Add boilerplate derived from OAK-D module

packaging/AppImageBuilder.yml

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+version: 1
+script:
+  - python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt  # install dependency packages as modules in root (modules in this context means Python modules)
+  - mkdir -p AppDir/usr/lib/python3.10 && cp -r /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages AppDir/usr/lib/python3.10  # cp from root into appdir; site-packages contains all our modules including dependencies
+  - cp -r src AppDir/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages  # add source code dir to site-packages so the OAK-D module can be discovered in PYTHONPATH and be run as a Python module
+  - mkdir -p AppDir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/ && cp viam-server.png AppDir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/  # icon is required
+
+AppDir:
+  path: ./AppDir
+  app_info:
+    id: com.example-org.python-appimage-example  # replace with your own id and name
+    name: python-appimage-example  # affects the outputted .AppImage name
+    version: ""  # affects the outputted .AppImage name
+    icon: viam-server
+    exec: usr/bin/python3
+    exec_args: "-m src.main $@"
+  apt:
+    arch: arm64
+    allow_unauthenticated: true
+    sources:
+      - sourceline: 'deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports jammy main restricted universe multiverse'
+    include:
+      - python3.10
+      - python3-pkg-resources  # necessary for package metadata and paths
+
+  runtime:
+    env:
+      PYTHONHOME: '${APPDIR}/usr'  # https://docs.python.org/3/using/cmdline.html#environment-variables
+      PYTHONPATH: '${APPDIR}/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages'
+
+AppImage:
+  arch: aarch64  # affects the outputted .AppImage name

packaging/Dockerfile

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+FROM python:3.10-bookworm
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y \
+        build-essential \
+        python3-pip \
+        libgtk-3-bin \
+        squashfs-tools \
+        libglib2.0-bin \
+        fakeroot
+
+# Credit to perrito666 for the ubuntu fix
+RUN python3 -m pip install git+https://github.com/hexbabe/appimage-builder.git
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY . /app
+
+COPY packaging/. /app
+
+CMD ["appimage-builder", "--recipe", "packaging/AppImageBuilder.yml"]