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Revolverve · Last edited by Revolverve on Sat 22 Jun 2019, 08:36; edited 10 times in total

Learned a lot making freecad sfs.
New app.image bring it all .
(app.image...freecad)

Will i be nostalgic? not at all

here testing
FreeCAD_0.18.15780_Conda_Py3Qt5_glibc2.12-x86_64
in bionicpup64
... enjoy evolution!

I cannot find a 32bit freecad appimage...none exist,if you find,ask devs for one,let it know!
more testing needed indeed...in
-tahrpup64 , need libgstreamer1.0-0_1.2.4-0ubuntu1.1_amd64+libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0_1.2.4-1~ubuntu2.1_amd64

-Fatdog64 800,nothing is missing but there is an openbox not investigared something of a glitch,share it if you find it!

rockedge · Posted: Wed 06 Feb 2019, 16:53 Post subject:

using FreeCAD_0.18.15780.glibc2.17-x86_64.AppImage at the moment !!

nice program

Revolverve · Posted: Fri 08 Feb 2019, 11:17 Post subject:

I will try to resume tested puppy's results in first post..please test&post your favorites tested ones ,32 & 64 bits.
(edit...oups,cannot find a 32 bits one...)

Are app.image be less sensible to break libs/system instead of sfs/layer(mount/unmount) when used in ¨already included libs¨ system?
of what i read,it should.

rockedge · Posted: Sat 09 Feb 2019, 11:08 Post subject:

using FreeCAD_0.18.15780.glibc2.17-x86_64.AppImage on a Bionicpup64 7.9.8 CE RC system.

it seems to be running 100%

Hesse James · Joined: 08 Feb 2010 Posts: 96

Hello
At the weekend I discovered a new version of FreeCAD 0.19 which was built with qt5 (FreeCAD_0.19.16207_Conda_Py3Qt5_glibc2.12-x86_64). It weights 279 MB.
I could not resist and investigated if the large size of this appimage could be reduced.
As a first step I removed the accompanying qt5.6.2 and added some missing qt5.9.5 libs of Puppy Bionic. Using the higher compression ration of the sfs file reduced also the size. Finally I ended up with a file size of 188 MB.
With respect to Bionicpup64 8.0 CE, a lot of other libs could have been removed because of they are already included in Bionic64, but I left it as it is.
So far I did not notice any new strange behavoir because of the replacement, but who knows...

https://www.mediafire.com/file/dq23nb22llrykkg/FreeCAD_0.19.16207_Conda_Py3Qt5_glibc2.12-x86_64.sfs

Regards
Christian

Revolverve · Posted: Wed 03 Apr 2019, 09:23 Post subject:

Revolverve · Posted: Sat 22 Jun 2019, 08:35 Post subject:

Link to app-image on first post lead to freecadweb.org/wiki/Appimage#Modifying_AppImages

that page include link to stable or daily dev app-image.

Revolverve · Posted: Tue 15 Oct 2019, 22:10 Post subject:

link to Freecad0.19 appimage
https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases

FreeCAD_0.19-18522-Linux-Conda_Py3Qt5_glibc2.12-x86_64.AppImage

Edit;0.19 pre appimage link in this post wont start ,
funky error that need investigation
- ERROR:zygote_host_impl_linux.cc(89)] Running as root without --no-sandbox is not supported. See https://crbug.com/638180.
Script completed hit RETURN to close window.

hmm...link to chromium error...

Revolverve · Posted: Mon 28 Oct 2019, 10:26 Post subject:

Link post to dev fc.appimage....404 error.. are update as pre-dev-build are...as state in fc wiki;Development happens daily and rapidly, the link for the most up-to-date AppImage is a moving target.But find stable / dev link to appimage here...
so i'll remove those links to keep things ¨clean¨...

