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diff --git a/README-appimage.md b/README-appimage.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..790d5d02 --- /dev/null +++ b/README-appimage.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +# Using the QPDF AppImage bundle (for Linux x86_64 systems only) + +First advice: + +- After downloading, you have to set the executable bit for any AppImage (for security reasons + this is disabled by default): `chmod +x <name-of-application>.AppImage` + +- Run the QPDF AppImage with the '--usage' parameter to start learning some useful details about + built-in features of this specific AppImage. + + +More tips: + +- You can rename the AppImage to any name allowed for file names on Linux. The '.AppImage' suffix + is not required for it to function. It will also work as expected if you invoke it from a + symlink. Using 'qpdf' as its filename or symlink name is OK. However, you may want to continue + using the QPDF package provided by your system's package manager side by side with the AppImage + bundle: in this case it is recommended to use 'qpdf.ai' as a short name for (or as the symlink + name to) the qpdf-<version>.AppImage. + +- [...more tips to come... work in progress...] |