Seems to me, that once one has a running executable, getting an AppImage
is straightforward:

https://appimage.org/


>
> For those that like AppImages, SNAPS, flatpacks and other such wasteful
> (IMHO) things:  have fun with them.
>
> I've been unable to make them reliably work on my Debian system and don't
> see any value I  trying to make them work. I would much rather have
> developers put their time into developing RG and provide proven packages
> like DEB (covers all Debian derivatives) and RPM. I think RG is only
> distributed as source right now, right?
>
> I've been able to compile RG, including dev snapshots without problems.
> Sorting out dependencies was a one-time thing for me. I don't think RG's
> dependencies change very often.
>
> Perhaps the "dependency hell" was more due to dated documentation on the
> RG website about dependencies and compiling?
>
> On December 9, 2020 1:52:57 PM HST, [email protected] wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Thanks to the whole team for your continuing efforts to improve
>> Rosegarden.
>>
>> One thing, however, I would like to see happen: the release of
>> Rosegarden
>> as an AppImage so users with work machines not connected to the
>> Internet
>> and perhaps not as up to date as developer machines, can run the
>> latest
>> Rosegarden.  The last few times I tried compiling from source I
>> rapidly
>> found myself in "dependency hell". Some other large Linux audio
>> applications such as LMMS are already making an AppImage available
>> with
>> their most recent releases.
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>> Stay safe all,
>>
>> Rich Marschall
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > The Rosegarden team is proud to announce the release of version
>> 20.12
>> > of Rosegarden, a MIDI sequencer that features a rich understanding
>> of
>> > music notation along with basic support for digital audio.
>> >
>> >    http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/
>> >
>> > Included in this release...
>> >
>> > ===== Bug Fixes =====
>> >
>> >    * Fix QPainterPath compilation error (r15845)
>> >    * Fixed several SysEx-related bugs in the Event editor (r15853)
>> >      * SysEx load now remembers the last used path.
>> >      * SysEx load now strips the F0/F7 bytes from the file when
>> reading.
>> >      * SysEx save now remembers the last used path.
>> >      * SysEx save now fills in the FileDialog fields correctly.
>> >      * SysEx save now adds the F0/F7 bytes to the data before
>> saving.
>> >    * Event Editor: Fix garbage on SysEx load error (r15855)
>> >    * Event Parameter Dialog: Fix incorrect window title (r15857)
>> >    * Fix length of notes added in percussion matrix (r15870)
>> >    * Fix compilation error with Qt < 5.8 (r15872, r15896, others)
>> >    * Fix issues with ALSA port name matching at file load (r15875,
>> >      r15879, r15893-r15895, r15906, r15909)
>> >    * Fix "&" in device name renders file unreadable.  Bug #1586.
>> (r15886)
>> >    * Matrix editor: Fix control rulers not appearing.  Bug #1543.
>> >      (r15887)
>> >    * Event editor: Fix crashes when editing (r15899, r15902, r15903)
>> >    * Reduce connection check interval to 1 second (r15912)
>> >    * Fix external controller port not working (r15915, r15916,
>> r15919,
>> >      r15927, r15929)
>> >    * Fix ALSA timer selection persistence (r15936)
>> >    * Fix disabled button text color (r15938)
>> >    * Fix plugins not found (r15947)
>> >    * Send proper CCs out the external controller port for motorized
>> >      control surfaces.  Bug #1587. (r15952, r15954)
>> >    * Fix unwanted CCs going out with old files.  Feature #482.
>> (r15961)
>> >    * Fix slow load time with many segments.  Bug #1589.  (r16026)
>> >
>> > ===== New Features =====
>> >
>> >    * Enable/Disable external controller port in the preferences
>> (r15932,
>> >      r15946, others)
>> >    * Transport buttons (play, stop, etc...) on MIDI controllers are
>> now
>> >      supported so long as they use Pro Tools standard CCs (110-118).
>> >      Feature #423.  (r15962-r15964)
>> >    * Korg nanoKONTROL2 support (r15994-r16013, r16015, r16016,
>> r16021)
>> >
>> > ===== Significant Code Cleanups =====
>> >
>> >    * Icon Loader (r15862-r15865, r15868)
>> >    * New ExternalController class (r15922)
>> >    * Preferences dialog (r15939-r15944)
>> >    * ALSA MIDI interface (r15975-r15993)
>> >
>> > ===== Additional Contributors =====
>> >
>> >    * Michael Stockinger (www.stockinger.org) - German Translation
>> >    * Hugo van Galen - Help with bug #1586 and #1543.
>> >    * Piotr Golonka - Roland-Fantom-678.rgd
>> >    * Arthur Baran - Casio-PX-5S.rgd
>> >
>> >
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