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If anyone is getting a 'sqfs_traverse_open error' it means the download is corrupt (apparently a common issue with github), rather than download it all again you can fix it with the appimage updater available on the freecad wiki.

In case anyone gets crashes when opening a document, and output like the following in the console:

libGL error: MESA-LOADER: failed to open iris (search paths /usr/lib/dri) libGL error: failed to load driver: iris libGL error: MESA-LOADER: failed to open iris (search paths /usr/lib/dri) libGL error: failed to load driver: iris libGL error: MESA-LOADER: failed to open swrast (search paths /usr/lib/dri) libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.

0 /usr/lib/libc.so.6(+0x3c3e0) [0x7f7658a6d3e0]

1 /usr/lib/libc.so.6(+0x16400e) [0x7f7658b9500e]

2 /tmp/.mount_freecaXe4ulM/usr/bin/../lib/libCoin.so.4.0.0(cc_glglue_instance+0x14c) [0x7f765c19a71c]

3 0x7f765bffbe60 in SoGLRenderActionP::isDirectRendering(SoState const*) const from /tmp/.mount_freecaXe4ulM/usr/bin/../lib/libCoin.so.4.0.0+0x40

Then the issue might be fixable with the following, which makes the libGL drivers load again:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 freecad

Of course also check that your libGL is generally working, for example using glxinfo/glxgears

If anyone is getting a 'sqfs_traverse_open error' it means the download is corrupt (apparently a common issue with github), rather than download it all again you can fix it with the appimage updater available on the freecad wiki.

@nTia89 I can't reproduce this error by any means, nor can find something related online. Maybe that's something to do with AppImage?

I get this error during package prepare(): sqfs_traverse_open error Any help is welcome...

Hi there, sorry for the long time to update, but I finally found time to do it.

Special thanks to @mudkip908 and @dviktor for the patches!

Please update. Here is also one improvement to better track new versions:

--- PKGBUILD.old    2019-08-28 14:47:09.000000000 +0300
+++ PKGBUILD    2019-11-29 17:53:29.369229138 +0300
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
 # Maintainer: Igor Moura <imp2@cin.ufpe.br>

 pkgname=freecad-appimage
-pkgver=0.18_16131
+pkgver=0.18_16146
+_pkgver=0.18.4
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="A general purpose 3D CAD modeler (binary AppImage version)"
 arch=('x86_64')
 url='http://www.freecadweb.org/'
 license=('LGPL')
 depends=('fuse2')
-provides=('freecad')
+provides=("freecad=${_pkgver}")
 conflicts=('freecad')
-source=("https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases/download/0.18.3/FreeCAD_${pkgver//_/-}-Linux-Conda_Py3Qt5_glibc2.12-${arch}.AppImage"
+source=("https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases/download/${_pkgver}/FreeCAD_${pkgver//_/-}-Linux-Conda_Py3Qt5_glibc2.12-${arch}.AppImage"
         freecad_conda.desktop.patch
         freecad.sh)
-sha256sums=(SKIP
-         'c56c0d1fd1d795419e464e487bab5fe2f62edb3ce40f895079d8251a9f6ddd1b'
-         '9bfca97e1e633601ddfbd74f32501050f50378cfd6b30f5bf91d978e7ce33436')
+sha256sums=('75ca62ee7dc405c052d370892f79a4d18f4ce5d12614474bc45b11b9dc0e2d50'
+            'c56c0d1fd1d795419e464e487bab5fe2f62edb3ce40f895079d8251a9f6ddd1b'
+            '9bfca97e1e633601ddfbd74f32501050f50378cfd6b30f5bf91d978e7ce33436')
 options=(!strip)
 _filename=./FreeCAD_${pkgver//_/-}-Linux-Conda_Py3Qt5_glibc2.12-${arch}.AppImage

 prepare() {
   cd "${srcdir}"

Might I suggest making the script pass through arguments, like

LIBGL_DRI3_DISABLE=true /opt/appimages/freecad.AppImage "$@"

to make opening .FCStd files with file managers work correctly?

edit: it's also necessary to add %F to Exec in the desktop file.

Ok, I've updated it since some users weren't facing any issues.

Hi. I have no issues when running the AppImage. Both the version in this package and the most recent version from the website run with no issues. (FreeCAD_0.18-16131-Linux-Conda_Py3Qt5_glibc2.12-x86_64.AppImage)

According to this thread, 0.19 will fix the issue.

Hi guys, sorry for the long time to bring some feedback.

Unfortunately, it seems that the AppImage release of FreeCad isn't working properly, as reported by @nTia89 (you can check this by downloading the appimage itself and then trying to run it).

Since I don't know how to fix this, and I don't see the point in updating it to a broken version, I'll leave it as it is until it gets fixed.