I mainly use appimages for installing programs on linux computers without internet connections. This tools makes my life way easier, is there however any way i could install it itself without internet connection? is it available in the appimage format itself?
Perhaps it has been updated since, but I just read a LOT of VERY angry comments about that AppImageLauncher not working. tried to download its xenial file and was offered to open with Gdebi and so did….file error. Downloaded, but got same error: dependency is not satisfiable:libcurl3 (>=7.16.2)
I had some issues with the previous release not showing icons but otherwise it's been fine for me. I do see a number of issues on GitHub so I think I know what you are talking about. Sorry to hear you are having problems. Hopefully it will improve in the future since it really is the best way I've found to integrate AppImages.
nice explanation. I only have sudo privileges, so hope that light version will work for me. Do you have a video on Pling-store and how to install themes?
I have a DEBIAN based distro (MX linux) could the .deb files work?? since they have the .xenial & .bionic flag , I thought it was specific for UBUNTU based distros only???
It's all over the place. There are a lot of projects that use one or more of the universal package formats. Some prefer just one. Realistically, you will probably be running snaps, flatpaks and appimages in many cases. Even if you prefer one over the other, you won't find everything in one package format. It's a little confusing but at least this utility makes using appimages a little easier.
Curious will this apply across several accounts in one pc? I haven't figured how implement appimages as main source , similiar to flatpak or snaps? As alway great tool and tip Eric o/
Great question. The way that it creates user-specific desktop files I would guess not. I checked GitHub and don't see any mention of it. In the case of multiple users, I would probably just have a central location for the AppImage files and then put a copy of the desktop file that would be in ~./local/share/applications and put it in /usr/share/applications. You might have to tweak permissions and things but I assume that would work.
Nemo has extensions, one of them being an embedded terminal. Depending on your distro it may be in the repository. The terminal one is usually named something like nemo-terminal. On Arch you'd run 'sudo pacman -S nemo-terminal' to install it. I'm not sure if it's in the Ubuntu repository but a few of the flavors package Nemo so it's probably there as well.
I suppose it's preference but I'll give you an example of how I use it. There was a new release of Bitwarden today which is packaged as an AppImage. I already have it "installed" with AppImageLauncher (they use the term "integrate"). I could choose to install the new version but I would then have two versions of the same application. That could be handy for testing but I just want the latest version. AppImageLauncher provides an option in the right click menu to remove an AppImage so I use that then download the new version. I am prompted by AppImageLauncher to choose whether I wan to integrate and run or just run one. I choose the first option and now I have the latest version. I'm not going to claim that it's a perfect process but it does make managing AppImages easier for me. Hope that helps.
There is a terminal plugin for Nemo you can install and then access with F4. In Arch and Mint the package is named nemo-terminal. I assume it will be something like that for most ditros. There are some other nice to have plugins as well in case you don't already have them. I normally use preview, gtk hash, and bulk rename.
I know that you used Etcher as a mere example, but cutting and pasting lines into terminal seems to work almost 100% of the time for me, while these other methods, often in GUI, just don't. I am a noob, btw and would prefer GUI. But,, maybe it is the distro and desktop and other application differences in these online tutorials that messes it all up for me. github.com/balena-io/etcher#debian-and-ubuntu-based-package-repository-gnulinux-x86x64 Ether installed within 3 minutes. The AppImages, tarballs, snaps, downloads WON'T. perhaps I am just to new at all of this and am overwhelmed by conflicting advice, old advice to muddle through, too many steps in too many places/files/folders.....
I'm not sure why but the Etcher AppImage does not work for me. I install the deb package on an Debian-based distro, including Ubuntu. They don't show it on their main site but if you check the releases there is always a deb package available. github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases
Installed Appimageinstaller via Synaptic 0n MINT 20.04....as tried exactly what the vid, as shown... step by step! Than opened Appimageinstaller with the SMALLEST FONT in 22 YEAR....history of computing! Something like 1.5 or 2 pixel FONT size, and would be horrid even at 5 pixels, so guess we with poor eye-site have to use a magnifying glass, to even choose some action. Chose the Appimage and and had AppimageLauncher do it's thing! Found Adamant in Panel And then CLICKED on Adamant.appimage, and Got to choose panel, desktop but and no lift off Huston! It just sits there doing NADA! Two and half hours researching, and Jumping thru hoop-d-hoops and Still NO LIFT OFF! And it is NO wonder people are forced back to Windeers, to run a program that isn't a .deb, or .snap or what the flip! BUT thank for the TRY!
Fantastic! I am glad someone made this and I am glad you covered it.
This is the voice the Linux world needs. Thank you!
You are too kind!
Nice. Would love to see this included in more distros.
It does seem like the kind of thing that would be particularly helpful for less experienced users.
I'll have to keep this in mind. Thanks, Eric!
Glad I found this Eric. Excellent tutorial my friend!
Happy to hear you found it useful. This has become one of those essential tools.
thank you for this. Very well presented. I learned a bunch.
Thank you for the feedback. I'm glad to hear that you found it useful.
Thanks so much useful gang 🤙
Useful app and really nice video!
Thank you for the video Eric. Great handy tool!
This is a nice app!! thanks Eric!!
I mainly use appimages for installing programs on linux computers without internet connections. This tools makes my life way easier, is there however any way i could install it itself without internet connection? is it available in the appimage format itself?
