On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 2:44 PM, Carmelo DrRaw <aferrero1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi! > > I am facing a problem when trying to build a GIMP AppImage that bundles > python to allow running the python-based plug-ins. > > As far as I understand, GIMP takes the python executable specified in > > PREFIX/lib/gimp/2.0/interpreters/pygimp.interp > > where the executable path has to be specified with an absolute way > (otherwise GIMP throws an error “Bad binary format string in interpreter > file …”). > > However, in the AppImage case the absolute path into which the package is > extracted is random, and is only known after the AppImage has ben actually > started. Moreover, configuration files inside the AppImage bundle cannot be > modified because they are read-only. > > Hence my question: is there a way to dynamically specify the path to the > python interpreter? In such situations one would typically use environment > variables, but there seems to be no way in this case… > > > Thanks a lot in advance! > > A, Not wanting to starting some Linux "wars" :), I think of AppImage as Linux's acknowledgement to Mac OSX Apps. So in that vein, include a launcher in your AppImage which mounts your support libs is a specific location (possibly /tmp) and then point the python interpreter to something like /tmp/python/python or something similar. Maybe that will work? _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
