Add package to AppImage-run without write a new derivation

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The short answer is: No it is no possible without making a new derivation

The longer answer is that since making new derivations that slightly alter or fix existing derivations is so common derivations usually have extension points that make doing this slightly less painful.

As an example if you are using NixOS you can add your missing library to the system installed appimage-run with this snippet:

  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    (appimage-run.override {
      extraPkgs = pkgs: [ pkgs.xorg.libxshmfence ];
    })
  ];
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