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Application Image Builder
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Application Images (or appimgs for short) are created with this builder
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framework. The build is controlled by a configuration file and this
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configuration file is actually a shell script that follows the conventions
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described in the Configuration File section of this document.
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Stage One
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The Stage One builder uses debootstrap to build a very minimal debian
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installation. Then a chroot is set up and stage-two.sh is executed inside the
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chroot to perform most of the installation.
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Stage Two
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The stage-two.sh script mostly just orchestrates the execution of small
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fragments of shell script code that are called 'modules'. The base framework
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modules can be found in the directory /usr/share/appimg-builder/appimg-modules.
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It imports the configuration file with the 'source' command after all the key
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variables and functions have been defined. It's possible to override any of
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these variables and functions simply by defining another version with the same
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name in the configuration file, but you should almost never need to do this.
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Configuration File
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- Variables
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PACKAGES can be set to a list of additional packages to add to the base set of
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packages.
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PACKAGES="extremetuxracer biff anarchism"
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PRE_INSTALL_MODULES can be set to a list of modules to run before the main
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package installation stage happens. The contents will be appended to a
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pre-defined list of 'base' modules that run.
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PRE_INSTALL_MODULES="my-cool-module another-module"
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If complete control over the modules to run is required, you can override the
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variable BASE_PRE_INSTALL_MODULES entirely rather than providing
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PRE_INSTALL_MODULES. Other modules depend on 'utility-library' so it is usually
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required and should be the first module listed.
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BASE_PRE_INSTALL_MODULES="utility-library configure-locale custom-create-user"
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POST_INSTALL_MODULES is a list of modules to execute after packages have been
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installed. It works exactly the same way as PRE_INSTALL_MODULES and also has a
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corresponding 'base' variable that could be overidden if necessary.
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- Modules
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Modules can be functions that you define or they can be loaded from files on
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disk. To use files rather than functions a directory named 'appimg-modules'
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must exist as a subdirectory of the directory containing the configuration file.
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Any files you place in this directory will be found by name during the module
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execution stages.
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- Installing Files
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If you would like to have external files such as configuration files copied into
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the image, create 'appimg-files' as a subdirectory of the directory containing
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the configuration file. You can then use the install_file command inside of a
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module to copy the files from this directory. You can either store the files to
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install in a flat directory or organize them into subdirectories mirroring the
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location in which they will be installed. Depending on which option you use,
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the install_file command how two different modes. In the examples below BASE
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refers to the directory in which your configuration file is located.
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(1): install_file [mode] [file] [target directory]
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Example: Install BASE/appimg-files/my_config.conf
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to /etc/mydaemon/my_config.conf
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install_file 0644 my_config.conf /etc/mydaemon
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(2): install_file [mode] [full path]
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Example: Install BASE/appimg-files/etc/mydaemon/my_config.conf
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to /etc/mydaemon/my_config.conf
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install_file 0644 /etc/mydaemon/my_config.conf
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