NX AppHub Daemon |

Introduction

NX AppHub Daemon is a daemon that integrates AppBoxes generated with NX Apphub CLI with the desktop.

Warning

NX AppHub CLI primarily targets Nitrux OS, and using this utility in other distributions may or may not work. Compatibility with other distributions is incidental, not intentional.

For more in-depth information about NX AppHub CLI, please see the Wiki.

Requirements

• Nitrux 5.0.0 and newer.

Note

To use nx-apphubd in previous versions of Nitrux use a container; see our tutorial on how to use Distrobox.

• Python 3.10 and newer.

Runtime Requirements

appstream
binutils
file
fuse3
libfuse2t64 || libfuse2 

Installation

To install NX AppHub Daemon we recommend using pipx.

Single-user

pipx install git+https://github.com/Nitrux/nx-apphubd.git

Warning

pipx will install nx-apphubd to $HOME/.local/bin, run pipx ensurepath to add this directory to $PATH.

System-wide

sudo pipx install --global git+https://github.com/Nitrux/nx-apphubd.git

Uninstallation

To uninstall NX AppHub Daemon, do the following.

Single-user

pipx uninstall nx-apphubd

System-wide

sudo pipx uninstall --global nx-apphubd

Usage

To use NX AppHub Daemon, simply run it.

Examples

nx-apphubd

Licensing

The license for this repository and its contents is BSD-3-Clause.

Issues

If you find problems with the contents of this repository, please create an issue and use the 🐞 Bug report template.

Submitting a bug report

Before submitting a bug, you should look at the existing bug reports to verify that no one has reported the bug already.

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