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minus-squareSolarBoy@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoThis command will just run an executable file on nix. Normally only executables which are installed from the package manager will work. appimage-run is another option. Which can be used to run, you guessed it, appimages
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoBut appimages will complain about unmet dependencies, so usually they don’t work
minus-squareSolarBoy@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI haven’t had any issues thus far. But I have not used a lot of appimages. Usually I can find everything in nixpkgs, and those that I didn’t all worked with appimages.
This command will just run an executable file on nix. Normally only executables which are installed from the package manager will work.
appimage-runis another option. Which can be used to run, you guessed it, appimagesBut appimages will complain about unmet dependencies, so usually they don’t work
I haven’t had any issues thus far. But I have not used a lot of appimages. Usually I can find everything in nixpkgs, and those that I didn’t all worked with appimages.