archinstall Include fuse2 for AppImages to work

describe the request

Include fuse2 by default for appimages to work out of the box. This would be a simple change which opens the default install to work with many apps seamlessly.

Oct 02 '24 12:10 joewood9364

Can't that be achieved by adding it to the additional packages?

Oct 03 '24 02:10 svartkanin

Yeah but so can anything. archinstall aims to provide a minimal functional experience out of the box. If 1 package is preventing an entire platform of apps from running I would say its important to include it.

Oct 03 '24 10:10 joewood9364

I know it sounds rough, but a minimal functioning experience is not appimages on Arch Linux. Appimages are user-opt-in versions of applications, the default usage in Arch is packages via pacman.

If a user opts in to use appimages however, they are more than welcome to of course, but then they also have to add fuse2. Most people won't ever need fuse2 for a functioning system.

Oct 03 '24 13:10 Torxed

I appreciate the commitment to minimalism. However, to scrutinize how this minimalism is being assessed: VLC and a broken Discover are included by default in the KDE profile, which likely wouldn’t be considered minimal in the Arch world. With this broad interpretation, I think including a small, non-visible background library might be reasonable without it being considered bloat.

Oct 03 '24 14:10 joewood9364