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AppImage is not working

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
52/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Reproduce the failure with Etherpad-Desktop-0.4.4.appimage on Debian GNU/Linux Sid amd64 using the commands in the report. Start at the createUpdater entry point in resources/app.asar/out/main/index.cjs and trace the boot call that sets autoDownload. Done means the AppImage completes boot without the reported TypeError.

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Description

I downloaded and ran Etherpad-Desktop-0.4.4.appimage.
However, it did not work and displayed the following message.
The console message is as follows:

$ chmod 755 Etherpad-Desktop-0.4.4.appimage 
$ ./Etherpad-Desktop-0.4.4.appimage 
08:49:38.253 (lifecycle) › embedded etherpad source resolution {
  resourcesPath: '/tmp/.mount_EtherpXunZCd/resources',
  appRoot: '/tmp/.mount_EtherpXunZCd/resources/app.asar',
  resolved: '/tmp/.mount_EtherpXunZCd/resources/etherpad'
}
failed to boot TypeError: Cannot set properties of undefined (setting 'autoDownload')
    at createUpdater (/tmp/.mount_EtherpXunZCd/resources/app.asar/out/main/index.cjs:1839:24)
    at async boot (/tmp/.mount_EtherpXunZCd/resources/app.asar/out/main/index.cjs:2371:18)

The operating environment is Debian GNU/Linux Sid (amd64).

Dominant language
TypeScript
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