PrusaSlicer-2.9.1 ARM AppImages

[davidk]

This release tracks PrusaSlicer's upstream version_2.9.1. AppImages have been built using sharun and appimage-builder (with PrusaSlicer's dependencies) for broader compatibility at the cost of an increased AppImage size.

• New this release: PrusaSlicer-version_2.9.1-aarch64-full.AppImage this image is built using sharun and is based on work done in https://github.com/probonopd/PrusaSlicer.AppImage. Thanks to @Samueru-sama for the upstream work that informed the construction of this build.

• The older AppImages are also available as well during this period. These will require an older version of libweb2gtk to be installed on the system:

libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 - Web content engine library for GTK
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 - Web content engine library for GTK
$ sudo apt-get install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 

How do I run the AppImage?

Install dependencies

Raspberry Pi OS Bookwoorm users: You may need to set your locale to UTF-8 if an error occurs after launching. On the desktop: Preferences > Raspberry Pi Configuration > Localization > Set Locale > Character Set > UTF-8. Reboot when prompted.

Bookworm also needs the libfuse2 package:

sudo apt-get install -y libfuse2

For other Raspberry Pi OS distributions, more dependencies on the host may be needed. Run the following in a terminal to install them:

sudo apt-get install -y git cmake libboost-dev libboost-regex-dev libboost-filesystem-dev \
libboost-thread-dev libboost-log-dev libboost-locale-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev build-essential \
pkg-config libtbb-dev zlib1g-dev libcereal-dev libeigen3-dev libnlopt-cxx-dev \
libudev-dev libopenvdb-dev libboost-iostreams-dev libgmpxx4ldbl libnlopt-dev \
libdbus-1-dev imagemagick libgtk2.0-dev libgtk-3-dev libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-dev fuse libfuse2

After downloading the AppImage and installing dependencies, make the AppImage executable and run the AppImage to launch PrusaSlicer:

$ chmod +x PrusaSlicer-version_2.9.1-[...].AppImage
$ ./PrusaSlicer-version_2.9.1-[...].AppImage

Minimal version These AppImages include fewer dependencies to reduce size but may not be compatible with older distributions.
Full version AppImage built with libwebkit2gtk bundled using sharun. This is the currently recommended AppImage.

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This discussion was created from the release PrusaSlicer-2.9.1 ARM AppImages.

[Samueru-sama]

Thank you @davidk

Btw the new appimagetool uses the static runtime by default, If you used it there is no libfuse2 dependency anymore 👀

[davidk]

This is good to know, thanks - I will remove that instruction going forward as the new AppImage becomes the primary one