control panel gui appimage build script fixes

.gitignore

@@ -54,3 +54,4 @@ dkms.conf
 /tascam_controls/AppDir
 *.cmake
 /tascam_controls/build
+/tascam_controls/.tools

tascam_controls/build_appimage.sh

@@ -7,22 +7,31 @@ PROJECT_DIR=$(pwd)
 BUILD_DIR="${PROJECT_DIR}/build"
 
 TOOLS_DIR="${PROJECT_DIR}/.tools"
-LINUXDEPLOY_FILENAME="linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage"
+
+LINUXDEPLOY_FILENAME="linuxdeploy-xnormal.AppImage"
 LINUXDEPLOY_PATH="${TOOLS_DIR}/${LINUXDEPLOY_FILENAME}"
 LINUXDEPLOY_URL="https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage"
 
+QT_PLUGIN_FILENAME="linuxdeploy-plugin-qt"
+QT_PLUGIN_PATH="${TOOLS_DIR}/${QT_PLUGIN_FILENAME}"
+QT_PLUGIN_URL="https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy-plugin-qt/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-plugin-qt-x86_64.AppImage"
+
+echo "--- Checking for deployment tools ---"
+mkdir -p "${TOOLS_DIR}"
 
-echo "--- Checking for linuxdeploy tool ---"
 if [ ! -f "${LINUXDEPLOY_PATH}" ]; then
     echo "linuxdeploy not found. Downloading..."
-    mkdir -p "${TOOLS_DIR}"
+    wget -c -O "${LINUXDEPLOY_PATH}" "${LINUXDEPLOY_URL}"
-    wget -O "${LINUXDEPLOY_PATH}" "${LINUXDEPLOY_URL}"
-    echo "Making linuxdeploy executable..."
     chmod +x "${LINUXDEPLOY_PATH}"
-else
-    echo "linuxdeploy found at ${LINUXDEPLOY_PATH}"
 fi
 
+if [ ! -f "${QT_PLUGIN_PATH}" ]; then
+    echo "linuxdeploy-plugin-qt not found. Downloading..."
+    wget -c -O "${QT_PLUGIN_PATH}" "${QT_PLUGIN_URL}"
+    chmod +x "${QT_PLUGIN_PATH}"
+fi
+echo "All tools are ready."
+
 
 echo "--- Building the C++ application ---"
 mkdir -p ${BUILD_DIR}
@@ -31,16 +40,34 @@ cmake ..
 make -j$(nproc)
 cd ${PROJECT_DIR}
 
-
 echo "--- Running linuxdeploy to create the AppImage ---"
 rm -rf AppDir
 
-"${LINUXDEPLOY_PATH}" --appdir AppDir \
+export NO_STRIP=1
--e "${BUILD_DIR}/${APP_NAME}" \
--i "${PROJECT_DIR}/resources/tascam-control-panel.png" \
--d "${PROJECT_DIR}/tascam-control-panel.desktop" \
---output appimage
 
+export PATH="${TOOLS_DIR}:${PATH}"
+
+echo "--- Detecting Qt6 qmake ---"
+if command -v qmake6 &> /dev/null; then
+    export QMAKE=$(command -v qmake6)
+elif command -v qt6-qmake &> /dev/null; then
+    export QMAKE=$(command -v qt6-qmake)
+elif command -v qmake &> /dev/null && qmake -v | grep -q "Qt version 6"; then
+    export QMAKE=$(command -v qmake)
+else
+    echo "ERROR: Could not find a Qt6 qmake executable."
+    echo "Please install the Qt6 development package for your distribution."
+    echo "(e.g., 'sudo pacman -S qt6-base' or 'sudo apt install qt6-base-dev')"
+    exit 1
+fi
+echo "Found qmake at: ${QMAKE}"
+
+"${LINUXDEPLOY_PATH}" --appdir AppDir \
+    -e "${BUILD_DIR}/${APP_NAME}" \
+    -i "${PROJECT_DIR}/resources/tascam-control-panel.png" \
+    -d "${PROJECT_DIR}/tascam-control-panel.desktop" \
+    --plugin qt \
+    --output appimage
 
 echo ""
 echo "--- DONE ---"