Re: How to embed command line tools in a Gambas app for AppImages ?

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 27/06/2024 à 18:39, Claus Dietrich a écrit :
> Hi
>
> I developed a multimedia app based of ffmpeg, which I call with Gambas 
> shell commands. As I don't want the AppImage to depend on an installed 
> ffmpeg on the user platform, I embedded ffmpeg in the project by adding 
> a dependency in the installer dialogue. My question: How can I use the 
> embedded ffmpeg, because the shell command always uses the ffpmeg tools 
> installed on the host platform - not the embedded one. Do I have to 
> modify an environment variable? If so, which one and how? Do I also have 
> to consider whether the app is executed in development or runtime mode? 
> Is it feasible at all?
>
> Best regards
>
> Claus

Normally, you just have to add the 'ffmpeg' package name in the "extra 
dependencies" step of the Package wizard.

Regards,

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Benoît Minisini.