Build AppImage from source

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ build qDaisy:
   stage: build
   before_script:
     # install dependencies
+    - apt-get update
     - apt-get install -yqq libxml2-dev libvlc-dev unzip
   script:
     # install libduck from latest package job
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ package-qDaisy:
   stage: package
   before_script:
     # install dependencies
+    - apt-get update
     - apt-get install -yqq libxml2-dev libvlc-dev unzip
   script:
     # install libduck from latest package job
@@ -41,11 +43,20 @@ package-qDaisy:
 
 appimage-qDaisy:
   stage: package
-  image: appimagecrafters/appimage-builder
   before_script:
     # install dependencies
     - apt-get update
-    - apt-get install -yqq curl libxml2-dev libvlc-dev unzip qt5-default qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev-tools
+    - apt-get install -yqq curl libxml2-dev libvlc-dev unzip wget
+    # get linuxdeploy and Qt plugin
+    - 'wget https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage'
+    - 'wget https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy-plugin-qt/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-plugin-qt-x86_64.AppImage'
+    # make AppImages executable
+    - chmod +x linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage linuxdeploy-plugin-qt-x86_64.AppImage
+    # extract and rename AppImages (FUSE not available here)
+    - ./linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage --appimage-extract
+    - mv squashfs-root linuxdeploy.AppDir
+    - ./linuxdeploy-plugin-qt-x86_64.AppImage --appimage-extract
+    - mv squashfs-root linuxdeploy-plugin-qt.AppDir
   script:
     # install libduck from latest package job
     - 'curl --location --output artifacts.zip --header "JOB-TOKEN: $CI_JOB_TOKEN" "https://$GIT_HOST/api/v4/projects/$PROJECT_ID/jobs/artifacts/main/download?job=package-libduck"'
@@ -56,7 +67,15 @@ appimage-qDaisy:
     - ./configure --prefix=/usr
     - make install DESTDIR=../AppDir
     # create AppImage
-    - appimage-builder --skip-test
+    - cd linuxdeploy.AppDir
+    - ./AppRun --appdir ../AppDir
+    # run linuxdeploy Qt plugin
+    - cd ../linuxdeploy-plugin-qt.AppDir
+    - ./AppRun --appdir ../AppDir
+    # create AppImage
+    - cd ../linuxdeploy.AppDir
+    - ./AppRun --appdir ../AppDir --output appimage
+    - mv qDaisy*.AppImage ../
   artifacts:
     paths:
-      - '*.AppImage*'
+      - 'qDaisy*.AppImage'