antony-jr / appimageupdater

AppImage Updater for Humans built with QML/C++ with Qt5 :heart:.

AppImage Updater

Download	Execute
	chmod +x AppImageUpdater*-x86_64.AppImage && ./AppImageUpdater*-x86_64.AppImage

AppImage Updater updates AppImages using the infamous zsync algorithm. The zsync algorithm allows delta updates, i.e You get to download only the data that is required to construct the latest version of the AppImage. This helps you reduce bandwidth, network usage and typically faster than traditional updates.

This updater is not the official updater, this updater is a complete rewrite to create a more flexible development of the Application.

This Application is made with Google Material Design and it's easy on Humans. This project aims to create a AppImage Updater that is more user friendly and beautiful.

Please see QAppImageUpdate for more information on the library used.

Support

If you think that this project is cool then you can give it a ⭐ or 🍴 it if you want to improve it with me. I really ❤️ stars though!

You can also tweet about me on twitter, get connected with me @antonyjr0

Thank You! 😺

License

The GNU Lesser General Public License V3.

Copyright (C) 2018-2021, Antony Jr.

appimageupdater's Issues

AppImageUpdater re-downloading same version instead of update

This may have something to do with the way FreeCAD releases but here goes:

When I run AppImageUpdater-9b4000e-x86_64.AppImage on: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases/tag/0.19_pre
specifically the current
FreeCAD_0.19-18614-Linux-Conda_Py3Qt5_glibc2.12-x86_64.AppImage (Note: link may not work if new version is released),
AppImageUpdater is downloading the same version and labeling it:
FreeCAD_0-revised-on-2019-10-30T07-52-00.19-18614-Linux-Conda_Py3Qt5_glibc2.12-x86_64.AppImage

to be clear, I'm updating a previously downloaded appimage: FreeCAD_0.19-18614-Linux-Conda_Py3Qt5_glibc2.12-x86_64.AppImage

"Updater" button does nothing

"Updater" button in the bottom left seemingly does nothing when clicked. It is unclear what it is supposed to do as well, so maybe it can be removed. Let's simplify as much as possible.

Cannot update from GitLab CI

wget -c "https://github.com/antony-jr/AppImageUpdater/releases/download/continuous/AppImageUpdater-bcdadb8-x86_64.AppImage"
chmod +x AppImageUpdater-bcdadb8-x86_64.AppImage

# Get "old" AppImage
wget -c "https://gitlab.com/probono/QtQuickApp/-/jobs/73879740/artifacts/raw/QtQuickApp-x86_64.AppImage"

# Try to update it
./AppImageUpdater-bcdadb8-x86_64.AppImage ./QtQuickApp-x86_64.AppImage 
No protocol specified
QAIUpdateInformation::  "zsync|https://gitlab.com/probono/QtQuickApp/-/jobs/artifacts/master/raw/QtQuickApp-x86_64.AppImage.zsync?job=trusty"
AIUpdaterBridge:: zsyncURL :: QUrl("https://gitlab.com/probono/QtQuickApp/-/jobs/artifacts/master/raw/QtQuickApp-x86_64.AppImage.zsync?job=trusty")  ::  "./QtQuickApp-x86_64.AppImage"
AIUpdaterBridge::GOT:: zsync headers :: success!
AIUpdaterBridge:: your version of appimage is older::  "769ad296e9c0624e6e62583fede4c3e7e36b7494"
AIUpdaterBridge:: redirected url ::  QUrl("https://gitlab.com/probono/QtQuickApp/-/jobs/artifacts/master/raw/?job=trustyQtQuickApp-x86_64.AppImage")
QNetworkReplyImplPrivate::error: Internal problem, this method must only be called once.
AIUpdaterBridge:: new updates available ::  "3cf0c53ba08c31310cb0665cf4e7eb7243f86cc3"
AIUpdaterBridge:: got everything :: Updating
EOF from serverOther error? -1
AIUpdaterBridge:: zsync recieve failed :: "./QtQuickApp-x86_64.AppImage"

AIUpdaterBridge:: redirected url : is wrong.

AppImageUpdater integration into appimaged

Not an issue, just to let you know how I have integrated AppImageUpdater into my experimental go-appimage appimaged daemon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L00UjifUEfE

Thanks for this useful software. 👍

Do not create "revised-on" if we already have the "new" file

Please do not create "revised-on" if we already have the "new" file, and it is the exact same file (as per its hash) as the "revised-on" one.

Example:

# This is what I already have locally
me@host:~/test$ ls
AppImageUpdater-7420c48-x86_64.AppImage  AppImageUpdater-9b4000e-x86_64.AppImage

# This is the command. Note that I am trying to update the older AppImage (9b4000e) despite that I already have the currently latest version (7420c48):
me@host:~/test$ ./AppImageUpdater-7420c48-x86_64.AppImage -n -d ./AppImageUpdater-9b4000e-x86

# This is the result
me@host:~/test$ ls
AppImageUpdater-7420c48-x86_64.AppImage
AppImageUpdater-7420c48-x86_64-revised-on-2019-11-10T13-33-00.AppImage
AppImageUpdater-9b4000e-x86_64.AppImage

#  The two files are identical:
me@host:~/test$ diff *7420c48*
me@host:~/test$ 

In this case, I do not need a second copy of what I already have. Only the mtime of AppImageUpdater-7420c48-x86_64.AppImage should maybe be updated to reflect that we had worked on this version, although this is debatable.

n/w seqmentation fault when using libqxcb-glx-integration.so

Last version 2.0.0 has seqmentation fault, 2.0.0beta1 hasn't got faults except the need to launch it with export QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=Fusion OR -style=Fusion.

