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Update documentation that the Appimage requires Ubuntu 22.04
fixes: #78 Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <[email protected]>
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README.md

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everywhere by simply downloading the image and starting it. For more
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information about the package format see here: [AppImage](https://appimage.org).
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The image is based on Ubuntu ~~18.04 LTS bionic~~ 20.04 LTS bionic (since PR #47,
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because Github retired the Ubuntu 18.04 images in April 2023)
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The image is based on Ubuntu ~~20.04 LTS focal~~ 22.04 LTS jammy (since commit
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1bfa21bf90229c2f5ef8ec2f72bb5a074caa0949 because Github retired the Ubuntu
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20.04 images in April 2025)
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It most likely won't work on older distributions. If you require a Vim appimage,
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that runs on older distributions, you can download the latest Ubuntu 18.04 based
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installation [here: v9.0.1413](https://github.com/vim/vim-appimage/releases/tag/v9.0.1413)
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The Appimage most likely won't work on older distributions. If you require a
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Vim appimage, that runs on older distributions, you can download the last
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Ubuntu 18.04 bionic based installation [v9.0.1413][v9.0.1413] and the last
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Ubuntu 20.04 focal based installation [v9.1.1301][v9.1.1301]
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[Download](https://github.com/vim/vim-appimage/releases) and execute the
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most recent `GVim-*.AppImage` file to run GVim.
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[Download][Download] and execute the most recent `GVim-*.AppImage` file to run GVim.
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If you want a terminal Vim, just create a symbolic link with a name starting with "vim". Like:
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license](http://vimhelp.appspot.com/uganda.txt.html#license)) to all the build
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scripts in this repository. Note, that Vim is included as a submodule and comes
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with its own license (although is also released under the Vim license).
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[v9.0.1413]: https://github.com/vim/vim-appimage/releases/tag/v9.0.1413
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[v9.1.1301]: https://github.com/vim/vim-appimage/releases/tag/v9.1.1301
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[Downloads]: https://github.com/vim/vim-appimage/releases

scripts/release_notes.sh

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### What is the Difference between the GVim and the Vim Appimage?
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The difference between the GVim and Vim Appimage is, that the GVim version includes a graphical User Interface (GTK3) and other X11 features like clipboard handling. That means, for proper clipboard support, you'll **need** the GVim Appimage, but you can only run this on a system that has the X11 libraries installed. <p/>
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For a Server or headless environment, you are probably be better with the Vim version.<p/> _Note_: The image is based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS focal. It most likely won't work on older distributions.
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For a Server or headless environment, you are probably be better with the Vim version.<p/> _Note_: The image is based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS jammy. It most likely won't work on older distributions.
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### Run it
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Download the AppImage, make it executable then you can just run it:
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### Interpreter interfaces
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The Vim / GVim AppImage's are compiled with Vim interfaces for Perl 5.30, Python 3.8+, Ruby 2.7, and Lua 5.3 and built on Ubuntu 20.04 ("focal"). If your system runs this exact version of Ubuntu (or some compatible flavor), and has the corresponding interpreter packages installed, they will work just as in a native Vim distro package.
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The Vim / GVim AppImage's are compiled with Vim interfaces for Perl 5.30, Python 3.8+, Ruby 2.7, and Lua 5.3 and built on Ubuntu 22.04 ("jammy"). If your system runs this exact version of Ubuntu (or some compatible flavor), and has the corresponding interpreter packages installed, they will work just as in a native Vim distro package.
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* for Python 3: install it on your system. In Vim, \`set pythonthreedll=libpython3.10.so\` or similar (use the shell command \`sudo ldconfig -p | grep libpython3\` to find the library name). See \`:help +python3/dyn-stable\`.

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