Registering AppImage Files as a desktop app
How can I register an .appimage
file (specifically, the tiled map editor found here) as a desktop app? (Like firefox -- I can launch it by typing 'Firefox' into search rather than opening up a console and typing /path/to/directory/firefox.ext
)
kde appimage
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How can I register an .appimage
file (specifically, the tiled map editor found here) as a desktop app? (Like firefox -- I can launch it by typing 'Firefox' into search rather than opening up a console and typing /path/to/directory/firefox.ext
)
kde appimage
Place the executable file in youPATH
in say/usr/bin
and you should be able to launch it like firefox...
– George Udosen
Apr 8 '17 at 23:51
Is there a way to put a 'shortcut' to the file in my PATH? I don't want to move it there.
– Matias K
Apr 8 '17 at 23:53
Never mind, I just made a bash script that launches it and stuck that in ~/bin. Thanks for your help, even though you didn't actually answer the question :P
– Matias K
Apr 8 '17 at 23:54
add a comment |
How can I register an .appimage
file (specifically, the tiled map editor found here) as a desktop app? (Like firefox -- I can launch it by typing 'Firefox' into search rather than opening up a console and typing /path/to/directory/firefox.ext
)
kde appimage
How can I register an .appimage
file (specifically, the tiled map editor found here) as a desktop app? (Like firefox -- I can launch it by typing 'Firefox' into search rather than opening up a console and typing /path/to/directory/firefox.ext
)
kde appimage
kde appimage
edited Apr 8 '17 at 23:58
Matias K
asked Apr 8 '17 at 21:14
Matias KMatias K
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Place the executable file in youPATH
in say/usr/bin
and you should be able to launch it like firefox...
– George Udosen
Apr 8 '17 at 23:51
Is there a way to put a 'shortcut' to the file in my PATH? I don't want to move it there.
– Matias K
Apr 8 '17 at 23:53
Never mind, I just made a bash script that launches it and stuck that in ~/bin. Thanks for your help, even though you didn't actually answer the question :P
– Matias K
Apr 8 '17 at 23:54
add a comment |
Place the executable file in youPATH
in say/usr/bin
and you should be able to launch it like firefox...
– George Udosen
Apr 8 '17 at 23:51
Is there a way to put a 'shortcut' to the file in my PATH? I don't want to move it there.
– Matias K
Apr 8 '17 at 23:53
Never mind, I just made a bash script that launches it and stuck that in ~/bin. Thanks for your help, even though you didn't actually answer the question :P
– Matias K
Apr 8 '17 at 23:54
Place the executable file in you
PATH
in say /usr/bin
and you should be able to launch it like firefox...– George Udosen
Apr 8 '17 at 23:51
Place the executable file in you
PATH
in say /usr/bin
and you should be able to launch it like firefox...– George Udosen
Apr 8 '17 at 23:51
Is there a way to put a 'shortcut' to the file in my PATH? I don't want to move it there.
– Matias K
Apr 8 '17 at 23:53
Is there a way to put a 'shortcut' to the file in my PATH? I don't want to move it there.
– Matias K
Apr 8 '17 at 23:53
Never mind, I just made a bash script that launches it and stuck that in ~/bin. Thanks for your help, even though you didn't actually answer the question :P
– Matias K
Apr 8 '17 at 23:54
Never mind, I just made a bash script that launches it and stuck that in ~/bin. Thanks for your help, even though you didn't actually answer the question :P
– Matias K
Apr 8 '17 at 23:54
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Create a .desktop file that points to the application -- here is an example of a .desktop for minecraft:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Minecraft
Comment=Minecraft
Icon=/home/bram/Applications/Minecraft/icon.png
Exec=/home/bram/Applications/Minecraft/minecraft
Terminal=true
Categories=Minecraft;game
Put that file in ~/.local/share/applications
Done what you said, It will keep open a terminal while I am executing the AppImage? Is there a way to just open the AppImage without a terminal together?
– Cassiano Montanari
Dec 27 '18 at 17:35
there is an option for that, try googling it
– Matias K
Dec 27 '18 at 17:36
add a comment |
According to appimagekit, the proper method is to use appimaged
for .AppImage
file registration.
For 64-bit systems:
wget "https://github.com/AppImage/appimaged/releases/download/continuous/appimaged-x86_64.AppImage"
chmod +x appimaged-x86_64.AppImage
./appimaged-x86_64.AppImage --install
The binary will copy itself to /home/ubuntu/.local/bin/appimaged
and then delete the downloaded copy upon install. Then you must logout and back in.
At time of reading, it will monitor and register the following locations:
~/Downloads
~/.local/bin
~/bin
/Applications
/isodevice/Applications
/isofrom/Applications
/run/archiso/img_dev/Applications
/opt
/usr/local/bin
To show in the menu, this assumes you've placed a desktop file in the correct location inside your .AppImage
file, usually /usr/share/applications/<myproject>.desktop
.
If you search in the application tray, you should find your application shortly. The daemon should also register any application-specific file associations assuming the mime xml is also bundled, usually /usr/share/mime/packages/<myproject>.xml
. If the icon does not appear correctly, you may have to logout and back in a second time. This can happen if the icon was incorrectly cached while testing out images.
