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Making the AppImage updatable through AppImageUpdate or similar tools

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#3,232 opened on Jul 31, 2023

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Description

Describe the feature and the current behavior/state

Using a tool like AppImageUpdate to update the AppImage file of TexStudio to the latest version is not possible at the moment, and it would be nice to be able to do it in the future.

Who will benefit with this feature?

Anyone relying on the AppImage to use TexStudio.

Any Other info

As far as I understand, the developers may enable automatic update of their AppImage according to this guide.

Contributor guide

Research direction
Add update information to the AppImage build configuration following the AppImage update guide at https://docs.appimage.org/packaging guide/optional/updates.html. This involves embedding update metadata into the AppImage using the `appimagetool` or modifying the build script.
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Domain
devops
Issue type
Feature
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1
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
Under 1 hour
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
Git
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80