diff --git a/docs/linux.md b/docs/linux.md index b341128af..2acc5b2a6 100644 --- a/docs/linux.md +++ b/docs/linux.md @@ -80,14 +80,15 @@ AppImage file is one executable which contains both Gaphor and Python. It allows Gaphor to be run on any AppImage supported Linux distribution without installation or root access. -The best way to build a Gaphor AppImage is using python-appimage: +We build our AppImage by first bundling Gaphor with PyInstaller and then +converting it in to an AppImage. + +1. Activate your virtualenv, `source venv` 1. `cd appimage` 1. `make update VERSION=x.x.x` -1. Activate your virtualenv, then run `make dep` to install python_appimage with pip - 1. Build the AppImage by running `make all` 1. Test that Gaphor-x86_64.AppImage works by running `make run`