Linux userpc 5.4.0-72-generic #80~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 12 XXX 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
OS: elementaryOS 5.12.9 Hera(Ubuntu 18.04 w/o any Qt installed)
echo $QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME
``— empty, /home/user/.AppImageUpdater.lock and /home/user/core files — deleted.

//seqmentation fault when using libqxcb-glx-integration.so//

openat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/os-release", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 12
fstat(12, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=393, ...}) = 0
read(12, "NAME=\"elementary OS\"\nVERSION=\"5."..., 393) = 393
close(12)                               = 0
write(11, "\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 8)        = 8
futex(0x20a5e70, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x209d364, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 0, NULL) = 0
futex(0x209d310, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 0
futex(0x209d360, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x209d310, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x20a5e70, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x209d364, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 0, NULL) = 0
futex(0x209d310, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 0
futex(0x209d360, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x209d310, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x20a5e70, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x209d310, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x209d310, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 0
futex(0x209d360, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x209d310, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x20a5e70, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x209d364, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 0, NULL) = 0
futex(0x209d310, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 0
futex(0x209d360, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x209d310, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x20a5e70, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x209d364, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 0, NULL) = 0
futex(0x209d310, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 0
futex(0x209d360, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x209d364, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 0, NULL) = 0
futex(0x209d310, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 0
futex(0x209d360, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x209d310, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x20a5e70, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x209d364, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 0, NULL) = 0
futex(0x209d310, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 0
futex(0x209d360, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x209d310, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x20a5e70, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x209d364, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 0, NULL) = 0
futex(0x209d310, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 0
futex(0x209d360, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x209d364, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 0, NULL) = 0
futex(0x209d310, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 0
brk(0x212a000)                          = 0x212a000
access("/home/user/squashfs-root/usr/plugins/xcbglintegrations/.", F_OK) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/user/squashfs-root/usr/plugins/xcbglintegrations", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_CLOEXEC|O_DIRECTORY) = 12
fstat(12, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
getdents(12, /* 3 entries */, 32768)    = 96
getdents(12, /* 0 entries */, 32768)    = 0
close(12)                               = 0
lstat("/home", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
lstat("/home/user", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=12288, ...}) = 0
lstat("/home/user/squashfs-root", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
lstat("/home/user/squashfs-root/usr", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
lstat("/home/user/squashfs-root/usr/plugins", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
lstat("/home/user/squashfs-root/usr/plugins/xcbglintegrations", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
lstat("/home/user/squashfs-root/usr/plugins/xcbglintegrations/libqxcb-glx-integration.so", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=74416, ...}) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/user/squashfs-root/usr/plugins/xcbglintegrations/libqxcb-glx-integration.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 12
fstat(12, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=74416, ...}) = 0
fstat(12, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=74416, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 74416, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 12, 0) = 0x7fafaf5da000
close(12)                               = 0
munmap(0x7fafaf5da000, 74416)           = 0
access("/home/user/squashfs-root/usr/bin/xcbglintegrations/.", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/user/squashfs-root/usr/plugins/xcbglintegrations/libqxcb-glx-integration.so.avx2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
access("/home/user/squashfs-root/usr/plugins/xcbglintegrations/libqxcb-glx-integration.so.avx2", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/user/squashfs-root/usr/plugins/xcbglintegrations/libqxcb-glx-integration.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 12
read(12, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(12, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=74416, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 76184, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 12, 0) = 0x7fafaf5da000
mmap(0x7fafaf5eb000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 12, 0x10000) = 0x7fafaf5eb000
close(12)                               = 0
mprotect(0x7fafaf5eb000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLOUT}])
writev(3, [{iov_base="b\0\3\0\3\0\0\0GLX\0", iov_len=12}], 1) = 12
futex(0x7ffd2d58bf58, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 0, NULL) = 0
futex(0x2058068, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 0
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLOUT}])
writev(3, [{iov_base="\230\7\3\0\1\0\0\0\4\0\0\0", iov_len=12}], 1) = 12
futex(0x2058068, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1
futex(0x2058068, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 0
--- SIGSEGV {si_signo=SIGSEGV, si_code=SEGV_MAPERR, si_addr=0x30535f4d4f} ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV (core dumped) +++
zsh: segmentation fault strace ~/squashfs-root/AppRun

Make system tray icon opt-in because Gnome desktop environment variants don't have one

Since only KDE and other few Desktop environments supports decent system tray icons. In other desktop environments this causes the application to continue running in the background but cannot open it or close it. So I think it's only logically to make the system tray opt-in.

"Browse for AppImage" crashes

On ubuntu-mate-17.10-desktop-amd64.iso, clicking on "Browse for AppImage" crashes.

