.svg,.svgz,.xpm} defined in desktop file but not found
For example, you could put a 256x256 pixel png into
/home/travis/build/acmepjz/meandmyshadow/MeAndMyShadow/MeAndMyShadow.AppDir/meandmyshadow.png
Desktop file: /home/travis/build/acmepjz/meandmyshadow/MeAndMyShadow/MeAndMyShadow.AppDir/meandmyshadow.desktop
/home/travis/build/acmepjz/meandmyshadow/MeAndMyShadow/MeAndMyShadow.AppDir should be packaged as Me_and_My_Shadow-.glibc2.14-x86_64.AppImage


But I can't find the packaged file! Although the last line of the log mentioned it. I even use ls -R to list all files recursively but it's still not found.

Does anyone have any ideas? The repository is https://github.com/acmepjz/meandmyshadow and full log can be downloaded at https://travis-ci.org/acmepjz/meandmyshadow .

I've gotten the "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" env var trick to work on Linux a couple times.

With this, you pack all needed .so files (found from 'ldd mygame.exe" into the release archive and make a launcher script that points the env var to where the .so files are.

It works to a point - Different versions of glibc still mess me up sometimes. I don't get why they have to introduce incompatibilities, when the kernel itself is sworn not to break userspace.

I have figured out what the problem is. It looks like that somehow the appimagetool script refuses to run when it can't found the icon:

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meandmyshadow{.png,.svg,.svgz,.xpm} defined in desktop file but not found
For example, you could put a 256x256 pixel png into
/home/travis/build/acmepjz/meandmyshadow/MeAndMyShadow/MeAndMyShadow.AppDir/meandmyshadow.png

Also, the appimagetool script refuses to bundle libwayland-egl.so.1 so you still need the dependency libwayland-egl1-mesa. I have tested that after install this dependency the AppImage runs on puppy linux. Now the nightly builds are automatically uploaded to https://bintray.com/acmepjz/meandmyshad ... uild#files .

SecureUvula {l Wrote}:I've gotten the "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" env var trick to work on Linux a couple times.

With this, you pack all needed .so files (found from 'ldd mygame.exe" into the release archive and make a launcher script that points the env var to where the .so files are.

Thanks. I think the AppImage works in the similar way.

You could also try setting up a PPA on the Launchpad site for Linux.

https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA