Seems like the tool does not play well with fishshell.

> curl -fsSL https://git.io/zapinit | sh
Creating ~/.zap
 Downloading the latest 🗲 Zap Release
~. 100%[=============>]  22,28M  2,61MB/s    in 18s
Adding zap to PATH
 🗲 Zap  is installed

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Try it now by running  zap  on your terminal
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> zap
Failed to execute process '~/.local/bin/zap'. Reason:
exec: Exec format error
The file '~/.local/bin/zap' is marked as an executable but could not be run by the operating system.

Tried to install https://github.com/kapitainsky/RcloneBrowser from zap, downloaded and installed correctly but desktop integration failed.

100% Downloaded https://github.com/kapitainsky/RcloneBrowser/releases/download/1.8.0/rclone-browser-1.8.0-a0b66c6-linux-x86_64.AppImage from kapitainsky
Configuring...
Integrating with desktop...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "PyInstaller/loader/pyiboot01_bootstrap.py", line 144, in __init__
  File "ctypes/__init__.py", line 373, in __init__
OSError: libpcre.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 1, in <module>
  File "click/core.py", line 829, in __call__
  File "click/core.py", line 782, in main
  File "click/core.py", line 1259, in invoke
  File "click/core.py", line 1066, in invoke
  File "click/core.py", line 610, in invoke
  File "zap/cli.py", line 232, in install_gh
  File "zap/zap.py", line 360, in install
  File "zap/libappimage/libappimage.py", line 31, in __init__
  File "PyInstaller/loader/pyiboot01_bootstrap.py", line 146, in __init__
__main__.PyInstallerImportError: Failed to load dynlib/dll '/tmp/.mount_zap-x88hwZaH/usr/local/lib/libappimage.so'. Most probably this dynlib/dll was not found when the application was frozen.
[631963] Failed to execute script test

Added automated install script

Added automated install.sh script to fetch latest release from Github

This script fetches Github releases and checks for compatible arch. If a compatible binary is found it will download it to current directory.

Requirements:

• curl
• jq
• grep
• wget (optional)

I tried running the automatic installer but this part here caused it to automatically end:

set -euo pipefail

with error

sh: 8: set: Illegal option -o pipefail

I couldn't find the root of this issue, however the manual installation worked perfectly.

use username/repository for github use ./example.AppImage for local file with relative path use /dir/example.AppImage for local file with absolute path

example:

Please add this app into the pacstall repository. Pacstall is the AUR for Ubuntu which will allow Ubuntu users to easily install the app and receive updates very shortly after an update is released.

https://pacstall.dev/

I was looking for a method to integrate (install) an AppImage already downloaded on my PC (and which does not offer a direct link to the .AppImage file), I searched in the zap help and in the Readme but I could not find anything about it.

After some tests and resignations I tried to use the file:// protocol with the --from parameter and I saw that it works:

zap install gravit file:///home/mirko/Downloads/GravitDesigne.AppImage

I don't know if this is wanted or not but it could be very useful to have it officially.

I gotta say it really is a delightful application

First of all I would like to address a bug after zap remove package the symlink in ~/.local/bin is not deleted.As a result,when the application is installed again the symlink is not placed,outputing [ FATAL ] ...... symlink dir/X.AppImage ~/.local/bin/X exists and so the application doesn't open steps to produce: zap install qpdf install the latest zap remove qpdf zap install qpdf install anything except the latest ( it just has to be different version each time) I have also noticed that this error doesn't occur when the appimage name is not suffixed by its version,for example neovim gets installed as nvim.appimage no matter what version and this error doesn't occur

EDIT : Installing appimages from local file works :) zap install --from file://X nameOfApp

Updating apps installed by zap install --github --from x/Y I get that I can update those by running the same command again,but for that I would have to look up the repo location again. An easy fix would be to save the location of Y as github.com/x/Y so when I want to install/update it again I can just run zap install Y but of course if the appimage contains zsync for update it isn't required,but at this moment most appimages doesnt have that

On a side note,libappimage should be listed as a dependency

I'm losing my mind here. Zap is not fully integrating into the desktop in Mint. (inxi output) inxi -Fxz System: Kernel: 5.4.0-100-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal Machine: Type: Laptop System: Insyde product: CherryTrail v: N/A serial: <filter> Mobo: Insyde model: Cherry Trail CR v: Type2 - Board Version serial: <filter> UEFI: INSYDE v: M1106.V024 date: 09/20/2016 Battery: ID-1: axp288_fuel_gauge charge: 100% condition: N/A model: N/A status: Full CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Atom x5-Z8350 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Airmont rev: 4 L2 cache: 1024 KiB flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 11520 Speed: 480 MHz min/max: 480/1920 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 480 2: 480 3: 1797 4: 1793 Graphics: Device-1: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (CHV) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.6 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series Imaging Unit driver: intel_atomisp2_pm v: kernel bus ID: 00:03.0 Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-100-generic Network: Message: No Device data found. IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter> IF-ID-2: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> Drives: Local Storage: total: 57.62 GiB used: 17.95 GiB (31.1%) ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 model: NCard size: 57.62 GiB Partition: ID-1: / size: 55.00 GiB used: 17.16 GiB (31.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 ID-2: swap-1 size: 976.0 MiB used: 802.1 MiB (82.2%) fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-1 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 63.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Info: Processes: 250 Uptime: 15h 19m Memory: 1.83 GiB used: 1.01 GiB (55.3%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38

I decided to have a go at creating a bash script to have zap partially integrate the appimage then finish the integration including creating a .desktop to include the link with the proper icon in the menu. My issues with this with the current build are that printf and expects are not cooperating because of the interactive configuration module included with the current build (namely zap -init). I'd provide the horror show that is the autoexpects output, but it's about 20 pages worth of untranslatable symbols interspersed with the expects text and sends. Ideally, I could have fixed this with v1, however when I download the v1 AppImage according to the instructions on that branch, it fails, and when I download the branch manually, it downloads a blank appimage. I didn't notice the blank appimage until I tried using the install script to associate zap with the appimage input. Here's the associated outputs.

This can't be run sudo. It doesn't require going into root, but it fails as user (and we have to be root for the bash file), so lets try. Done: result:

--2022-02-27 08:23:26--  https://git.io/zapinit
Resolving git.io (git.io)... 52.204.242.176, 18.205.36.100, 54.162.128.250, ...
Connecting to git.io (git.io)|52.204.242.176|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://github.com/srevinsaju/zap/raw/master/tools/install.sh [following]
--2022-02-27 08:23:27--  https://github.com/srevinsaju/zap/raw/master/tools/install.sh
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 140.82.113.3
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|140.82.113.3|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2022-02-27 08:23:27 ERROR 404: Not Found.

Ok, well let's find a way around this then. How about we call that address manually with wget?

#wget -O /root/.zap/install_zap.sh https://github.com/srevinsaju/zap/raw/master/tools/install.sh
--2022-02-27 08:34:59--  https://github.com/srevinsaju/zap/raw/master/tools/install.sh
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 140.82.114.3
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|140.82.114.3|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2022-02-27 08:34:59 ERROR 404: Not Found.

Ok, what about the raw address you have listed? (notice it's quoted instead of marked as code, we'll get back to this)

#wget -O /root/.zap/install_zap.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/srevinsaju/zap/master/tools/install.sh --2022-02-27 08:35:54-- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/srevinsaju/zap/master/tools/install.sh Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)... 185.199.108.133, 185.199.111.133, 185.199.109.133, ... Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)|185.199.108.133|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 2869 (2.8K) [text/plain] Saving to: ‘/root/.zap/install_zap.sh’

/root/.zap/install_ 100%[===================>] 2.80K --.-KB/s in 0.001s

2022-02-27 08:35:54 (3.78 MB/s) - ‘/root/.zap/install_zap.sh’ saved [2869/2869]

SUCCESS! Now let's run our install. (still as root)

#~/.zap# bash install_zap.sh
Creating /root/.zap
 Downloading the latest 🗲 Zap Release 

#zap --help

Command 'zap' not found, but can be installed with:

apt install dvb-apps        # version 1.1.1+rev1500-1.2, or
apt install libxbase64-bin  # version 3.1.2-13build1

Well that's definitely not right. Ok, let's check the bash file. Long story short, there are several issues I have. First, echo "#!/bin/bash" > "zap" resolves as an attempted bash. Usually, just to make sure, i do echo -n "#" > "zap" echo -n "!" >> "zap" echo "/bin/bash" >> "zap" . However, we aren't receiving an error, so there's something between "downloading" and echo. My guess is that missing fi on line 46 where your elif for curl starts, but let's just install manually, which I did and i get this.

#zap
#zap --help
#

repeat ad nauseam.

so, lets check out that zap appimage that got downloaded I opened the properties, it's listed as Size: 0bytes. Obviously, that's not an appimage...it's not anything really. Now back to that quote instead of code....

/root/.zap/install_ 100%[===================>] 2.80K --.-KB/s in 0.001s

I notice I got a progress bar and knew what was happening the whole time. I know you're trying to make things clean with -q --show-progress, but I feel like knowing what's going on with a script, having output for people to send, is more important. It's a personal preference, but when people tell me to re-do a command that they quieted, it really irks me. But here it is anyway.

# wget -O ~/.zap/zapv1.AppImage https://github.com/srevinsaju/zap/releases/download/continuous/zap-x86_64.AppImage
--2022-02-27 09:32:56--  https://github.com/srevinsaju/zap/releases/download/continuous/zap-x86_64.AppImage
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 140.82.113.3
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|140.82.113.3|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2022-02-27 09:32:57 ERROR 404: Not Found.

So, here's where I ask, please....please bring the config arguments back instead of removing them for init. I mean, init is nice, keep init, but just bring back config. In fact, there are several configuration tools that would be nice to have back, appdata, get-md5, show (maybe make the browser opening optional though). But that's not as important. My intent here is to add some compatibility with calls from a bash script so that people can work around any incompatibilities in the system. Can I just zap init before I run my bash? Of course, but then really, that's not true automation and I will spend 1000 years writing an automation script to save 5 seconds.

