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AppImage is a packaging format for distributing sandboxed applications on GNU/Linux distributions. Use this tag for all questions related to creating, distributing and running AppImages.

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My appimage app icons are all the same

All my appimage apps have the same icon. It's not the default appimage icon, it's from another app. When I download it's still the same icon.
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kDrive from Infomaniak

I am trying to install kDrive and related products on Ubuntu. I can download the Appimage file kDrive-3.3.7.20221109, however I do not understand how to use this to install the application. The ...
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Moving program to /opt to make it accessible to all users?

I use a program that is saved in my /home/vincent/Downloads directory (program is actually a game, I downloaded it...AppImage file), I normally start the program by double-clicking on it... Now I ...
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Applications that I installed using an *.AppImage file and by creating a *.Desktop file are no more appearing in the Show Applications window

I am new in Ubuntu, only decided to install it like I did two years ago on a old laptop, and disconnected from other commonly used OS. I am very happy since then, but I have a lot to learn, as I only ...
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AppImageLauncher stuck at 'Watching directories' when trying to run eDEX-UI AppImage

I recently installed eDEX-UI on my Ubuntu system using the AppImage format. However, when I attempted to run the AppImage from the terminal using the command sudo appimagelauncherd eDEX-UI-Linux-...
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AppImage not launching after installing AppImageLauncher

I have an AppImage: HTTPie-2023.3.2.AppImage It ran perfectly, but then I installed the AppImageLuncher: sudo dpkg -i appimagelauncher.deb (appimagelauncher_2.2.0-travis995.0f91801.bionic_i386.deb) ...
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How to make an appimage into a desktop executable and put into applicatio tray in Xubuntu Linux? [duplicate]

I have an appimage for a game that I'd like to access via the application launcher in Xubuntu Linux and also create a desktop icon. How would I go about doing this? Any help would be much appreciated.
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AppImage not opening AT ALL [duplicate]

I've been trying to install osu!lazer with the appImage, but nothing happens! I set it as executable, run it, and nothing! I'm on Ubuntu 23.04. Sorry if this is a bit vague...
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Any reason not to store AppImage files in /usr/local/bin?

I've seen in a few places the recommendation to store AppImage files in ~/.local/bin. I have always stored local executable files in /usr/local/bin. Should I treat AppImages differently? For example, ...
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Appimage not working in Ubuntu 23.04

Having a problem with Appimage programs not opening when double clicking.They do not respond or attempt to open, same as right clicking and selecting "run". Have installed the Fuse 2 library,...
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AppImage Ubuntu 23.04

Yesterday I was on Ubuntu 22.10. My email client [an AppImage] worked just fine. Today I'm on 23.04 and the email client will not open. I've re-downloaded the Appimage and nothing. Question: Are ...
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AppImage and some related things don't run

When trying to run QGroundControl.AppImage, we encounter some files not readable and It does not work. Ubuntu has arm64 and we suspect the issue is with arm64. We tried to run it via terminal but it ...
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How to add .appimage and other files to your taskbar/panels?

So, I'm really writing this just writing this out because there is a surprisingly small amount of people know how to do this, and I saw a post while browsing the inter-webs on https://forums.linuxmint....
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Organizing installed Appimages

What is the recommended way to organize installed AppImages? I explicitly don't mean how to install AppImages, but am more interested in how to Organize them? Should I just make a folder called "...
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AppImage menu font size too smalll

Menu font in Audacity AppImage recently installed in Lubuntu 22.10 is almost unreadable because too small. Similar questions have not received satisfactory answers in the past. Tweaks does fix title ...
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How to make a .appimage file a default program [duplicate]

So I have a .AppImage file: AppImage files Now I can right-click and run the AppImage as a program: Run as program Then I have an obscure file ending: Weird File And I want to make the default program ...
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How to associate an AppImage to a mime type by default in Ubuntu 22.04

I have seen this, this, and this. Everyone talks about how to search for the app and launch it from a shortcut (instead of running it as an executable). However, nobody talks about associating an ...
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Finding a program running as AppImage

In order to launch it from java with some command-line parameters, I'm trying to localize programmatically a certain application ran as AppImage. In my case it is the MuseScore application. I ...
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Appimage allow access to OS libraries dependencies?

