Could NOT find AppImageKit (missing: APPIMAGEKIT_APPIMAGETOOL_EXECUTABLE APPIMAGEKIT_APPRUN_EXECUTABLE)

[jasonetherton 0]

Hi,

 

So far I've spent about a day setting everything up to build Cura 4.8.

 

I have followed the steps for native build of cura-build-environment which appears to work fine (no errors) and so I attempted the Ubuntu native cura-build, including the AppImage step which recommended to download a pre-built one.  I have done this, renamed it to appimagetool, saved it to $HOME/Applications and added that to my $PATH.  I can execute appimagetool.

 

Now, when I run cmake ..  I get the following:
 

-- Found Python3: /usr/bin/python3.8 (found version "3.8.5") found components: Interpreter
CMake Warning (dev) at /usr/local/lib/cmake/Arcus/ArcusConfig.cmake:30 (set):
  implicitly converting '' to 'STRING' type.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  projects/CuraEngine.cmake:1 (find_package)
  CMakeLists.txt:106 (include)
This warning is for project developers.  Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.

-- Found Python3: /usr/bin/python3.8 (found suitable version "3.8.5", minimum required is "3.4") found components: Interpreter
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-3.16/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:146 (message):
  Could NOT find AppImageKit (missing: APPIMAGEKIT_APPIMAGETOOL_EXECUTABLE
  APPIMAGEKIT_APPRUN_EXECUTABLE)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /usr/share/cmake-3.16/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:393 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
  cmake/FindAppImageKit.cmake:5 (find_package_handle_standard_args)
  packaging/python3.7/linux.cmake:2 (find_package)
  CMakeLists.txt:124 (include)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

 

I have also copied the renamed appimagetool to /usr/bin - no joy.

 

I'm sorry if I have missed something basic, but I spent yesterday afternoon trying different things, including downloading different Git repos of AppImageKit, but all with the same result.

 

One thing I did was grep the build files for AppImageKit, and it appears that the filename needs to be "appimagetool.AppImage" - this is not mentioned in the instructions linked above - is this a documentation issue?

 

Once renamed the "APPIMAGEKIT_APPIMAGETOOL_EXECUTABLE" part of the error is no longer reported, but I still get the "APPIMAGEKIT_APPRUN_EXECUTABLE" error.

 

So, my question is:  What do I need to do for cmake to be able to locate and use AppImageKit, specifically AppRun?

 

Thanks,

 

Jason

[SandervG 1,521]

I don't know what any of this means 😉 Perhaps @ahoeben does?

[ahoeben 1,948]

I'm far from an expert on building Cura from scratch. Truth be told, I've never done so.

 

As far as I know, the AppRun executable should be in the AppDir that has been created. If all else fails, you could try extracting the AppRun file from an official AppImage.

Edited November 5, 2020 by ahoeben