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SomberNight 34488478e6 appimage build: build and include libxcb-util1

fixes https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/8011

> Upgraded from Appimage 4.1.5 to 4.3.2 on MX-Linux 19.
> The new version fails to start with:
>
> ```
> $ electrum
> qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
> This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may > fix this problem.
>
> Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, wayland-egl, wayland, wayland-xcomposite-egl, wayland-xcomposite-glx, webgl, xcb.
>
> Aborted (core dumped)
> ```

debian 10 only distributes libxcb-util0.
debian 11 distributes libxcb-util1.
our base image atm is debian 10, so we build the package from source.

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patches

appimage build: bump python 3.8.12->3.9.7

2021-09-20 19:31:41 +02:00

apprun.sh

appimage build: better parameterise python version

2022-08-10 21:03:55 +02:00

apt.preferences

appimage: add freeze_appimage_distro.sh and adapt Dockerfile to use debian buster base

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apt.sources.list

wine: rename freeze_appimage_distro.sh to freeze_containers_distro.sh and

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build.sh

build: rm need for sudo in most places; and do not run as root

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Dockerfile

appimage build: build and include libxcb-util1

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make_appimage.sh

appimage build: build and include libxcb-util1

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README.md

contrib: add docker_notes.md

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README.md

AppImage binary for Electrum

✓ This binary should be reproducible, meaning you should be able to generate binaries that match the official releases.

This assumes an Ubuntu host, but it should not be too hard to adapt to another similar system. The host architecture should be x86_64 (amd64).

We currently only build a single AppImage, for x86_64 architecture. Help to adapt these scripts to build for (some flavor of) ARM would be welcome, see issue #5159.

Install Docker

See contrib/docker_notes.md.

Build binary

$ ./build.sh

If you want reproducibility, try instead e.g.:

$ ELECBUILD_COMMIT=HEAD ELECBUILD_NOCACHE=1 ./build.sh

The generated binary is in ./dist.

FAQ

How can I see what is included in the AppImage?

Execute the binary as follows: ./electrum*.AppImage --appimage-extract

How to investigate diff between binaries if reproducibility fails?

cd dist/
./electrum-*-x86_64.AppImage1 --appimage-extract
mv squashfs-root/ squashfs-root1/
./electrum-*-x86_64.AppImage2 --appimage-extract
mv squashfs-root/ squashfs-root2/
$(cd squashfs-root1; find -type f -exec sha256sum '{}' \; > ./../sha256sum1)
$(cd squashfs-root2; find -type f -exec sha256sum '{}' \; > ./../sha256sum2)
diff sha256sum1 sha256sum2 > d
cat d

For file metadata, e.g. timestamps:

rsync -n -a -i --delete squashfs-root1/ squashfs-root2/

Useful binary comparison tools:

vbindiff
diffoscope