it still won't let me set the container for a specific step! The documentation sure reads like you can specify a container for a specific step, but it provides no example in doing so, so I've just been guessing https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idcontainer

  > A container to run any steps in a job that don't already specify a container. If you have steps that use both script and container actions, the container actions will run as sibling containers on the same network with the same volume mounts.
  >
  > If you do not set a container, all steps will run directly on the host specified by runs-on unless a step refers to an action configured to run in a container.

Fuck it. I'll just do it all in ubuntu. That really sucks, as there's advantages to doing things in a consistent docker image. Last time I tried this I got pip issues; here we go..

Author: maltfield

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -14,16 +14,10 @@ jobs:
 #    container: debian:buster-slim
 
     steps:
-    - name: First setup fuse on the docker host
-      run: |
-        sudo apt-get install fuse
-        sudo lsmod
-        sudo modprobe fuse
-        sudo lsmod
-      shell: bash
+
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
     - name: Execute script to build linux AppImage
-      container: debian:buster-slim
       run: "build/linux/buildAppImage.sh"
       shell: bash
 

build/linux/buildAppImage.sh

@@ -21,16 +21,17 @@ set -x
 
 PYTHON_PATH='/usr/bin/python3.7'
 
-# CHECKOUT (TODO: maybe remove?)
-git clone https://github.com/maltfield/cross-platform-python-gui.git
-pushd cross-platform-python-gui
-
 ###################
 # INSTALL DEPENDS #
 ###################
 
 # install os-level depends
-apt-get update; apt-get -y install python3.7 python3-pip wget rsync fuse
+sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get -y install python3.7 python3-pip wget rsync fuse
+
+uname -a
+cat /etc/issue
+which python
+which python3.7
 
 # setup a virtualenv to isolate our app's python depends
 ${PYTHON_PATH} -m pip install --upgrade --user pip setuptools virtualenv