AppImage build

[AsciiWolf]

Please, consider distributing VeraCrypt for Linux as AppImage.

[alt3r-3go]

There are also #187 and #162, along the same lines. I've recently looked into the Linux installer while dealing with #171 and I think there's really a need to come up with something here, as that custom installer IMHO makes no sense these days and a standardized one would be much more appropriate. I personally plan to look into this at some point unless someone beats me to it.

[ElMostafaIdrassi]

Starting 1.24, Debian and RPM packages are available. See #511 and #512. This is a step forward into creating AppImages as it is only a matter of writing a .yml file. Will look into it in the near future hopefully.

[prog-amateur]

Starting 1.24, Debian and RPM packages are available. See #511 and #512. This is a step forward into creating AppImages as it is only a matter of writing a .yml file. Will look into it in the near future hopefully.

Hello, I am not at all a developer, but I really would like to get Veracrypt as an AppImage (portable version for Linux). After reading and followed the step-by-step AppImage procedure, I have encountered an issue (procedure is successful but Veracrypt-x86_64.AppImage doesn't launch itself).

So, I just would like to share my question to AppImage team, because I am sure we are close to the solution, maybe you can also help to find it :
AppImage/AppImageKit#1004

In any case, thank you so much for your kind work with Veracrypt, an excellent app !

[prog-amateur]

Hello, I have found a workaround to make an AppImage !!!
I hope somebody here will read and adjust it to correct any error. Just for information, I am on Debian 10, and I do this process under the ~/Document folder.

Please find bellow how I have proceed to make it possible :

- # 1. First, we need to make a directory called the AppDir (here we call it 'veracrypt.AppDir')  : 

cd ~/Documents
mkdir -p veracrypt/veracrypt.AppDir


- # 2. Then, we have to download the generic '.tar.bz2' linux Veracrypt installer : 

wget -c https://launchpad.net/veracrypt/trunk/1.24-hotfix1/+download/veracrypt-1.24-Hotfix1-setup.tar.bz2
tar -xf veracrypt-1.24-Hotfix1-setup.tar.bz2 -C veracrypt_archive/
cd veracrypt_archive


- # 3. Then we have to : 
#- launch the installer 
#- accept the license, 
#- select extract 
#- and go to '/tmp' folder in order to extract the 'tar.gz' content into 'veracrypt.AppDir' : 

./veracrypt-1.24-Hotfix1-setup-gui-x64 
cd /tmp
tar -xf veracrypt_1.24-Hotfix1_amd64.tar.gz -C ~/Documents/veracrypt/veracrypt.AppDir/


- # 4. Copy the '/usr/share/applications/veracrypt.desktop' file into 'veracrypt.AppDir' : 
cd ~/Documents/veracrypt/veracrypt.AppDir/
cp ./usr/share/pixmaps/veracrypt.xpm .
cp ./usr/share/applications/veracrypt.desktop .


- # 5. Edit the veracrypt.desktop file as below to avoid any error message : 
nano veracrypt.desktop 

# veracrypt.desktop content shall be :
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Name=VeraCrypt
GenericName=VeraCrypt
Comment=VeraCrypt
Exec=veracrypt
Icon=veracrypt
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;


- # 6. Make the AppRun executable (and rename 'AppRun-x86_64' into 'AppRun' otherwise an error message happens) : 

wget -c https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/12/AppRun-x86_64
mv AppRun-x86_64 AppRun
chmod a+x AppRun


- # 7. Finally, we can package the whole 'veracrypt.AppDir' folder as an AppImage : 

cd ..
wget -c https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/12/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
chmod a+x appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
./appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage veracrypt.AppDir ./Veracrypt-x86_64.AppImage

You can find your Veracrypt-x86_64.AppImage under ~/Documents/veracrypt/, already executable. You just need to double click or if you want from a terminal, launch ./Veracrypt-x86_64.AppImage under ~/Documents/veracrypt/.

I don't know why, but the AppImage is not launchable from the USB drive, so you have to move it in a folder znd make it executable.

That's all folks. Now, please check by yourself and make it possible to the communauty, thank you very much !

[idrassi]

@prog-amateur Thank you very much for taking the time to provide these clear steps for creating an AppImage from official VeraCrypt binaires.
I will test it on my side and I will probably provide an official AppImage based on your work.

[prog-amateur]

Avec plaisir. That's a very good news if you succeed to reproduce and publish it, thank you so much for your kind help !

[alt3r-3go]

@idrassi, have you had a chance tolook further into this? If not I'm thinking of giving it a try sometime during teh upcoming weekend.

[stale]

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[stale]

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[sunknudsen]

@prog-amateur Thank you very much for taking the time to provide these clear steps for creating an AppImage from official VeraCrypt binaires.
I will test it on my side and I will probably provide an official AppImage based on your work.

@idrassi I can't find AppImage releases on https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Downloads.html.

Did this idea get tossed? On Tails, an AppImage release would be very helpful.

[sunknudsen]

I don't know why, but the AppImage is not launchable from the USB drive, so you have to move it in a folder znd make it executable.

@prog-amateur Did you ever manage to get things working on a USB flash drive? This would be required to run AppImage on Tails right?

