Compatibility with appimageupdate

[TiZ-HugLife]

I'd like to be able to update my LibreOffice appimage with appimageupdate. Unfortunately it looks like none of the appimages I actually use have any update data embedded. I get this output when I try to use it:

WC130-TiZ:~$ appimageupdate /xusr/appimage/libreoffice
Checking for updates...
Could not find update information in the AppImage. Please contact the author of the AppImage and ask them to embed update information.
Update check failed, exiting!

Information on appimageupdate here: https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageUpdate

[Lvaskz]

Same problem here. Ubuntu 18.04

[antoniofaccioli]

with standard or full packages?

[Lvaskz]

full packages in my case.

[Lvaskz]

Any progress?

[probonopd]

These seem to be enabled for updates: https://libreoffice.soluzioniopen.com/index.php/pre-releases/

[probonopd]

But they seem to be broken, as the zsync file does not seem to be there where the update information inside the AppImage claims it to be:

me@host:~$ strings LibreOffice-pre.full-x86_64.AppImage | grep zsync
zsync|http://libreoffice.soluzioniopen.com/LibreOffice-pre.full.AppImage.zsync
me@host:~$ wget http://libreoffice.soluzioniopen.com/LibreOffice-pre.full.AppImage.zsync
--2018-10-21 13:17:56--  http://libreoffice.soluzioniopen.com/LibreOffice-pre.full.AppImage.zsync
Resolving libreoffice.soluzioniopen.com (libreoffice.soluzioniopen.com)... 91.134.142.159
Connecting to libreoffice.soluzioniopen.com (libreoffice.soluzioniopen.com)|91.134.142.159|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://libreoffice.soluzioniopen.com/LibreOffice-pre.full.AppImage.zsync [following]
--2018-10-21 13:17:56--  https://libreoffice.soluzioniopen.com/LibreOffice-pre.full.AppImage.zsync
Connecting to libreoffice.soluzioniopen.com (libreoffice.soluzioniopen.com)|91.134.142.159|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2018-10-21 13:17:56 ERROR 404: Not Found.

[antoniofaccioli]

I discovered the problem, after various tests and research on the web ... the block is given by the https protocol. I did a test with my domain where I do not have only http and zsync works perfectly.

[antoniofaccioli]

try now, without https... use http:// libreoffice.soluzioniopen.com/...

[probonopd]

http://libreoffice.soluzioniopen.com/LibreOffice-pre.full.AppImage.zsync still results in "Not Found"...

[antoniofaccioli]

Correct url is http://libreoffice.soluzioniopen.com/pre-releases/full/LibreOffice-pre.full-x86_64.AppImage.zsync

[probonopd]

I see. But at least the old AppImages will search at the URL I linked, because that one was referenced in the old AppImages. So maybe you can put a symlink on the server to allow users who have an old AppImage to find its new updates? Thanks.

[antoniofaccioli]

Ok, try stable version or daily

[Lvaskz]

I am using appimagalauncher buti can not update, see

[antoniofaccioli]

Ok, can you try with zsync command in terminal?
To update, I recommend using the url without the ssl protocol. So http ...

[antoniofaccioli]

I think I found the problem, I'll take a test in the next few days :)