AppImageUpdater cannot update itself

AppImage not updating properly

As seen in AppImageCommunity/AppImageUpdate#128 (comment)

CC: @luzpaz

Lets do any further discussions here to keep everything organized.

Updated file must also get the new name

Downloads/AppImageUpdater-77e112e-x86_64.AppImage Downloads/Audacity-095ee91-x86_64.AppImage 

Intended result:

In addition to the original (old) file Downloads/Audacity-095ee91-x86_64.AppImage, there should be the updated (new) file Downloads/<FILENAME_OF_THE_NEW_FILE>.

Actual result:

me@host:~$ diff Downloads/Audacity-095ee91-x86_64.AppImage*
Binary files Downloads/Audacity-095ee91-x86_64.AppImage and Downloads/Audacity-095ee91-x86_64.AppImage.zs-old differ

Updated file must also get the new name, otherwise the file name is misleading.

Add a flag to auto-accept dialogs if triggered with --standalone-update-dialog

It would be nice to have the ability to invoke AppImageUpdater from the CLI and pass the AppImage that you want it to update.
Usecase:
$ ./AppImageUpdater.AppImage FreeCAD_0.19-18614.AppImage

Bonus: add a flag that automatically quits AppImageUpdater after it successfully completes its task.

Support Markdown in Changelog window

Note: Also notice that the title of the AppImage is truncated FreeCAD_0

Source AppImage: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases/tag/0.19_pre
Using AppImageUpdater-ff9ee1f-x86_64.AppImage

Increase verbosity on the command line

It would be nice if AppImageUpdater would print some verbose statements on the command line while it is working, e.g., when invoked with -v or -verbose, so that one could understand what it is trying to do (e.g., from which URLs it is trying to download).

CLI capability

Separating this out of #18 (comment)

Give clear message if GitHub Release does not have an AppImage

The updater should give a clear message if GitHub Release does not have an AppImage

Test file:
OldImageMagick-git.7a48608-x86_64.AppImage.zip

For comparison, AppImageUpdate says:

me@host:~$ /isodevice/Applications/AppImageUpdate-185-1c72f3b-x86_64.AppImage OldImageMagick-git.7a48608-x86_64.AppImage 
AppImageUpdate version 1-alpha (commit 1c72f3b), build 185 built on 2018-01-03 16:41:48 UTC
Checking for updates...
Fetching release information for tag "continuous" from GitHub API.
GitHub API request failed!
Could not find any artifacts in release data. Please contact the author of the AppImage and tell them the files are missing on the releases page.
ZSync URL not available. See previous messages for details.

Please make it look more native on the desktop

Hallo @antony-jr thanks for your great work on AppImageUpdater. 👍

One thing I am really less than thrilled about

Material Design

I would not want to put AppImageUpdater into my Qt based desktop applications if it doesn't look like the rest of the application. Let's make AppImageUpdater look and feel "native" to the desktop, not like an "alien" piece coming from Android.

Thanks for your consideration!

Minimalistic design

Of course design is a subjective subject, so it's entirely up to you - but I think it would greatly help the adoption of the updater if it would look as minimalistic, "generic" as possible, trying to blend in with the native theme of Qt/the system rather than using bold/dark colors, large/custom fonts and such.

For example, the Sparkle framework is carefully designed to look as "native" and unobtrusive as possible on macOS:

This feels "seamless", "straightforward", and "lightweight" to me, and basically looks like it was coming from the system. If I was an application author, I would want this minimalistic and unobtrusive kind of "native" look for the updater.

Note that it does not say ".app .dmg Updater" or something like that, because that are technical details normal users are not interested in. Likewise, we do not need to say "AppImage Updater" or anything like that, just "Updating Subsurface", "Checking for updates...", etc. Also, I like how they use the application icon to make the updater look like a part of the application.

Get rid of the application indicators?

These "i" icons are added by AppImageUpdater to my menu bar and do absolutely nothing on my Xfce system. When I click on them, nothing happens. Right-click gives me Xfce's option to remove them. Personally I find them (and desktop notifications) rather annoying.

What do others think? Maybe I am missing how these things are adding value?

This is on Xubuntu 18.04, where these things are managed by:

Automatically elevate to root if necessary

Same as AppImageCommunity/AppImageUpdate#1

Please see how e.g., the Etcher AppImage solves this.

GUI for updating all AppImages inside a directory

GUI should be changed for updating all AppImages inside a directory - currently this is what happens:

Unable to update ... because of unknow network interruption

Trying

Downloads/AppImageUpdater-77e112e-x86_64.AppImage /isodevice/Applications/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage

Getting

Unable to update appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage because of unknow network interruption

Additional information:

strings /isodevice/Applications/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage | grep zsyǹc
zsync|https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage.zsync

Add flag to simply check-for-update and exit

appimageupdatetool has an option to simply check if there is an update. This would be very helpful if we're invoking appImageupdater from a script.

      -j, --check-for-update            Check for update. Exits with code 1 if
                                        changes are available, 0 if there are
                                        not,other non-zero code in case of
                                        errors.

Thanks for all you effort!