Perhaps it has been updated since, but I just read a LOT of VERY angry comments about that AppImageLauncher not working.
tried to download its xenial file and was offered to open with Gdebi and so did….file error. Downloaded, but got same error: dependency is not satisfiable:libcurl3 (>=7.16.2)
I had some issues with the previous release not showing icons but otherwise it's been fine for me. I do see a number of issues on GitHub so I think I know what you are talking about. Sorry to hear you are having problems. Hopefully it will improve in the future since it really is the best way I've found to integrate AppImages.
Many thanks for making this simple tutorial for us :)
nice explanation. I only have sudo privileges, so hope that light version will work for me. Do you have a video on Pling-store and how to install themes?
I have a DEBIAN based distro (MX linux)
could the .deb files work??
since they have the .xenial & .bionic flag , I thought it was specific for UBUNTU based distros only???
Great video, thanks. Am I right saying the AppImage catalog is so poor compared to snap?!
It's all over the place. There are a lot of projects that use one or more of the universal package formats. Some prefer just one. Realistically, you will probably be running snaps, flatpaks and appimages in many cases. Even if you prefer one over the other, you won't find everything in one package format. It's a little confusing but at least this utility makes using appimages a little easier.
Nice thank you
Curious will this apply across several accounts in one pc? I haven't figured how implement appimages as main source , similiar to flatpak or snaps?
As alway great tool and tip Eric o/
Great question. The way that it creates user-specific desktop files I would guess not. I checked GitHub and don't see any mention of it. In the case of multiple users, I would probably just have a central location for the AppImage files and then put a copy of the desktop file that would be in ~./local/share/applications and put it in /usr/share/applications. You might have to tweak permissions and things but I assume that would work.
How did you integrate your Terminal into Nemo?
Nemo has extensions, one of them being an embedded terminal. Depending on your distro it may be in the repository. The terminal one is usually named something like nemo-terminal. On Arch you'd run 'sudo pacman -S nemo-terminal' to install it. I'm not sure if it's in the Ubuntu repository but a few of the flavors package Nemo so it's probably there as well.
Since RHEL and CentOS are shown under supported distro's, does anyone know if this also works in Fedora?
EDIT: yup, works flawlessly!
Good question. There is a casual mention of it in the GitHub readme. I tested it as too and it does work well.
So whats the main benefit of this vs throwing in a folder with appimaged installed
I suppose it's preference but I'll give you an example of how I use it. There was a new release of Bitwarden today which is packaged as an AppImage. I already have it "installed" with AppImageLauncher (they use the term "integrate"). I could choose to install the new version but I would then have two versions of the same application. That could be handy for testing but I just want the latest version. AppImageLauncher provides an option in the right click menu to remove an AppImage so I use that then download the new version. I am prompted by AppImageLauncher to choose whether I wan to integrate and run or just run one. I choose the first option and now I have the latest version. I'm not going to claim that it's a perfect process but it does make managing AppImages easier for me. Hope that helps.
@@EricAdamsYT thanks for the explanation
How did you get the built-in terminal in the file manager??
There is a terminal plugin for Nemo you can install and then access with F4. In Arch and Mint the package is named nemo-terminal. I assume it will be something like that for most ditros. There are some other nice to have plugins as well in case you don't already have them. I normally use preview, gtk hash, and bulk rename.
OK, but icons of the apps are not supported, so the app is unusable.
thanks
There should be an universal app center for app image ....like mac os does 😁
Not sure if you've seen this but you might like App Outlet. I made a video on it in case you're interested. ua-cam.com/video/B1JbmMOd_gA/v-deo.html
I know that you used Etcher as a mere example, but cutting and pasting lines into terminal seems to work almost 100% of the time for me, while these other methods, often in GUI, just don't. I am a noob, btw and would prefer GUI. But,, maybe it is the distro and desktop and other application differences in these online tutorials that messes it all up for me. github.com/balena-io/etcher#debian-and-ubuntu-based-package-repository-gnulinux-x86x64
Ether installed within 3 minutes. The AppImages, tarballs, snaps, downloads WON'T. perhaps I am just to new at all of this and am overwhelmed by conflicting advice, old advice to muddle through, too many steps in too many places/files/folders.....
PS. I was looking for the AppImage that you found, but found that GitHub's by accident first.
I'm not sure why but the Etcher AppImage does not work for me. I install the deb package on an Debian-based distro, including Ubuntu. They don't show it on their main site but if you check the releases there is always a deb package available. github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases
lotta ? and no answers.Standard for Linux. 😟
Installed Appimageinstaller via Synaptic 0n MINT 20.04....as tried exactly what the vid, as shown... step by step!
Than opened Appimageinstaller with the SMALLEST FONT in 22 YEAR....history of computing!
Something like 1.5 or 2 pixel FONT size, and would be horrid even at 5 pixels, so guess we with poor eye-site have to use a magnifying glass, to even choose some action.
Chose the Appimage and and had AppimageLauncher do it's thing!
Found Adamant in Panel And then CLICKED on Adamant.appimage, and Got to choose panel, desktop but and no lift off Huston! It just sits there doing NADA!
Two and half hours researching, and Jumping thru hoop-d-hoops and Still NO LIFT OFF! And it is NO wonder people are forced back to Windeers, to run a program that isn't a .deb, or .snap or what the flip!
BUT thank for the TRY!
thanks
You're welcome!