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For any one that cannot launch drafft on linux ubuntu 24 ++ you need to add an apparmor profile:

sudo touch /etc/apparmor.d/drafft-appimage

in that profile you need to add this (Make sure you use your own location of the appimage or it wont work)


abi <abi/4.0>,
include <tunables/global>

profile drafft-appimage /YOUR_OWN_LOCATION/drafft-1.4.5-linux-x86_64.AppImage flags=(default_allow) {
  userns,

  include if exists <local/drafft-appimage>
}

then restart apparmor service

sudo systemctl reload apparmor.service

and now it will launch.

you do not need to create new profiles if you move your appaimge. you just need to edit the file and update the location and restart apparmor service.

If you do not do these steps it will NOT launch no matter what you do.. Do NOT disable app armour. or create rules around it. just make the profile so it knows what drafft is.

(This should be done for ANY appimage.)

Your welcome.

baj15 days ago (1 edit)

Thanks for the info! It seems that it might get solved in newer builder version. Will try! https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/8635

Nano Game Lab14 days ago

so the issue is with the appimage, and that link you sent most likely will never work with app images, that’s because there is not a set path by default that appimages are used in and people have them everywhere on their systems, ive seen people never move them from download folders lmao. for the apparmor profile to work the app image must be in the location that is specified in the profile, it will not work otherwise.

There is likely no work around for this at the moment as the profile doesn’t initiate any kind of scanning feature. so apparmor must be told where to look for the appimage. so its possibly a good idea to provide that profile i gave you, and use the instructions for a “readme” that they can access in your documentation. That way if it isn’t solved, users can simply follow how to do it themselves. its not a hard problem, but it is a problem that is present now. truly hope they can overcome these issues as app images are designed to be run first go.

in my opinion what would be easier is for each distribution to have in their options an app image runner. Stick the app image in that folder the OS will add the necessary things to make it work and the first launch the user can press yes i trust or no i don’t. and then it runs or not.

baj14 days ago

Thank you again!

Yes I can see the issue, in my case, in arch, I use appImageLauncher which conveniently moves the .Appimage into a specific folder and “integrate it” into the system. But I agree this goes against the appimage portable principle :)

I took the liberty of using your explanation (with credits) on the new website (wip) , hope its ok! https://drafft.dev/docs/troubleshooting/app-armour-issues

Nano Game Lab13 days ago (1 edit)

Absolutely that is ok, Thats why i suggested it, thought for sure you would encounter it at some point with another user, and its best to have an answer in some form to solve an existing problem (even if that problem isnt yours its related to something completely different), rather than a user having issues, and potentially giving a low rating for a simple problem.

I love arch, unfortunately i cant use it with the amount of commercial vfx and animation software i use. makes it really hard to use arch. it is my favourite how ever, its both fast and so customizable.

Im stuck with debian based tuxedo (kde) this means i really only have to worry about maya in the initial setup (i do use blender but not for animation, thats what i use maya for). rhel and rhel derivatives are recommended but they are so restrictive when it comes to packages and customisation.

Ahh appimage launcher is a fine program. i have used it many times. i do it manually now. but only because of the way i want my shortcuts to be created (with my attributes, and arguments)

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