Btw, perhaps the "not launchable" issue is caused by the fact flash drive is formatted using FAT or exFAT which doesn't support file permissions (required to chmod +x for example).

[sunknudsen]

I followed @prog-amateur guide and was able to create AppImage.

Now, when I try to mount a volume using VeraCrypt, I get the following error.

Failed to obtain administrative privileges: sudo /tmp/.mount_Ver********/usr/bin/veracrypt: command not found

Ideas? Investigating...

[sunknudsen]

I confirm running VeraCrypt AppImage using sudo solves above issue (but feels like a bad practice).

[sunknudsen]

Forgot to try the most basic approach to getting VeraCrypt to work on Tails...

Step 1: download veracrypt-1.24-Update7-setup.tar.bz2 here

Step 2: double-click veracrypt-1.24-Update7-setup.tar.bz2 and extract veracrypt-1.24-Update7-setup-gui-x64 to desktop (~/Desktop).

Step 3: run ~/Desktop/veracrypt-1.24-Update7-setup-gui-x64 in a terminal and select “Extract .tar Package File”.

Step 4: run nautilus /tmp, double-click veracrypt_1.24-Update7_amd64.tar.gz and extract usr/bin/veracrypt to persistent (~/Persistent).

There you have it… simply run ~/Persistent/veracrypt in a terminal and VeraCrypt opens without having to go over the install process over and over.

Bonus step: create a ~/Persistent/veracrypt.AppImage file with a single line (./veracrypt) and make it executable (chmod +x ~/Persistent/veracrypt.AppImage).

The veracrypt.AppImage icon can now be double-clicked to start VeraCrypt without using a terminal.

[sunknudsen]

Hey @idrassi,

Working on an episode form the privacy guides.

Is there a way to extract usr/bin/veracrypt from veracrypt-1.24-Update7-setup-gui-x64 using a single command vs having to run veracrypt-1.24-Update7-setup-gui-x64, use GUI to extract veracrypt_1.24-Update7_amd64.tar.gz (accepting license terms) and finally extract usr/bin/veracrypt?

Thanks!

[rafaelazvdo]

Hey @sunknudsen

Very nice man, I followed your tutorial to create a Veracrypt AppImage, and success, I can run it from a USB Flash Drive formatted in NTFS or exFAT in almost all the main linux distros in the market.

[NRGLine4Sec]

Hi @sunknudsen
This is how I am doing it :

tmp_dir="$(mktemp -d)" && \
wget -q -P "$tmp_dir" 'https://github.com/veracrypt/VeraCrypt/releases/download/VeraCrypt_1.25.9/veracrypt-1.25.9-setup.tar.bz2' && \
tar xjf "$tmp_dir"/veracrypt-1.25.9-setup.tar.bz2 --directory="$tmp_dir" && \
"$tmp_dir"/veracrypt-1.25.9-setup-gui-x64 --nox11 --noexec --target "$tmp_dir" && \
tail -n +$(sed -n 's/.*PACKAGE_START=\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p' "$tmp_dir"/veracrypt_install_gui_x64.sh) "$tmp_dir"/veracrypt_install_gui_x64.sh > "$tmp_dir"/veracrypt_installer.tar && \
tar -C / --no-overwrite-dir -xpzvf "$tmp_dir"/veracrypt_installer.tar; \
rm -rf "$tmp_dir"

[999px]

@sunknudsen

Forgot to try the most basic approach to getting VeraCrypt to work on Tails...

Step 1: download veracrypt-1.24-Update7-setup.tar.bz2 here

Step 2: double-click veracrypt-1.24-Update7-setup.tar.bz2 and extract veracrypt-1.24-Update7-setup-gui-x64 to desktop (~/Desktop).

Step 3: run ~/Desktop/veracrypt-1.24-Update7-setup-gui-x64 in a terminal and select “Extract .tar Package File”.

Step 4: run nautilus /tmp, double-click veracrypt_1.24-Update7_amd64.tar.gz and extract usr/bin/veracrypt to persistent (~/Persistent).

There you have it… simply run ~/Persistent/veracrypt in a terminal and VeraCrypt opens without having to go over the install process over and over.

Bonus step: create a ~/Persistent/veracrypt.AppImage file with a single line (./veracrypt) and make it executable (chmod +x ~/Persistent/veracrypt.AppImage).

The veracrypt.AppImage icon can now be double-clicked to start VeraCrypt without using a terminal.

Thank you very much, everything works. But for the new version "veracrypt-1.26.7-setup.tar.bz2" you need to use the file "veracrypt-1.26.7-setup-gtk3-gui-x64" (specifically with gtk3, I don't know what that is, but the version without gtk3 doesn't work very well).

There is also one QUESTION: VeraCrypt Portable turns out to be somewhat crippled, at least the "Language" option does not work, it only launches in English. How can I make the interface language selection work?

[Jertzukka]

There is also one QUESTION: VeraCrypt Portable turns out to be somewhat crippled, at least the "Language" option does not work, it only launches in English. How can I make the interface language selection work?

The language selection for non-Windows version was added after 1.26.7, so it is not available yet on that release. If you want to change the language on that version, you'll have to set your environment variable to the language of your choice, for example by exporting a env variable export LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8 or launching it through env tool env LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8 veracrypt with your chosen language.