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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# We don't do cross-compiling, so the system we're running on
+# is the target too. Some extra options have to be passed to
+# the configure script depending on the target. The configure.ac
+# file has something for android, but that is an OS, not a hardware
+# platform
+
+target=$(uname -m)
+echo target = $target
+CONFIG_OPTIONS="--with-single-user --with-booby --enable-static-build"
+if [ $target = "aarch64" ] ; then
+CONFIG_OPTIONS="$CONFIG_OPTIONS --disable-dav1d"
+elif [ $target = "armv7l" ] ; then
+CONFIG_OPTIONS="$CONFIG_OPTIONS --disable-dav1d --disable-libaom --disable libwebp --without-nv"
+fi
+echo configure script options are $CONFIG_OPTIONS
+
+# this should basically be the same as a static build, but the
+# "make install" is followed by the appimage creation. After the
+# install does its work, the bin directory and subdirectories
+# contain the whole application.
+
+# Build Cinelerra itself.
+( ./autogen.sh
+ ./configure $CONFIG_OPTIONS
+ make && make install ) 2>&1 | tee log
+mv Makefile Makefile.cfg
+cp Makefile.devel Makefile
+
+rm -rf AppDir # remove old in case a file gets deleted from the distribution
+mkdir AppDir # create lowest level
+mkdir AppDir/usr
+
+cp -r bin AppDir/usr/ # copy whole of bin directory
+
+# Use own version of linuxdeploy, makeappimage, plus plugin makeappimageplugin.
+# They should be in the subdirectory tools, if not, go to tools/makeappimagetool
+# and do bld.sh there. That will place the two needed executables in tools, and
+# then delete all other generated files (except the small log).
+
+if [ ! -f tools/makeappimage ]; then
+ export cingg=`pwd`
+ cd tools/makeappimagetool
+ ./bld.sh
+ cd $cingg
+fi
+
+# We need to specify all executables, so makeappimage can pick up dependencies.
+# Any executable code in other places is not picked up (yet).
+# makeappimage will populate the AppDir directory, and then call a platform dependent
+# appimagetool which must be in the path. The four supported platforms are:
+# - appimagetool-aarch64.AppImage
+# - appimagetool-armhf.AppImage
+# - appimagetool-i686.AppImage
+# - appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
+# Get the appropriate appimagetool from https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases
+# and put it in your path. Only install the version for your platform.
+
+tools/makeappimage --appdir=AppDir -d image/cin.desktop -i image/cin.svg -e bin/cin -e bin/mpeg2enc -e bin/mplex -e bin/hveg2enc -e bin/lv2ui -e bin/bdwrite -e bin/zmpeg3toc -e bin/zmpeg3show -e bin/zmpeg3cat -e bin/zmpeg3ifochk -e bin/zmpeg3cc2txt -e bin/mplexlo 2>&1 | tee appimage.log
+
+# There is now an appimage in the cinelerra-5.1 directory.