Revolverve · Posted: Wed 30 Oct 2019, 12:46 Post subject:

About AppImageUpdater-**git-latest**-x86_64.AppImage simple gui/drag-drop as suggest in FreeCad-wiki
in bionicpup64 you need to install;
-appstream_0.12.0 and dependencies
-gpgv2_2.2.4 and dependencies.
----works for me---
That fc utility is a must considering the size of it!well,of both!!
AppImageUpdater-9b4000e-x86_64.AppImage=8mb
FreeCad ApImage=360-520mb

By the way,UExtract does ¨unpack¨ appimage!!!
If needed..

Revolverve · Posted: Thu 31 Oct 2019, 14:34 Post subject:

Edit ;posted below a new solution.
Got latest fc dev to load using this modified google-chrome run-as-spot script on extracted*(caution-,371mb appimage=1220mb extracted) appimage; test on bionicpup64.
***a test here..100% no warranty***
_____
-so get freecad 0.19 latest dev appimage
-extract it(UExtract does it)
-download and edit the script to your need
-make it executable
-run it

your .freacad.conf there:
/root/spot/.config/FreeCAD
your user.cfg there;
/root/spot/.FreeCAD
know bug;
-saving files outside spot folder get exception error

**well,having fc appimage extracted/¨unsquash¨ load very fast**
**in data field consumption;371mb appimage=1220mb extracted---woooo... and you have to keep both if you intend to use AppImage update tool**

anybody know who create this script for chrome??
Any help,hints ,suggestion is thankfully welcome

Revolverve · Posted: Tue 05 Nov 2019, 09:44 Post subject:

Oops...edited suggested script in post : Thu 31 Oct 2019, 15:34 ...fix typo errors.

Revolverve · Posted: Thu 07 Nov 2019, 23:19 Post subject:

Thanks to Freecad appimage devs patience...
There is another short and sweet solution to the root(more sandboxing) glitch for latest 0.19 appimage.

- From extracted appimage
- Edit the AppRun ,add one line:
export QTWEBENGINE_DISABLE_SANDBOX=1
-----------------
run it
-----------------
repack the appimage if you can ...i have not succeeded that yet..
as i posted,its faster to run fc appimage ¨extracted¨ anyway.

Any help,hints ,suggestion comments are thankfully welcome

Revolverve · Posted: Fri 08 Nov 2019, 12:27 Post subject:

In bionicpup64 ,using appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage finally succeeded at recreating the appimage.

Beware** you need plenty of ram to execute this inside e.g. /tmp
4gb here was not enough....
The easiest way(..less console use as possible...could have been novice user way..):
-install gnupg2 + dependencies
-rename your extacted appimage to squash-root
-get the appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage ,
save it to;e.g./tmp assuming your ¨renamed target¨ is in /tmp/squashfs-root
-give executable permissions to appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
-terminal here(e.g.;/tmp)
./appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage squashfs-root

----------------------
you should end up with an executable ¨rebuild appimage¨
e.g. here in /tmp/FreeCAD_Conda-x86_64.AppImage

May i will edit first post eventually to include the hints/solutions ..
if ever this topic get to something different then a talk to myself..

of topic note;often ask myself;should i post it in lets say
---House Training » Beginners Help ( Start Here)26624 Topics--888pages of it!!!
or
-- HOWTO ( Solutions ) [1803 Topics]
choose to post links to ¨my projects/interest¨ here and there in related topics trying to keep forum concise & searchable as possible..it is getting big..no wonder after 15 years of it..
no offence here to anybody but , i still have a hard time using forum search engine!!!
Anyhow ,long live to puppies and variants!!!!

Revolverve · Posted: Sat 09 Nov 2019, 10:55 Post subject:

Lets throw some more sand in the box about the above posts...

As ;
-its not recommended to disable sandboxing,
in the name of security,if your insecure here!!!
- that disabling sandboxing with the last solution save your .FreeCAD user directory in /root
-that using run-as-spot script save those in /root/spot,which,tell me if i am wrong here,be see as a more secure practice...

You could use both solutions, on extracted appimage...
That way,if you ever use Freecad webengine to pay your online bills!!!!,
or be the funny one to do a 3D replicate of your credit card!!?*!!²¤$!!
you will feel a little more secure Smile