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sudo apt-get -y install git g++ libgl1-mesa-dev

# Use an old system to build on (e.g., debian oldstable, Ubuntu trusty or older
# for compatibility with less-than-most-recent target systems.
# Build your application, e.g., in Qt Creator. I used the Qt Creator AppImage.
# Close the application so that it is no longer running before you continue.

# This is where my Qt is, yours might be somewhere else. Set it accordingly
QT_LOCATION=/tmp/.mount_QtCreator-5.7.0-x86_64/5.7/gcc_64/

# Get the linuxdeployqt tool which can bundle Qt with the application and make an AppImage
wget -c https://github.com/probonopd/linuxdeployqt/releases/download/1/linuxdeployqt-1-x86_64.AppImage
chmod a+x linuxdeployqt-1-x86_64.AppImage

# Add the .desktop file and icon (use your own paths instead!)
cp '/home/me/Downloads/chatterbox-master/res/icon.png' '/home/me/Downloads/build-chatterbox-Desktop_Qt_5_7_0_GCC_64bit-Debug/chatterbox.png'
cat > /home/me/Downloads/build-chatterbox-Desktop_Qt_5_7_0_GCC_64bit-Debug/chatterbox.desktop <<\EOF 
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Chatterbox
Exec=AppRun %F
Icon=chatterbox
Comment=Chat application
Terminal=false
EOF

#  Bundle Qt with the application
QT_PLUGIN_PATH=$QT_LOCATION/plugins LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$QT_LOCATION/lib ./linuxdeployqt-1-x86_64.AppImage /home/me/Downloads/build-chatterbox-Desktop_Qt_5_7_0_GCC_64bit-Debug/chatterbox

# Check that all Qt libraries are now used from the bundled lib/ directory

I notice that your app also has some non-standard libraries like libgst*, libFLAC.so.8, libvorbisenc.so.2 and possibly others which cannot be expected to be present on every target system. So you might want to bundle (= copy them to the lib/ directory) these, too.

# Finally, generate the AppImage
./linuxdeployqt-1-x86_64.AppImage /home/me/Downloads/build-chatterbox-Desktop_Qt_5_7_0_GCC_64bit-Debug/chatterbox -appimage