Few different questions ...

Patrice

Hi all,
I didn't want to open different thread for these questions. I will do if necessary.
I am using some Appimage (mainly Freetube and IPFS). When launched, there is no star to pin the application.
Is there a way to change it or not ?
Freetube is an Appimage as the flatpak version does not allow me to import subscriptions and playlists. The
box does not open for some reason.
I am using Libreoffice everyday, and I like to have it up to date. Is Libreoffice scheduled for a soon to come sync
or do I have to use flatpak version (which I don't really like actually) ? I am not asking for ETA ... <== !!
Last question, and I know I have already asked this one, I am currently using kdocker in order to put evolution
in the systray. There is a plug-in called evolution-on (that I am unable to use as it crashes evolution on start) that
is supposed to do this job. Do you think we can expect this plug-in to be included one day or I can just cry
all my tears ? (well, maybe it's a little too much 🙂)
Thanks.

brent

stuff I think I know: you have to give appimages permissions to run. right click and do that in the properties window.
I'm running freetube too. Appimages will not go in your plank or doc without you physcially finding the artwork and symlinking it to certain plank image folder all thru the terminal with sudo permissions (mv and cp commands.) I did this once successfully and did not write it down.
Google "appimage icons plank'" or 'appimage icons taskbar' there a tutorials. I used one. it's do-able.

as for losing functions and desktop interactions for appimages and flatpaks....that's the nature of the beast....they are sandboxed apps. they have limits. If I was smart enough to build, from source, my appimages and flatpak apps I would tear them all out now.
short version: appimages and flatpaks are not fully functional applicatations imho. more like 95%-98% functional compared to a curated package. sandboxed apps will rarely have use of a spellcheck or some browser widgets (for me it was keepassxc). If I have to have it I can live with 95%-98%.

Patrice

Thanks brent . I will look at your "how to's". And, maybe it's just me, but I prefer to be able to
use 100% of an app. I agree when you say they are not fully fonctional. I also can deal with it.
I am just trying to make my Solus desktop as efficient as possible as it's what I find best after different
distrib I worked with (Mint (Cinnamon, Mate), Fedora, Funtoo, Gentoo, MX, Manjaro, FreeBsd, OpenBsd, ...).

brent

Patrice I am just trying to make my Solus desktop as efficient as possible as it's what I find best after different
distrib I worked with (Mint (Cinnamon, Mate), Fedora, Funtoo, Gentoo, MX, Manjaro, FreeBsd, OpenBsd, ...).

I completely understand the mission for efficiency in Solus. Some things (sucks I know) you have to DIY. That's any distro. I had to manually do a lot of things in Fedora even though they had RPM packages for everything you could possibly want.

Check this out, I unpacked a freetube tar.gz yesterday:

"Freetube" the binary is named Freetube here. Its not an appimage. Its some version of their standalone I got at their website. I could not drag it plank. I could not "keep in dock." I couldn't favorite or pin to panel. So I have to find that how-to things as well.
If this bugs me enough I will try to do it (a PITA) in the next couple days. If I do will actually write it all down and check back!

alfisya

For appimage, have any of you tried this. This is quite useful to integrate appimage to any desktop environment

riffer

I did a fresh install of Solus Gnome a couple of days ago and the Freetube flatpak works properly for me.

edit. I imported subscriptions without problems. My subscriptions are in the .db format.

Patrice

Hi all,
thanks for your answers.
@alfisya , thanks for the tip but I was unable to make it works. I'll keep it in mind for a different desktop environment
in case I need it.
@riffer , as it worked for you, you gave me the idea of modifying some options on the Budgie desktop to see if,
with the flatpak version, import was able (I changed the hide icon and few other options, but, unfortunately,
no success.
@brent , I finally create a .desktop file that looks like this :
[Desktop Entry] Name=Freetube Comment=Youtube without pub GenericName=Video player Exec=/home/patrice/Applications/AppImage/freetube.AppImage Icon=freetube Type=Application StartupNotify=true Categories=GNOME;GTK;AudioVideo; MimeType=application/x-freetube;
putting icons in /usr/share/icons and I can now pin Freetube on the panel.
It was based on this page : [https://ajithkgshk.wordpress.com/2018/02/24/adding-an-appimage-application-to-menu-and-docky/]
Thanks, it was a great tip.

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What desktop environment are you using?

Patrice

Budgie

pomon

I will describe how I add appimage programmes to the menu.

mkdir Applications
cd Applications
wget https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher/releases/download/v2.2.0/appimagelauncher-lite-2.2.0-travis995-0f91801-x86_64.AppImage
chmod +x appimagelauncher-lite-2.2.0-travis995-0f91801-x86_64.AppImage
./appimagelauncher-lite-2.2.0-travis995-0f91801-x86_64.AppImage install

Then simply move the .appimage file to the Applications directory and the program will appear in the menu. Open and pin to the panel