Appimage start loading software and dependencies from inside appimage file. Some softwares have appimage version ( GIMP , Kdenlive , Scribus and etc ) and have support for plugins. The same softwares ...
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What is the "apt" equivalent of the zypper search command? Im trying to search for a specific pkg without having to scroll through every pkg

So before when I was using openSUSE, the one thing I liked about zypper was the simple zypper search [keyword] command that made it so easy to find a installed app. But for apt, I have yet to find one ...
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AppImage application bundle

I have a new pc with linux ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS installed. Linux is new to me so I am learning as I go. I am trying to install some accounting software via an appimage file, however i receive an error ...
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AppImage files are not executing in Ubuntu Guest OS

I have Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Guest OS on my Windows 10 using VirtualBox 6.1.36. I have downloaded various appimage files and ticked the Allow executing file as program in its Properties option, but nothing ...
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Mendeley Reference manager install issue with Ubuntu 22

Mendeley recently moved from the Desktop version to "Mendeley Reference Manager." Link: https://www.mendeley.com/download-reference-manager/ It downloads an AppImage file. I make the file ...
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Making an AppImage .desktop file for Ungoogled Chromium

I've tried on and off for several weeks now to create a .desktop file for the Ungoogled Chromium AppImage I use. I had tried to install the browser through other means, such as through the ...
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Mendeley Reference Manager crashes on start in Ubuntu 22.04

I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04 (from 20.04) and now my Mendeley Reference Manager AppImage won't start. I made the AppImage executable and confirmed that libfuse2 is installed. When I try to run ...
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Getting an exec format error on Linux (Chromebook) When i'm trying to install Prusaslicer

I've been trying to install the program PrusaSlicer on my Chromebook. I have Linux installed and up and running. I'm able to get all the way to ./file step before I get an error. ~bash: ./PrusaSlicer-...
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Conflict between executing AppImages and NTFS support. (Ubuntu 22.04)

A couple of days back, I installed Ubuntu 22.04 on dev/sda5 after installing Windows 10 on a different partition dev/sda2 (so this is a dual boot). Everything was OK except that AppImages were not ...
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How to create a `.desktop` launcher for the latest FreeCAD AppImage in Ubuntu 20.04?

I can't seem to create a .desktop launcher for the latest FreeCAD AppImage. I first tried answer by @UriHerrera but it did not work. Then I included the answer by @vanadium but it did not work too. ...
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AppImage not working on 22.04 even with Fuse installed

this is my first post on askubuntu, so please bear with me. I'm not able to run any AppImage file on my Ubuntu 22.04, even with Fuse installed. Maybe someone can help me by seeing the error it prints ...
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Gnome file explorer window opens in the background instead of foreground

With some applications, when I use some sort of "open file" or "save file" IO function, the file manager window will open behind the caller application window instead of the ...
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Add appimage to favourite apps

I'm trying to add unityhub to my favorites. I have created my .desktop file as follows: #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Type=Application Terminal=false Exec=/home/garrett/Unity/Hub/...
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Cannot integrate AppImage with appimagelauncher in Kubuntu 20.04

Newbie here. I am in need to integrate software released in AppImage form to my Kubuntu 20.04 system. For that I always used appimagelauncher, which worked like a charm until when I tried to integrate ...
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AppImages won't open on Ubuntu 22.04

First of all, I have given it permissions to execute. I have installed libfuse2. Still won't open. I should mention that I have another machine with Ubuntu 22.04 where they open fine. Not sure how ...
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Appimage on Ubuntu 22.04

