+### AppImages
+
+The Continuous Build release version has AppImages that are automatically generated each time the source code is updated. There are two versions - the full version is about 120MB and the minimal version is about 10MB and will therefore load much faster.
+
+The minimal version can display jpegs, pngs and some other formats, but does not have the range of the full version.
+
+This script file will download to $HOME/bin the latest Continuous Build AppImages for you:
+
+```sh
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BestImageViewer/geeqie/master/scripts/geeqie-download-appimage.sh
+chmod +x geeqie-download-appimage.sh
+```
+
+The script can download either the full size or the minimal version of the AppIamge, and sets a symbolic link to the executable file. The ```--help``` option lists all options.
+
+The full version takes a noticeable time to load, and runs slightly slower than a normal packaged release.
+The above script has the option ```--extract``` which extracts the contents of either AppImage to a sub-directory under $HOME/bin.
+With this option the loading and run time is the same as for a packaged release.
+
+There are also options to install desktop icons, menu items, and to revert to earlier downloaded versions.
+
+AppImages have a "portable mode" which is described [here](https://docs.appimage.org/user-guide/portable-mode.html).
+
+**Note:**
+
+Command line auto-completion does not work with AppImages. If you are using the AppImage `--extract` option, this is a work-around.
+
+Assuming you have extracted the AppImage to `$HOME/bin/Geeqie-latest-x86_64-AppImage/`, create a symbolic link as follows:
+
+```sh
+mkdir --parents $HOME/.local/share/bash-completion/completions/
+ln --symbolic $HOME/bin/Geeqie-latest-x86_64-AppImage/squashfs-root/usr/local/share/bash-completion/completions/geeqie $HOME/.local/share/bash-completion/completions/geeqie
+```
+
+### Installation scripts
+
+Geeqie is stable and you may compile the latest version from sources.
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