Build AppImage based on conda packages

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -6,125 +6,62 @@ jobs:
   appimage:
     name: AppImage
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      image: "ubuntu:18.04"
-      env:
-        DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
-        APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN: "1"
     steps:
-      - name: Install dependencies
+      - name: Install base dependencies
         run: |
-          apt-get update -qq
-          apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends software-properties-common
-          add-apt-repository -y ppa:gnuradio/gnuradio-releases
-          add-apt-repository -y ppa:git-core/ppa
-          apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-            git \
-            build-essential \
-            autoconf \
-            automake \
-            cmake \
-            libtool \
-            wget \
-            qt5-default \
-            qt5-gtk-platformtheme \
-            qttranslations5-l10n \
-            libqt5svg5-dev \
-            libboost-dev \
-            libpulse-dev \
-            portaudio19-dev \
-            liblog4cpp5-dev \
-            gnuradio-dev \
-            libairspy-dev \
-            libairspyhf-dev \
-            libfreesrp-dev \
-            libhackrf-dev \
-            libusb-1.0-0-dev \
-            libsoapysdr-dev \
-            soapysdr-module-remote \
-            libuhd-dev \
-            liborc-0.4-dev \
-            libhidapi-dev
-
-          cd /tmp
-          git clone https://gitea.osmocom.org/sdr/rtl-sdr.git
-          cd rtl-sdr
-          git checkout v2.0.1
-          mkdir build
-          cd build
-          cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DDETACH_KERNEL_DRIVER=ON ..
-          make -j4
-          make install
-          ldconfig
-
-          cd /tmp
-          git clone https://github.com/Nuand/bladeRF.git
-          cd bladeRF
-          mkdir build
-          cd build
-          cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..
-          make -j4
-          make install
-          ldconfig
-
-          cd /tmp
-          git clone https://github.com/dl1ksv/gr-fcdproplus.git
-          cd gr-fcdproplus
-          mkdir build
-          cd build
-          cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..
-          make -j4
-          make install
-          ldconfig
-
-          cd /tmp
-          git clone https://gitea.osmocom.org/sdr/libosmo-dsp.git
-          cd libosmo-dsp
-          autoreconf -i
-          ./configure --prefix=/usr
-          make -j4
-          make install
-          ldconfig
+          sudo apt-get update -qq
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+            libopengl0 \
+            libegl1
 
-          cd /tmp
-          git clone https://gitea.osmocom.org/sdr/gr-iqbal.git
-          cd gr-iqbal
-          git checkout gr3.8
-          mkdir build
-          cd build
-          cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_MODULES_DIR=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cmake ..
-          make -j4
-          make install
-          ldconfig
-
-          cd /tmp
-          git clone https://gitea.osmocom.org/sdr/gr-osmosdr.git
-          cd gr-osmosdr
-          git checkout origin/gr3.8
-          git cherry-pick -n 9c09c90d920dd4906fa8bb9d8443eef84d2565a3
-          mkdir build
-          cd build
-          cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_MODULES_DIR=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cmake -DENABLE_PYTHON=False ..
-          make -j4
-          make install
-          ldconfig
+      - name: Install conda dependencies
+        id: setup-micromamba
+        uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
+        with:
+          environment-name: gqrx
+          create-args: >-
+            c-compiler
+            cxx-compiler
+            cmake
+            make
+            pkg-config
+            gnuradio-core
+            gnuradio-osmosdr
+            libboost-headers
+            mesa-libgl-devel-cos6-x86_64
+            pybind11
+            pulseaudio
+            qt6-gtk-platformtheme
+            qt6-main
+            soapysdr-module-lms7
+            soapysdr-module-plutosdr
+            soapysdr-module-remote
+            volk
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Configure
+        shell: bash -el {0}
         run: |
           git config --global --add safe.directory $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
           mkdir build
           cd build
-          cmake ..
+          cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$CONDA_PREFIX ..
       - name: Compile
+        shell: bash -el {0}
         working-directory: build
-        run: make -j4
+        run: |
+          make -j4
+          make install
       - name: Build AppImage
+        shell: bash -el {0}
+        env:
+          APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN: "1"
+          PREFIX: ${{ steps.setup-micromamba.outputs.environment-path }}
         run: ./appimage.sh
       - name: Save artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: gqrx-appimage-${{ github.run_id }}
           path: Gqrx-*.AppImage

appimage.sh

@@ -9,19 +9,20 @@
 # Requirements:
 #   * VERSION as an ENV var, if not detected will use actual github
 #     version + commit info
-#   * This must be run after a successfully build, and need to set the
-#     APP var below to the path of the executable (default is the current
-#     travis build place: build/src/gqrx)
+#   * This must be run after a successfully build and installation into a
+#     prefix passed as the PREFIX variable
 #   * Must be run on a Linux version as old as the far distro you need to
 #     support, tested successfully on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tar
 #   * If you plan to use the "-u" option you need to configure some things
 #     for it to work, check this https://github.com/probonopd/uploadtool#usage
 #
 # On any troubles invoke stdevPavelmc in github
 