The advice at appimaged link says to enable withsudo systemctl --user [...]
, but shouldn't it be--system
[ie default], won't --user mean that it only enables for my user. I'm trying to install digikam for all users, FWIW.
– pbhj
Dec 19 '17 at 23:58
On my system, Ubuntu 14.04, the systemctl steps did not work properly. You should ask the project team how best to do this. The service seems like it's intended to be run in user-space by design, so the system-wide installation technique does not seem to be obvious. Perhaps you would be happy with the appimage located permanently somewhere (e.g./opt/bin/appimaged
with a login script for all users in/etc/xdg/autostart/appimaged.desktop
, but one which uses the--no-install
switch.
– tresf
Dec 26 '17 at 17:26
Then place digicam in (e.g.)/opt/bin/digicam
and the daemon should find it as it will match the second-to-last search location mentioned above.
– tresf
Dec 26 '17 at 17:28
add a comment |
I recomend u to watch this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7gQGcOXlts
Totally work for me. That guy on the video use menulibre to add a appimage to the launcher.
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Create a .desktop file that points to the application -- here is an example of a .desktop for minecraft:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Minecraft
Comment=Minecraft
Icon=/home/bram/Applications/Minecraft/icon.png
Exec=/home/bram/Applications/Minecraft/minecraft
Terminal=true
Categories=Minecraft;game
Put that file in ~/.local/share/applications
Done what you said, It will keep open a terminal while I am executing the AppImage? Is there a way to just open the AppImage without a terminal together?
– Cassiano Montanari
Dec 27 '18 at 17:35
there is an option for that, try googling it
– Matias K
Dec 27 '18 at 17:36
add a comment |
Create a .desktop file that points to the application -- here is an example of a .desktop for minecraft:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Minecraft
Comment=Minecraft
Icon=/home/bram/Applications/Minecraft/icon.png
Exec=/home/bram/Applications/Minecraft/minecraft
Terminal=true
Categories=Minecraft;game
Put that file in ~/.local/share/applications
Done what you said, It will keep open a terminal while I am executing the AppImage? Is there a way to just open the AppImage without a terminal together?
– Cassiano Montanari
Dec 27 '18 at 17:35
there is an option for that, try googling it
– Matias K
Dec 27 '18 at 17:36
add a comment |
Create a .desktop file that points to the application -- here is an example of a .desktop for minecraft:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Minecraft
Comment=Minecraft
Icon=/home/bram/Applications/Minecraft/icon.png
Exec=/home/bram/Applications/Minecraft/minecraft
Terminal=true
Categories=Minecraft;game
Put that file in ~/.local/share/applications
Create a .desktop file that points to the application -- here is an example of a .desktop for minecraft:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Minecraft
Comment=Minecraft
Icon=/home/bram/Applications/Minecraft/icon.png
Exec=/home/bram/Applications/Minecraft/minecraft
Terminal=true
Categories=Minecraft;game
Put that file in ~/.local/share/applications
edited Jul 30 '18 at 3:52
answered Apr 22 '17 at 0:04
Matias KMatias K
1972212
1972212
Done what you said, It will keep open a terminal while I am executing the AppImage? Is there a way to just open the AppImage without a terminal together?
– Cassiano Montanari
Dec 27 '18 at 17:35
there is an option for that, try googling it
– Matias K
Dec 27 '18 at 17:36
add a comment |
Done what you said, It will keep open a terminal while I am executing the AppImage? Is there a way to just open the AppImage without a terminal together?
– Cassiano Montanari
Dec 27 '18 at 17:35
there is an option for that, try googling it
– Matias K
Dec 27 '18 at 17:36
Done what you said, It will keep open a terminal while I am executing the AppImage? Is there a way to just open the AppImage without a terminal together?
– Cassiano Montanari
Dec 27 '18 at 17:35
Done what you said, It will keep open a terminal while I am executing the AppImage? Is there a way to just open the AppImage without a terminal together?
– Cassiano Montanari
Dec 27 '18 at 17:35
there is an option for that, try googling it
– Matias K
Dec 27 '18 at 17:36
there is an option for that, try googling it
– Matias K
Dec 27 '18 at 17:36
add a comment |
According to appimagekit, the proper method is to use appimaged
for .AppImage
file registration.
For 64-bit systems:
wget "https://github.com/AppImage/appimaged/releases/download/continuous/appimaged-x86_64.AppImage"
chmod +x appimaged-x86_64.AppImage
./appimaged-x86_64.AppImage --install
The binary will copy itself to /home/ubuntu/.local/bin/appimaged
and then delete the downloaded copy upon install. Then you must logout and back in.
At time of reading, it will monitor and register the following locations:
~/Downloads
~/.local/bin
~/bin
/Applications
/isodevice/Applications
/isofrom/Applications
/run/archiso/img_dev/Applications
/opt
/usr/local/bin
To show in the menu, this assumes you've placed a desktop file in the correct location inside your .AppImage
file, usually /usr/share/applications/<myproject>.desktop
.
