PrusaSlicer 2.6.0-alpha3 ARM Appimages

This release mirrors PrusaSlicer's upstream 2.6.0-alpha3. AppImages are now built using appimage-builder (with PrusaSlicer's dependencies) for broader compatibility at the cost of an increased AppImage size.

AppImage selection

Run the following in a terminal:

pi@raspberry:~$ uname -m
aarch64

If the command does not print aarch64 (or arm64), grab an armhf AppImage.

Architectures

armhf

armhf distributions are for 32-bit distributions (this is what most are encouraged to download as the default/starting Raspberry Pi OS).

Ex: PrusaSlicer-VERSION-armhf.AppImage

arm64 / aarch64

Currently, arm64 and aarch64 are synonymous. Choose this for a 64-bit distribution.

Ex: PrusaSlicer-VERSION-arm64.AppImage

Ex: PrusaSlicer-VERSION-aarch64.AppImage

How do I run the AppImage?

Install dependencies

To use this AppImage, dependencies on the host may be needed (Raspberry Pi OS). Run the following in a terminal to install them:

sudo apt-get install -y git cmake libboost-dev libboost-regex-dev libboost-filesystem-dev \
libboost-thread-dev libboost-log-dev libboost-locale-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev build-essential \
pkg-config libtbb-dev zlib1g-dev libcereal-dev libeigen3-dev libnlopt-cxx-dev \
libudev-dev libopenvdb-dev libboost-iostreams-dev libgmpxx4ldbl libnlopt-dev \
libdbus-1-dev imagemagick libgtk2.0-dev libgtk-3-dev libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-dev fuse libfuse2

After downloading the AppImage and installing dependencies, make the AppImage executable and run the AppImage to launch PrusaSlicer:

32-bit:

$ chmod +x PrusaSlicer-version_2.6.0-alpha3-armhf.AppImage
$ ./PrusaSlicer-version_2.6.0-alpha3-armhf.AppImage

64-bit:

$ chmod +x PrusaSlicer-version_2.6.0-alpha3-aarch64.AppImage
$ ./PrusaSlicer-version_2.6.0-alpha3-aarch64.AppImage

Minimal versions: If available, these AppImages include fewer dependencies to reduce size but may not be compatible with older distributions.