Replace FF-Multi-Converter with FF-Converter fork about pi-apps HOT 9 CLOSED

Let's transition them and keep the name the same.

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regarding https://github.com/l-koehler/FF-converter?tab=readme-ov-file#troubleshooting that is a known issue with pipx, it doesn't have the ability to install .desktop files and was deemed "out of the project scope" (see pypa/pipx#717)

it is easy to copy the file out of the installed directory though and place it in the proper location since it does reside in the pipx installed directory similar to what we do for Quartz

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thanks!
added that to the install instructions, as the previous workaround didn't work with the icon.

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@Botspot what are your thoughts on this? should we deprecate FF Multi Converter and instruct users in the popup to install FF Converter or should we simply change the scripts to install FF Converter while keeping the name?

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thanks for the update!
small problem: the install script is not automatically installing all optional dependencies.
the fork can also use pandoc, ar, zip and squashfs-tools. (tar too, but that should be preinstalled).
also, maybe it should only fail if python3 or pyqt5 fail to install, not if a optional dependency fails.
i would suggest to replace line 12 with

install_packages python3 python3-pyqt5 python3-distutils || exit 1
install_packages tar ar squashfs-tools pandoc ffmpeg imagemagick unoconv || echo "Could not install all optional dependencies"

(not sure about what pi-apps uses to show non-fatal errors, might need to replace the echo)

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@l-koehler we can install all packages that are available. there isn't any downside for having all the dependencies installed even if they are optional. with them installed the software has more features.

what is the ar that you are referring to? that isn't a package name and the binary under that name is from binutils and is the GNU assembler which I don't think you meant to write.

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Part of binutils, shouldn't need install on most distributions.

A utility for creating, modifying and extracting from archives.

Don't know why I included it, i guess it was missing for me once.

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The dependencies suggested have been added

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