I hope this is ample info to solve the current issues with v1 if you're still updating there, and maybe I'll get some feature updates out of this, but either way, thanks for making zap, I just wish it worked for me.

I don't know how to determine if an *.AppImage is formatted correctly, so please point me in the right direction if qBittorrent is packaging their *.AppImage incorrectly so I can file a useful issue there.

When I try to install qBittorrent with the following zap command, it fails to install.

zap install qbittorrent ~/Downloads/qbittorrent-4.4.5_x86_64.AppImage

Here is a screenshot.

There is nothing on the start menu or desktop after this. There is also no folder in ~/.local/share/zap/v2/ corresponding to qBittorrent, nor any symbolic link in ~/.local/bin/. Strangely, the correct icon does exist at ~/.local/share/zap/v2/icons/qbittorrent.png. I verified this by opening it in an image viewer.

System

Kernel: 5.4.0-131-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.4.0 
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una 
base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal

Zap

Zap version Build:v2.2.1.6.gdc5b7ff 1646814234

There are situations when we don't have a clear github repo (different releases other than appimage) such as neovim. It would be great if we can

zap update nvim --from https://.../nvim.appimage

or

zap install nvim --from https://.../nvim.appimage --update

Now if I want to update an existing app, I have to remove it first, then run the installation again. Hope this feature will be possible. Thanks for great app!

Hey, cool tool but zap install --silent etcher fails. It looks like it cannot do headless installs right now. I would love to handle all my appimages with a tool like this. I think this is the best one out so far but the headless installs are the main reason why I'm using something like this anyway.

I tried yes | zap install --silent etcher but that didn't work either

I have installed zap via the system wide script, and it gives this error.

[sussy@enterthevoid ~]$ zap install firefox
[FATAL] 2022/11/26 18:44:44 main.main:main.go:163 this app does not provide any candidate for installation

Hi,

It would be great if Zap would support installing multiple versions of the same AppImage. The python package is one example where I think it would be useful. Thanks

Towards the end of the year, we would like to make some important changes to zap!

Will keep updating the list overtime!

• [x] #89 zap init config bug
• [ ] #43 An easier way to install apps by directly leveraging GitHub API
• [ ] #84 Integrated Sandbox
• [ ] #83 Custom installation directory choices
• [ ] #81 Self Hosted Repositories
  • [ ] #41 GitLab API support
  • [ ] Gitea support (tentative)

When you install AppImages using zap in Linux Mint 20.3 Cinnamon with system integration, the icons in the start menu and on the taskbar are missing.

Example 1 - Bitwarden

Steps to reproduce the issue.

1. Download the Bitwarden *.AppImage to ~/Downloads/Bitwarden.AppImage.

   curl -fSL 'https://vault.bitwarden.com/download/?app=desktop&platform=linux&variant=appimage' -o ~/Downloads/Bitwarden.AppImage
   

2. Use zap to install Bitwarden.

   zap install bitwarden ~/Downloads/Bitwarden.AppImage
   

3. Proceed with installation when asked Downloading bitwarden of size (unknown).. [Y], [Enter]
4. Approve system integration when prompted ? Do you want to integrate this appimage? [? for help] (y/N). [Y], [Enter]

The Bitwarden logo, present in the *.AppImage, is missing from the start menu entry and the task bar icon.

Note the contents of ~/.local/share/applications/bitwarden.desktop.

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Bitwarden (AppImage)
Exec=bitwarden %U
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=bitwarden
StartupWMClass=Bitwarden
X-AppImage-Version=2022.9.1
GenericName=Password Manager
Comment=A secure and free password manager for all of your devices.
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/bitwarden;
Categories=Utility;
X-AppImage-Integrate=
X-Zap-Id=bitwarden
TryExec=/home/$USER/.local/bin/bitwarden

The file at /home/$USER/.local/bin/bitwarden is a symbolic link pointing to the binary /home/$USER/.local/share/zap/v2/bitwarden. Here, in the v2 folder, you will find an icons subfolder containing bitwarden.png, the *.AppImage icon.

You can fix the missing icons by giving Icon in bitwarden.desktop the path to this file. Be sure to replace $USER with your username.

sed -E 's_(Icon=).*$_\1/home/$USER/.local/share/zap/v2/icons/bitwarden.png_' -i ~/.local/share/applications/bitwarden.desktop

This provides the logo zap already has to the GUI integration.

Example 2 - Joplin

Here again, when you install Joplin using zap, the icon present in the *.AppImage file is saved by zap but missing from the system integration.

zap install --from 'https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/releases/download/v2.8.8/Joplin-2.8.8.AppImage' joplin

It can be restored by pointing the Icon field in the joplin.desktop file to the icon zap saved. Be sure to replace $USER with your username.

sed -E 's_(Icon=).*$_\1/home/$USER/.local/share/zap/v2/icons/joplin.png_' -i ~/.local/share/applications/joplin.desktop

This fixes the issue.

System

System

Kernel: 5.4.0-126-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.4.0 
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una 
base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal

Zap

$ zap --version
Zap version Build:v2.2.1.6.gdc5b7ff 1646814234