epicgameslauncher-appimage

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maintainer JoaoMachado 0 votes scanned 2026-10-21 19:33:05.748742
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PKGBUILD

      1#  Maintainer: John Machado <john at delinuxco dot com>
    
      2
    
      3###############################################################################
    
      4# CONFIGURATION SECTION
    
      5# Replace these values with your specific application details.
    
      6###############################################################################
    
      7pkgname=epicgameslauncher-appimage
    
      8_pkgname=EpicGamesLauncher
    
      9pkgver="0.100.0"
    
      10pkgrel=1
    
      11pkgdesc="The official Epic Games Launcher."
    
      12arch=('x86_64')
    
      13url="https://launcher.epicgames.com/"
    
      14license=('Epic')
    
      15provides=('epicgameslauncher')
    
      16conflicts=('epicgameslauncher')
    
      17
    
      18# The filename as it appears in the download URL (e.g., app-1.0.0-x86_64.AppImage)
    
      19_appimage_filename="${_pkgname}-x86_64.AppImage"
    
      20
    
      21# The source URL to download AppImage
    
      22_source_url="https://launcher-public-service-prod06.ol.epicgames.com/launcher/api/installer/download/EpicGamesLauncher-x86_64.AppImage"
    
      23#            https://launcher-public-service-prod06.ol.epicgames.com/launcher/api/installer/download/EpicGamesLauncher-x86_64.AppImage
    
      24
    
      25# Where the file will live in your system (Standard is /opt/appimages/)
    
      26_install_dir="/opt/appimages"
    
      27_install_path="${_install_dir}/${_pkgname}.AppImage"
    
      28
    
      29# Inside the AppImage, what is the name of the .desktop file?
    
      30# Usually it matches the app name, e.g., 'org.kde.kcalc.desktop'
    
      31_desktop_file="epic-games-launcher.desktop"
    
      32
    
      33# Inside the AppImage, what is the name of the icon file?
    
      34_icon_file="EpicGamesLauncher.svg"
    
      35###############################################################################
    
      36
    
      37depends=(
    
      38    'fuse2'
    
      39    'fuse3'
    
      40)
    
      41
    
      42makedepends=(
    
      43    'desktop-file-utils'
    
      44)
    
      45
    
      46# Add any optional dependencies
    
      47optdepends=()
    
      48
    
      49options=(!strip)
    
      50
    
      51# All source files in root directory of PKGBUILD must be listed and with corresponding sha256/md5 sums
    
      52source=(
    
      53    "${_source_url}"
    
      54    "${_icon_file}"
    
      55)
    
      56
    
      57sha256sums=(
    
      58    'a9b7e40e3e5220bce97068b3974a796530e5bdbc77db1e1beba0d7bdbed0b44e'
    
      59    '3e424b6ea688cfb2bc0c577c58310babc920422272c2078c41ce5188369bb78b'
    
      60)
    
      61
    
      62prepare() {
    
      63
    
      64  # 1. Make the AppImage executable and extract it
    
      65  chmod +x "${_appimage_filename}"
    
      66  ./"${_appimage_filename}" --appimage-extract
    
      67
    
      68  # 2. Setup directory structure inside squashfs-root for the build process
    
      69  mkdir -p "${srcdir}/squashfs-root/assets/icons/"
    
      70  mkdir -p "${srcdir}/squashfs-root/assets/launchers/"
    
      71
    
      72  # 3. Move the icon and desktop file to a known location for easy installation
    
      73  # Note: We check if they exist to prevent build failure if names differ
    
      74  if [ -f "${_icon_file}" ]; then
    
      75    cp "${_icon_file}" "squashfs-root/assets/icons/${_icon_file}"
    
      76  fi
    
      77
    
      78  if [ -f "squashfs-root/${_desktop_file}" ]; then
    
      79    cp "squashfs-root/${_desktop_file}" "squashfs-root/assets/launchers/${_desktop_file}"
    
      80
    
      81  # 4. CRITICAL: Rewrite the .desktop file to point to new path
    
      82  #    This rewrites the 'Exec' line so it will execute the AppImage from /opt/appimages/
    
      83  #    If the .desktop and svg files will be provided in the PKGBUILD directory, comment out the next two lines that start with "desktop-file-edit".
    
      84    desktop-file-edit --set-key=Exec --set-value="${_install_path} %U" "squashfs-root/assets/launchers/${_desktop_file}"
    
      85    desktop-file-edit --set-key=TryExec --set-value="${_install_path}" "squashfs-root/assets/launchers/${_desktop_file}"
    
      86  fi
    
      87}
    
      88
    
      89package() {
    
      90  # 1. Install the actual AppImage to /opt/appimages/
    
      91  install -d "${pkgdir}${_install_dir}"
    
      92  install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${_appimage_filename}" "${pkgdir}${_install_path}"
    
      93
    
      94  # 2. Install the Desktop Entry and Icon to standard system paths
    
      95  if [ -f "${srcdir}/squashfs-root/assets/launchers/${_desktop_file}" ]; then
    
      96    install -Dm644 "squashfs-root/assets/launchers/${_desktop_file}" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/${_desktop_file}"
    
      97  fi
    
      98
    
      99  if [ -f "${srcdir}/squashfs-root/assets/icons/${_icon_file}" ]; then
    
      100    install -Dm644 "squashfs-root/assets/icons/${_icon_file}" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/${_icon_file}"
    
      101  fi
    
      102
    
      103  # 3. Create the symlink in /usr/bin so you can launch it from terminal via 'appname'
    
      104  install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"
    
      105  ln -s "${_install_path}" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${_pkgname}"
    
      106}
    
      107
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