Minetest client AppImage builds (unofficial)

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Based on Debian 11, this project builds AppImages to help you test recent development builds as well as easily download and run Minetest in any Linux distro by providing it with bundled dependencies.

Tested on:

• Debian 11
• Ubuntu 22.04

Probably will not work on:

• Ubuntu 18.04 - Use the images produced by the Gitlab CI

Why?

This project was created because the official Minetest AppImages are built using the Ubuntu Bionic base and for some obscure reason, it won't launch on either Debian 11 or Ubuntu 22.04.

This project uses a Debian 11 base, and the produced AppImages work on both Debian and Ubuntu most recent releases.

How to use them?

AppImage format is a simple way to distribute Linux programs to users in any distribution. It includes a portable runtime, and it bundles the application dependencies so it should run on your machine without modifications.

To start using the AppImage, just download it from the Releases page on Github, make it executable either using your file manager GUI or the command line with chmod +x Minetest*.AppImage, then execute it as ./Minetest*.AppImage or from the file manager GUI with a single/double click.

Missing FUSE

If you have an error starting the AppImage complaining about FUSE (it happened to me while testing on Ubuntu 22.04), just install the libfuse2 package:

sudo apt-get install libfuse2 -yq

Portable home folder

Want to test the release candidate without breaking your worlds? No problem! You can have a portable alternative Home directory to test this one out!

To use this feature, you just create a folder with the same name of the program, and a .home suffix. For instance, the program Minetest-5.6.0-rc1_x86_64.AppImage will use the Minetest-5.6.0-rc1_x86_65.AppImage.home folder as a home directory if it exists.

One simple way to get started is from the terminal by using the --appimage-portable-home command line flag:

./Minetest*.AppImage --appimage-portable-home

Better desktop integration

You can also install the companion program appimagelauncher that will help you better integrate the test builds with your system. On Debian and derivatives, you can to so by installing it form apt:

sudo apt install appimagelauncher -yq