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Re: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl

From Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl
Date 2020-11-18 15:00 +0100
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Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> writes:

> There is a binary for Linux available for download as a AppImage
> file. What is an AppImage file and what does one do with it.  The
> program was probably compiled for Ubuntu.  Is it likely to also run on
> Debian?

AppImage files are a kind of package that contain an app and all its
dependencies so yes, it's very likely it'll run on Debian. All you have
to do is make the AppImage file executable and run it. I recently got
into these since I have a problem with the Firefox Debian bundles but
someone maintains a current Firefox build as AppImage.

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clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2020-11-17 21:30 +0100
  Re: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-11-17 21:30 +0100
    Re: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2020-11-17 22:30 +0100
      Re: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-11-17 22:50 +0100
        Re: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2020-11-18 03:10 +0100
  Re: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-11-17 21:30 +0100
    Re: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2020-11-17 22:20 +0100
    Re: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2020-11-17 22:40 +0100
  Re: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2020-11-18 15:00 +0100
    AppImage files (was: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl) Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2020-11-18 15:10 +0100
      Re: AppImage files (was: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl) Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2020-11-20 03:30 +0100
    How to run AppImage file (was: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl) Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2020-11-25 20:20 +0100
      Re: How to run AppImage file (was: clipgrab as alternative to  youtube-dl) Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-11-25 20:40 +0100
        Re: How to run AppImage file (was: clipgrab as alternative to  youtube-dl) Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2020-11-25 22:10 +0100
        Re: How to run AppImage file (was: clipgrab as alternative to  youtube-dl) Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2020-11-25 22:20 +0100
          Re: How to run AppImage file (was: clipgrab as alternative to  youtube-dl) Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-11-25 22:20 +0100
            Re: How to run AppImage file (was: clipgrab as alternative to  youtube-dl) Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2020-11-26 01:40 +0100
              Re: How to run AppImage file (was: clipgrab as alternative to  youtube-dl) Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-11-26 10:30 +0100
          Re: How to run AppImage file Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2020-11-26 17:30 +0100
            Re: How to run AppImage file Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2020-11-26 17:40 +0100
              Re: How to run AppImage file Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2020-11-26 20:30 +0100
                Re: How to run AppImage file Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2020-11-27 01:50 +0100

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