Linux Appimage does not ask for integration with OS

[dpoulton-github]

As reported in the forum for:
1.0.178 and
1.0.177

Rasied at the request of @laurent22 and on behalf of another without a GitHub account.

Environment

Version: Joplin v1.0.178
Version: Joplin v1.0.177
OS: Linux

Steps to reproduce

1. Download, chmod+x and run Joplin-1.0.178.Appimage.
2. No request is made by Joplin to integrate the application with the operating system

Describe what you expected to happen:

Expected behaviour would be that Joplin asks if the user wishes to integrate Joplin with the OS.

[thearchivalone]

I'm not sure how to fix the issue, but I did find out what changed between both AppImages. When running v1.0.175 from the command line, it throws an interesting error on Artix Linux:

Artix Linux is an off shoot of Arch Linux that has some slightly different packages and a totally different configuration for running programs when booting up. Because I don't use any of the standard desktop environments (I opt for just a keyboard ran, lightweight tiling manager with almost no software installed), I'm missing what most apps look for when they need to throw a dialogue for the user. After installing any of those three apps that the images are looking for, I get the expected outcome described above.

After extracting 1.0.175's, 1.0.177's and 1.0.178's AppImages (using the --appimage-extract argument) and running a diff on both 1.0.175's and 1.0.178's AppRun scripts, it looks like the above error message and information was changed between versions:

diffs.txt

The "<" symbols represent what was removed between versions and the ">" represents what was either added or displaced.

After running a diff between 1.0.177's and 1.0.178's AppRun scripts, there is no change between the two scripts, so I won't be providing a diff for them.

I hope that this information is helpful with squashing this bug. :D

[thearchivalone]

Patching the AppRun script using this patch (basically, diffs.txt from the previous post, but reversed) fixed the issue on my end.

diffs2.txt

Steps to Reproduce

1. Download, chmod +x Joplin-1.0.178.AppImage, and execute in your terminal of choice:
   ./Joplin-1.0.178.AppImage --appimage-extract
2. Execute:
   cd squashfs-root
3. Make sure diffs2.txt is saved in squashfs-root before running this next step
4. Execute:
   patch -p1 AppRun diffs2.txt
5. Execute:
   ./AppRun
6. Profit

[ghost]

This problem is still present in v1.0.179

[thearchivalone]

It looks like this is an issue that may need to be sent upstream to the AppImage devs. I thought it was something that was specific to this project and something the devs here changed but it doesn't look it.

[stale]

Hey there, it looks like there has been no activity on this issue recently. Has the issue been fixed, or does it still require the community's attention? This issue may be closed if no further activity occurs. You may comment on the issue and I will leave it open. Thank you for your contributions.

[stale]

Closing this issue after a prolonged period of inactivity. If this issue is still present in the latest release, please feel free to create a new issue with up-to-date information.