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README: add 'Building an AppImage on Linux'

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@ -167,6 +167,35 @@ Kiwix-build.py will create several directories:
If you want to install all those directories elsewhere, you can pass the If you want to install all those directories elsewhere, you can pass the
`--working-dir` option to `kiwix-build`: `--working-dir` option to `kiwix-build`:
Building an AppImage on Linux
-----------------------------
Compile locally kiwix-desktop on native_dyn platform, then run the script create_kiwix-desktop_appImage.sh
<details>
<summary>Exact commands for Fedora 34x64</summary>
```
Here are the exact commands (tested on clean Fedora 34x64):
sudo dnf install virtualenv ninja-build meson patch qmake-qt5 patchelf
cd ~
wget https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-build/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
unzip master.zip
cd kiwix-build-master
virtualenv -p python3 ./
source bin/activate
pip install .
hash -r
export SKIP_BIG_MEMORY_TEST=1
kiwix-build --target-platform native_dyn kiwix-desktop
./scripts/create_kiwix-desktop_appImage.sh
The result: ~/kiwix-build-master/Kiwix--x86_64.AppImage
```
</details>
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