Fix/fix-vame-desktop-issues

.github/workflows/build-and-release-linux.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   deploy-on-linux:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     defaults:
       run:
@@ -26,15 +26,23 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
 
-      - name: install python dependencies
-        run: | 
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -r requirements.txt
-
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: "20"
 
+      - name: install necessary libs
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install build-essential clang libdbus-1-dev libgtk-3-dev \
+                       libnotify-dev libasound2-dev libcap-dev \
+                       libcups2-dev libxtst-dev \
+                       libxss1 libnss3-dev gcc-multilib g++-multilib curl \
+                       gperf bison python3-dbusmock openjdk-8-jre
+
+      - name: install python dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm install
 

.github/workflows/test-build-linux.yml

@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ run-name: ${{ github.actor }} is building for Linux.
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
+    branches: [main]
 
 jobs:
   test-on-linux:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     defaults:
       run:
@@ -20,15 +20,23 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
 
-      - name: install python dependencies
-        run: | 
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -r requirements.txt
-
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: "20"
 
+      - name: install necessary libs
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install build-essential clang libdbus-1-dev libgtk-3-dev \
+                       libnotify-dev libasound2-dev libcap-dev \
+                       libcups2-dev libxtst-dev \
+                       libxss1 libnss3-dev gcc-multilib g++-multilib curl \
+                       gperf bison python3-dbusmock openjdk-8-jre
+
+      - name: install python dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm install
 

README.md

@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ VAME Desktop has been designed to run each step of a VAME project **only once**.
 
 ## Installation
 
+### Requirement:
+
+For some images functions (as UMAP images) [ffmpeg](https://www.ffmpeg.org/) is needed.
+
+Download page: https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html
+
 ### Download Desktop versions:
 
 You can find installers for VAME Desktop on the [release page](https://github.com/catalystneuro/vame-desktop/releases).

electron-builder.yml

@@ -43,5 +43,6 @@ linux:
 npmRebuild: false
 publish:
   provider: github
+  publishAutoUpdate: false
 electronDownload:
   mirror: https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/electron/