RustDesk added to Appi

July 31, 2026 — BarryK

Forum member vtpup asked how to add RustDesk to Appi, the AppImage package manager:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=17250

Here is the project homepage:

Flapi, the Flatpak package manager, has a "Customize" button to add new entries, but Appi doesn't.

In /usr/local/appi, I edited 'appi', inserted this at line 293:

 RustDesk) DIRECTDL='https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/releases/download/1.4.9/rustdesk-1.4.9-x86_64.AppImage'; DIRECTVER='1.4.9'; MENUcat='X-Network'; MENUtop='Network'; MENUname='RustDesk remote access'; ;;

In 'online-info' inserted this at line 95:

 RustDesk) URL='https://rustdesk.com/' ;;

Then in /usr/local/appi/entries/amd64/entries, inserted at line 86:

<item icon-name=\"rustdesk\">RustDesk|${FLGrustdesk}|83M|$(gettext 'Remote access and support')</item>

Then downloaded a 48x48 pixel logo, 'ruskdesk.png' and placed it at /usr/share/pixmaps

Decided to put it into the "System" category in Appi, as it was empty:

Haven't tested it yet.

Tags: easy