[Linux] APPIMAGE env is not defined, current application is not an AppImage

[majamee]

On Linux (Arch, 64bit) the app opens with a blank page and calling it from terminal it prints the following error:
APPIMAGE env is not defined, current application is not an AppImage

Would be great to see this fixed. :)

[stefansl]

@jancborchardt do you have an idea?

[jancborchardt]

Unfortunately no idea as I’m also not very experienced with the building process. :\ It works fine here with Ubuntu 64 bit. @majamee could you clone the repository and build the app on your computer to test if that works? https://github.com/stefansl/image-shrinker#build-your-own

[majamee]

Unfortunately this does not seem to help, followed the instructions closely and here is the output ending in the same issue (first commands cut-off, but went through without issue just warning about a few vulnerabilities in the npm dependencies):
npm run pack-linux

image-shrinker@1.4.0 pack-linux /home/majamee/#Apps/image-shrinker
electron-packager . 'Image Shrinker' --platform=linux --arch=x64 --ignore=/^release/i --icon=assets/icons/png/512x512 --overwrite

Packaging app for platform linux x64 using electron v4.0.5
Wrote new app to /home/majamee/#Apps/image-shrinker/Image Shrinker-linux-x64
[majamee@gh0st image-shrinker]$ cd /home/majamee/#Apps/image-shrinker/Image\ Shrinker-linux-x64/
[majamee@gh0st Image Shrinker-linux-x64]$ ls
chrome_100_percent.pak libGLESv2.so resources
chrome_200_percent.pak libVkICD_mock_icd.so resources.pak
icudtl.dat LICENSE snapshot_blob.bin
'Image Shrinker' LICENSES.chromium.html swiftshader
libEGL.so locales v8_context_snapshot.bin
libffmpeg.so natives_blob.bin version
[majamee@gh0st Image Shrinker-linux-x64]$ ./Image\ Shrinker
18:44:07.211 › App starting...
18:44:07.411 › APPIMAGE env is not defined, current application is not an AppImage


[stefansl]

You could try the electron-builder. Just run npm run build-linux. But I guess, I have to adjust some settings in package.json: https://www.electron.build/configuration/linux