-# Tweak this please: this is the path of the gqrx executable relative to
-#the project root will reside after build
-APP="build/src/gqrx"
+# PREFIX variable must be set before calling this script. It points to the
+# prefix in which gqrx is installed and from which dependency libraries will be
+# gathered.
+#PREFIX="micromamba/envs/gqrx"
+APP="$PREFIX/bin/gqrx"
 
 # No need to tweak below unless you move files on the actual project
 DESKTOP="dk.gqrx.gqrx.desktop"
@@ -41,12 +42,12 @@ echo ""
 
 # basic tests
 if [ ! -f "$APP" ] ; then
-    echo "Error: the app file is no in the path we need it, update the APP var on this script"
+    echo "Error: the app file is no in the path we need it, set the PREFIX var before running this script"
     exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! -f "$DESKTOP" ] ; then
-    echo "Error: can't find the desktop file, please update the DESKTOP var on the scriot"
+    echo "Error: can't find the desktop file, please update the DESKTOP var on the script"
     exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -62,19 +63,64 @@ rm -rdf Gqrx-*.AppImage 2>/dev/null
 # download & set all needed tools
 wget -c -nv "https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage"
 wget -c -nv "https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy-plugin-qt/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-plugin-qt-x86_64.AppImage"
-wget -c -nv "https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage-x86_64.AppImage"
+wget -c -nv "https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage"
 chmod a+x *.AppImage
 
-# abra-cadabra
-mkdir -p ./AppDir/usr/lib
-cp -R /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/SoapySDR/modules* ./AppDir/usr/soapy-modules
+# build library arguments so soapy module dependencies are included
+soapy_module_libs=("$PREFIX"/lib/SoapySDR/modules*/*)
+linuxdeploy_lib_args=()
+for lib in ${soapy_module_libs[@]}; do
+    linuxdeploy_lib_args+=( "-l" "$lib" )
+done
+
+# force otherwise excluded libraries that we really need because of library
+# dependence on newer versions
+linuxdeploy_lib_args+=(
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libasound.so.2
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libexpat.so.1
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libfreetype.so.6
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libgmp.so.10
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libgpg-error.so.0
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libharfbuzz.so.0
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libjack.so.0
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libstdc++.so.6
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libusb-1.0.so.0
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libuuid.so.1
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libxcb.so.1
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libz.so.1
+)
 
 mkdir -p ./AppDir/apprun-hooks
+echo 'export CONDA_PREFIX="$APPDIR/usr"' >./AppDir/apprun-hooks/soapy-hook.sh
 echo 'export UHD_PKG_PATH="$APPDIR/usr"' >./AppDir/apprun-hooks/uhd-hook.sh
+echo 'export FONTCONFIG_FILE="$APPDIR/etc/fonts/fonts.conf"
+export FONTCONFIG_PATH="$APPDIR/etc/fonts"' >./AppDir/apprun-hooks/fontconfig-hook.sh
 
-./linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage -e "$APP" -d "$DESKTOP" -i "$ICON" -p qt --output appimage --appdir=./AppDir
+# since libs come from prefix, little use in querying copyright files with dpkg-query
+export DISABLE_COPYRIGHT_FILES_DEPLOYMENT=1
+
+# need to set QMAKE variable for linuxdeploy-plugin-qt so it uses PREFIX's Qt
+export QMAKE="$PREFIX/bin/qmake6"
+
+./linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage -e "$APP" -d "$DESKTOP" -i "$ICON" "${linuxdeploy_lib_args[@]}" -p qt --appdir=./AppDir
 RESULT=$?
 
+# copy Soapy modules into their expected path in the AppDir
+cp -R "$PREFIX"/lib/SoapySDR ./AppDir/usr/lib/SoapySDR
+
+# copy fontconfig configuration files that the FONTCONFIG_FILE env var points to
+mkdir -p ./AppDir/etc/
+cp -RL "$PREFIX"/etc/fonts ./AppDir/etc/fonts
+# remove any config file lines that refer to the old prefix if it's not /usr
+if [ "${PREFIX:0:4}" != "/usr" ] ; then
+    sed -i "\|$PREFIX|d" ./AppDir/etc/fonts/fonts.conf
+fi
+
+# finally make the AppImage
+./appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage AppDir/
+
 # check build success
 if [ $RESULT -ne 0 ] ; then
     # warning something gone wrong