Improving AppImage generation trials.

Tried to include dependencies from the system.

It appears GLEW and FreeGLUT depend on drivers from the OS, since I'm running on NVIDIA it ties itself with it. Meaning that I need to build for NVIDIA/MESA/... etc.

3Engine/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ endif ()
 add_custom_target(CopyFilesEngine
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo Copying Engine files
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../${PROJECT_NAME}/config ${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH}/config/
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../${PROJECT_NAME}/shaders ${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH}/shaders/
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../${PROJECT_NAME}/assets ${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH}/assets/
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config ${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH}/config/
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/shaders ${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH}/shaders/
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/assets ${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH}/assets/
         )
 
 add_dependencies(${PROJECT_NAME} CopyFilesEngine)

3EngineExecutable/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -79,6 +79,6 @@ if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     add_custom_target(AppImage
             DEPENDS LightScene
             COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo Making AppImage from path ${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH}
-            COMMAND /bin/sh "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../BuildTools/AppImage/build.sh" "${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../BuildTools/AppImage/3Engine.AppDir" "${RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/AppImage"
+            COMMAND /bin/bash "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../BuildTools/AppImage/build.sh" "${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../BuildTools/AppImage/3Engine.AppDir" "${RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/AppImage"
             )
 endif ()

BuildTools/AppImage/build.sh

@@ -1,50 +1,63 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 if [ -z $1 ] || [ -z $2 ] || [ -z $3 ]; then
     echo "Missing Arguments. Usage: ./build.sh <Binaries Path> <AppDir Files Path> <Destination Path>"
     exit 1
 fi
 
-binariesPath=$(readlink -f $1)
-appDirPath=$(readlink -f $2)
-destPath=$(readlink -f $3)
-appDirName=${appDirPath##*/}
-destAppDirPath=${destPath}/${appDirName}
+SCRIPT_PATH=$(dirname "$0")
 
-if [ ! -d ${binariesPath} ]; then
-    echo "Binaries folder doesn't exist. ${binariesPath} . Exiting..."
+BINARIES_PATH=$(readlink -f $1)
+APPDIR_PATH=$(readlink -f $2)
+DEST_PATH=$(readlink -f $3)
+APPDIR_NAME=${APPDIR_PATH##*/}
+APPDIR_DEST_PATH=${DEST_PATH}/${APPDIR_NAME}
+
+if [ ! -d ${BINARIES_PATH} ]; then
+    echo "Binaries folder doesn't exist. ${BINARIES_PATH} . Exiting..."
     exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ ! -d ${appDirPath} ]; then
-    echo "AppDir folder doesn't exist. ${appDirPath} . Exiting..."
+if [ ! -d ${APPDIR_PATH} ]; then
+    echo "AppDir folder doesn't exist. ${APPDIR_PATH} . Exiting..."
     exit 1
 fi
 
 
-mkdir -p ${destPath}
-cd ${destPath}
+mkdir -p ${DEST_PATH}
+cd ${DEST_PATH}
 
 echo "Copying AppDir Folder"
-cp -R ${appDirPath} ${destPath}
+cp -R ${APPDIR_PATH} ${DEST_PATH}
 if [ $? -ne 0  ]; then
     echo "Failed Copying AppDir Folder. Exiting..."
     exit 1
 fi
 
 echo "Copying Binaries Files into AppDir"
-cp -R ${binariesPath}/. ${destAppDirPath}
+cp -R ${BINARIES_PATH}/. ${APPDIR_DEST_PATH}
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "Failed Copying Binaries Files. Exiting..."
     exit 1
 fi
 
-echo "Moving Executables to AppDir/bin"
-mkdir -p ${destAppDirPath}/bin
+#CPLP=${SCRIPT_PATH}/cpld.sh
+
+#echo "Copy 3Engine library dependencies"
+#mkdir -p ${APPDIR_DEST_PATH}/lib
+#for i in `find ${APPDIR_DEST_PATH}/lib -maxdepth 1 -executable -type f`; do
+#    if [[ ${i} = *".so" ]]; then
+#        ${CPLP} ${i} ${APPDIR_DEST_PATH}/lib #> /dev/null
+#    fi
+#done
+
+echo "Moving Executables to AppDir/bin" # and copy library dependencies
+mkdir -p ${APPDIR_DEST_PATH}/bin
 # Gets all executables and places them on bin folder
-for i in `find ${destAppDirPath} -maxdepth 1 -executable -type f`; do
-    if [ ${i##*/} != "AppRun" ]; then
-        mv ${i} ${destAppDirPath}/bin
+for i in `find ${APPDIR_DEST_PATH} -maxdepth 1 -executable -type f`; do
+    if [ ${i##*/} != "AppRun" ] && [[ ${i} != *".desktop" ]] && [[ ${i} !=  *".png" ]]; then
+#        ${CPLP} ${i} ${APPDIR_DEST_PATH}/lib #> /dev/null
+        mv ${i} ${APPDIR_DEST_PATH}/bin
     fi
 done
 
@@ -65,10 +78,10 @@ fi
 export ARCH=x86_64
 
 # Create AppImage with the name of the AppDir Folder
-./appimagetool.AppImage ${appDirName} ${appDirName%.AppDir}.AppImage
+./appimagetool.AppImage ${APPDIR_NAME} ${APPDIR_NAME%.AppDir}.AppImage
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "Unable to create ${appDirName%.AppDir}.AppImage. Exiting..."
+    echo "Unable to create ${APPDIR_NAME%.AppDir}.AppImage. Exiting..."
     exit 1
 fi
 
-echo "Successfully created ${appDirName%.AppDir}.AppImage"
+echo "Successfully created ${APPDIR_NAME%.AppDir}.AppImage"

BuildTools/AppImage/cpld.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Author : Hemanth.HM
+# Email : hemanth[dot]hm[at]gmail[dot]com
+# License : GNU GPLv3
+#
+
+function usage()
+{
+    cat << EOU
+Usage: bash $0 <path to the binary> <path to copy the dependencies>
+EOU
+exit 1
+}
+
+#Validate the inputs
+[[ $# < 2 ]] && usage
+
+#Check if the paths are vaild
+[[ ! -e $1 ]] && echo "Not a vaild input $1" && exit 1
+[[ -d $2 ]] || echo "No such directory $2 creating..."&& mkdir -p "$2"
+
+#Get the library dependencies
+echo "Collecting the shared library dependencies for $1..."
+deps=$(ldd $1 | awk 'BEGIN{ORS=" "}$1\
+~/^\//{print $1}$3~/^\//{print $3}'\
+ | sed 's/,$/\n/')
+echo "Copying the dependencies to $2"
+
+#Copy the deps
+userLibs="/usr/lib/"*
+for dep in ${deps}
+do
+    if [[ ${dep} = ${userLibs} ]]; then
+        echo "Copying ${dep} to $2"
+        cp "${dep}" "$2"
+    else
+        echo "Ignoring system dependency ${dep}"
+    fi
+done
+
+echo "Done!"