Unofficial AppImage of Viber, which works on any Linux distribution and is more reliable than the official Viber AppImage, hence the -Enhanced suffix.
- It depends on the EOL
libfuse2library, which had the last release in 2019.- Linux distributions like Ubuntu and others don't ship
libfuse2, so Viber AppImage doesn't work by default
- Linux distributions like Ubuntu and others don't ship
- It doesn't bundle every library that is necessary for the app function
- Due to the above, video camera function is inconsistent, requiring older
libtheorav1.x to be installed on the host, which some distros don't have
- It doesn't depend on
libfuseat all, as it can utilize kernel's unprivileged user namespaces function or as a fallback simply extract directory to/tmp/and run- Thanks to the
uruntime
- Thanks to the
- It ships all the needed libs, binaries and directories reliably and relatively easy, thanks to the robust stracing system called
sharunand it's wrapperquick-sharun- If it ever happens that some dependencies are missing, it's clear to troubleshoot with
APPIMAGE_DEBUG=1variable
- If it ever happens that some dependencies are missing, it's clear to troubleshoot with
- GPU acceleration, video camera function, calls, notifications, everything is tested to work accordingly compared to the upstream app capabilities
They are very minimal, but they are just listed here for transparency.
AppImage's side:
/bin/shPOSIX shell/tmp/directory that is writable
Viber's side:
- Linux 3.8+ kernel
- application uses QtWebEngine, which depends on unprivileged user namespaces, which were introduced in Linux 3.8 kernel (released in 2013)
- display server being active (X11 or Wayland)
Not mandatory, but recommended:
xdg-open(part ofxdg-utils)- So opening URLs or files redirects to the default system applications (clicking on URL opens the web browser, clicking on file opens the file manager etc.)
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