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| appimages [21.02.2021 07:36] – created Pascal Suter | appimages [21.02.2021 07:39] – [AppImageLauncher] Pascal Suter |
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| ==== AppImageLauncher ==== | ==== AppImageLauncher ==== |
| [[https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher|AppImageLauncher]] is another take on installing and integrating app images. It makes use uf the fact, that fresly downloaded files don't have the executable flag set. So when you double-click or "open" them, your OS is looking for an application to handle this type of files. AppImageLauncher will set it self up as the default handler for AppImages. Once it is started, it provides you with options to install the app image or run it only once. It will do the integration for you and store it to a reasonable path (''~/Applications'') for you. That's more like it :) Now we are at least at the level of a ''setup.exe'' from the old windows days :) | |
| | [[https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher|AppImageLauncher]] is another take on installing and integrating app images. It makes use uf the fact, that fresly downloaded files don't have the executable flag set. So when you double-click or "open" them, your OS is looking for an application to handle this type of files. AppImageLauncher will set it self up as the default handler for AppImages. Once it is started, it provides you with options to install the app image or run it only once. It will do the integration for you and store it to a reasonable path (''~/Applications'') for you. That's more like it :) Now we are at least at the level of a ''setup.exe'' from the old windows days :) |
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| covneiently, AppImageLauncher itself comes packaged for many distributions, because it needs to mess with your distribution's specific file paths etc. anyway. I chose to go with the [[https://launchpad.net/~appimagelauncher-team/+archive/ubuntu/stable|PPA for ubuntu]] so ''apt'' can take care of updates etc.: | covneiently, AppImageLauncher itself comes packaged for many distributions, because it needs to mess with your distribution's specific file paths etc. anyway. I chose to go with the [[https://launchpad.net/~appimagelauncher-team/+archive/ubuntu/stable|PPA for ubuntu]] so ''apt'' can take care of updates etc.: |
| sudo apt install appimagelauncher | sudo apt install appimagelauncher |
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| Ironitcally, the PPA does not provide packages for Ubuntu bionic (18.04) the now second newest LTS release even though the ''deb'' file which can be manually downloaded and installed from the [[https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher|GitHub]] page is named ''bionic'' because it is built for bionic and newer releases of Ubuntu.. This demonstrates again why AppImages are used and are a good thing after all :) So if you ware on Bionic, simply download the ''.deb'' from the [[https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher/releases|latest release]] and install it. you will have to update it yourself.. or simply update your ubuntu and then use the PPA :) | Ironitcally, the PPA does not provide packages for Ubuntu bionic (18.04) the now second newest LTS release even though the ''deb'' file which can be manually downloaded and installed from the [[https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher|GitHub]] page is named ''bionic'' because it is built for bionic and newer releases of Ubuntu.. This demonstrates again why AppImages are used and are a good thing after all :) So if you ware on Bionic, simply download the ''.deb'' from the [[https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher/releases|latest release]] and install it. you will have to update it yourself.. or simply update your ubuntu and then use the PPA :) |
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| | once you have it installed, simply double clicke an appimage and you will be presented with a screen that says it all: {{:appimages:pasted_20210221-073427.png }} |
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