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nixos/manual: enhance appimage instructions

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Following a bug report (#350383) about `appimage-run` missing a
shared library, add instructions to nixos manual.
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nixos/doc/manual/configuration/adding-custom-packages.section.md
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@ -90,16 +90,30 @@ Hello, world!
Most pre-built executables will not work on NixOS. There are two notable
exceptions: flatpaks and AppImages. For flatpaks see the [dedicated
section](#module-services-flatpak). AppImages will not run "as-is" on NixOS.
First you need to install `appimage-run`: add to `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix`
section](#module-services-flatpak). AppImages can run "as-is" on NixOS.
First you need to enable AppImage support: add to `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix`
```nix
{
environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.appimage-run ];
programs.appimage.enable = true;
programs.appimage.binfmt = true;
}
```
Then instead of running the AppImage "as-is", run `appimage-run foo.appimage`.
Then you can run the AppImage "as-is" or with `appimage-run foo.appimage`.
If there are shared libraries missing add them with
```nix
{
programs.appimage.package = pkgs.appimage-run.override {
extraPkgs = pkgs: [
# missing libraries here, e.g.: `pkgs.libepoxy`
];
}
}
```
To make other pre-built executables work on NixOS, you need to package them
with Nix and special helpers like `autoPatchelfHook` or `buildFHSEnv`. See