From 472b9cf32aebcec0d705eea9a20721ae6794c729 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frans de Jonge Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 22:54:36 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] README.md: add note about `--appimage-extract` (#4304) Fixes #3886. --- README.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4b3555049..d9c5886f3 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ Building Prerequisites These instructions for how to get and compile the source are intended for a Linux OS. Windows users are suggested to develop in a [Linux VM][linux-vm] or use Wubi. +If you only want to work with Lua frontend stuff, you can grab the AppImage and +run it with `--appimage-extract`. + To get and compile the source you must have `patch`, `wget`, `unzip`, `git`, `cmake` and `luarocks` installed, as well as a version of `autoconf` greater than 2.64. You also need `nasm` and of course a compiler like `gcc`