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

[Claus Dietrich <claus.dietrich@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 08.07.24 um 21:24 schrieb Benoît Minisini:
> I have just tested this simple project on a Ubuntu Mint 21 VM without 
> 'ffmpeg' installed:
>
> Public Sub Main()
>
>   Exec ["ffmpeg"] Wait
>   Shell "ffmpeg" Wait
>
> End Sub
>
> I created an AppImage from it, adding 'ffmpeg' as extra-dependencies.
>
> Then I run the resulting AppImage on the same system.
>
> - 'Exec' runs the embedded ffmpeg as expected.
> - 'Shell' fails to run the embedded ffmpeg, it does not find it.
>
> Regards,

I changed my class from Shell to Exec and indeed it worked on an OS 
without ffmpeg. Thanks!!!

As I am writing a Gambas-Buch chapter about AppImages and would be 
pleased if I could have answers to the following:

1.    Do we have to use Exec instead of Shell if we want to run 
resources embedded in a Gambas AppImage? I couldn't find anything in the 
Gambas documentation which could explain this.

2.    Should the new environment parameter in the yml recipe template 
remain as standard instead of optional?

3.    What about methods like System.Exist() and System.Find() ? It 
seems that these commands are still aiming at the host environment and 
not the inner AppImage resources, right?

Regards

Claus