I cannot run any AppImage on Ubuntu 22.04. Of course, I went to the propriety and put the flag on "Run as executable" but once I double-click on it nothing happen. I tried 3 AppImages but ...
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How to add AppImages to Taskbar and Applications list

I have downloaded a few App Images that work better than their electron counterpart- however, I would like to add them to my list of applications that can be accessed from Show Applications. I would ...
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Executable app pcloud

I have problem installing pcloud on ubuntu 22.04. As usuall, any any other distro or previous ubuntus, I'dd download the pcloud file, (application/vnd.appimage), and right click on the file, go to ...
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AppImages will not open Ubuntu 22.04 (Development Branch) [closed]

I just started using the Development branch of Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) and I think it's great! The only problem is AppImage won't seem to open. I've tried opening it, and it has no prompts or anything, (...
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steps to create an AppImage

often run into this issue with documentation where the documentation is trying to be as exhaustive as possible and as such make the simplest use case impossible to unearth. https://docs.appimage.org/...
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After extracting an AppImage and making some changes how to build the AppImage again?

I have downloaded a software as an AppImage then I have extracted it as follows: ./softwareName.AppImage --appimage-extract # The result is a directory: squashfs-root I have made some changes to the ...
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Cannot start AppImage on GNOME Desktop, but able to run with command line

I recently found that I cannot start AppImage when using GNOME with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. None of double clicking and right-click → Open worked. I changed the file's permissions to 777 and also made it ...
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How do I pin a program installed as an appimage to favorites? [duplicate]

In my Ubuntu 20.04 I have downloaded an Appimage file and run it, and it runs without any problem. However, I cannot find an icon for the program and I cannot pin it in my favorites bar. Also when I ...
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Appimage won't run on Raspberry Pi 4 with Ubuntu 20.04

I ran so many of these options and not a single one helped. I just can't seem to be able to run AppImages on Ubuntu 20.04 on my Raspberry Pi 4 8 GB. Specifically, I want to run AppImages from Trezor ...
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Error running AppImage "fusermount: mount failed: Operation not permitted" on Ubuntu 20.04

I'm trying to run an AppImage executable file. However, I see the following error message when I run it: $ jetbrains-toolbox fusermount: mount failed: Operation not permitted Cannot mount AppImage, ...
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What is the best way of automaticaly integrating .AppImages with Gnome? [duplicate]

Or should it be done at all? My current workflow is downloading the .AppImages to a repository (~/Applications) and run them from the command line, I would like to integrate the .AppImages with gnome, ...
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Can't run an AppImage on Ubuntu 20.04

I'm not able to run AppImages on my Ubuntu 20.04. All the permissions are ok (see pic 1) and I have tried the terminal too (see pic 2). The messages in the terminal are dlopen(): error loading libfuse....
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How can I create an AppImage of Wine?

So I want to package WINE as an AppImage using appimage-builder. First, I wonder if someone already did this, and yes, here, but it's outdated. I want to make one myself. Next, I look on the Github ...
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How do i give an appimage access to my microphone?

I'm trying to give Chiaki my microphone to allow my friends to hear me when we go into ps4 chat. it seems there is no setting inside of Chiaki to enable a microphone. any help is appreciated. Here is ...
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Etcher appimage not working in Ubuntu20.04

Doubling clicking the appimage did not work so I tried the following commands chmod +x .appimage sudo ./.appimage but it gives me the error dlopen(): error loading libfuse.so.2 AppImages require ...
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How do I uninstall the Lite edition of AppImageLauncher?

I installed the Lite edition of AppImageLauncher on Lubuntu 21.04 and now I want to uninstall it. However, I don't know how to. These are the steps I took to install it: Go here. Download the Lite ...
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Failed to register AppImage in system via libappimage - how to fix?

I have just installed AppImageLauncher on my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with MATE using this official deb-package. Then I set it up using AppImageLauncherSettings - set Location where to store your AppImage ...
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