If you search in the application tray, you should find your application shortly. The daemon should also register any application-specific file associations assuming the mime xml is also bundled, usually /usr/share/mime/packages/<myproject>.xml
. If the icon does not appear correctly, you may have to logout and back in a second time. This can happen if the icon was incorrectly cached while testing out images.
The advice at appimaged link says to enable withsudo systemctl --user [...]
, but shouldn't it be--system
[ie default], won't --user mean that it only enables for my user. I'm trying to install digikam for all users, FWIW.
– pbhj
Dec 19 '17 at 23:58
On my system, Ubuntu 14.04, the systemctl steps did not work properly. You should ask the project team how best to do this. The service seems like it's intended to be run in user-space by design, so the system-wide installation technique does not seem to be obvious. Perhaps you would be happy with the appimage located permanently somewhere (e.g./opt/bin/appimaged
with a login script for all users in/etc/xdg/autostart/appimaged.desktop
, but one which uses the--no-install
switch.
– tresf
Dec 26 '17 at 17:26
Then place digicam in (e.g.)/opt/bin/digicam
and the daemon should find it as it will match the second-to-last search location mentioned above.
– tresf
Dec 26 '17 at 17:28
add a comment |
According to appimagekit, the proper method is to use appimaged
for .AppImage
file registration.
For 64-bit systems:
wget "https://github.com/AppImage/appimaged/releases/download/continuous/appimaged-x86_64.AppImage"
chmod +x appimaged-x86_64.AppImage
./appimaged-x86_64.AppImage --install
The binary will copy itself to /home/ubuntu/.local/bin/appimaged
and then delete the downloaded copy upon install. Then you must logout and back in.
At time of reading, it will monitor and register the following locations:
~/Downloads
~/.local/bin
~/bin
/Applications
/isodevice/Applications
/isofrom/Applications
/run/archiso/img_dev/Applications
/opt
/usr/local/bin
To show in the menu, this assumes you've placed a desktop file in the correct location inside your .AppImage
file, usually /usr/share/applications/<myproject>.desktop
.
If you search in the application tray, you should find your application shortly. The daemon should also register any application-specific file associations assuming the mime xml is also bundled, usually /usr/share/mime/packages/<myproject>.xml
. If the icon does not appear correctly, you may have to logout and back in a second time. This can happen if the icon was incorrectly cached while testing out images.
The advice at appimaged link says to enable withsudo systemctl --user [...]
, but shouldn't it be--system
[ie default], won't --user mean that it only enables for my user. I'm trying to install digikam for all users, FWIW.
– pbhj
Dec 19 '17 at 23:58
On my system, Ubuntu 14.04, the systemctl steps did not work properly. You should ask the project team how best to do this. The service seems like it's intended to be run in user-space by design, so the system-wide installation technique does not seem to be obvious. Perhaps you would be happy with the appimage located permanently somewhere (e.g./opt/bin/appimaged
with a login script for all users in/etc/xdg/autostart/appimaged.desktop
, but one which uses the--no-install
switch.
– tresf
Dec 26 '17 at 17:26
Then place digicam in (e.g.)/opt/bin/digicam
and the daemon should find it as it will match the second-to-last search location mentioned above.
– tresf
Dec 26 '17 at 17:28
add a comment |
According to appimagekit, the proper method is to use appimaged
for .AppImage
file registration.
For 64-bit systems:
wget "https://github.com/AppImage/appimaged/releases/download/continuous/appimaged-x86_64.AppImage"
chmod +x appimaged-x86_64.AppImage
./appimaged-x86_64.AppImage --install
The binary will copy itself to /home/ubuntu/.local/bin/appimaged
and then delete the downloaded copy upon install. Then you must logout and back in.
At time of reading, it will monitor and register the following locations:
~/Downloads
~/.local/bin
~/bin
/Applications
/isodevice/Applications
/isofrom/Applications
/run/archiso/img_dev/Applications
/opt
/usr/local/bin
To show in the menu, this assumes you've placed a desktop file in the correct location inside your .AppImage
file, usually /usr/share/applications/<myproject>.desktop
.
If you search in the application tray, you should find your application shortly. The daemon should also register any application-specific file associations assuming the mime xml is also bundled, usually /usr/share/mime/packages/<myproject>.xml
. If the icon does not appear correctly, you may have to logout and back in a second time. This can happen if the icon was incorrectly cached while testing out images.
According to appimagekit, the proper method is to use appimaged
for .AppImage
file registration.
For 64-bit systems:
wget "https://github.com/AppImage/appimaged/releases/download/continuous/appimaged-x86_64.AppImage"
chmod +x appimaged-x86_64.AppImage
./appimaged-x86_64.AppImage --install
The binary will copy itself to /home/ubuntu/.local/bin/appimaged
and then delete the downloaded copy upon install. Then you must logout and back in.
At time of reading, it will monitor and register the following locations:
~/Downloads
~/.local/bin
~/bin
/Applications
/isodevice/Applications
/isofrom/Applications
/run/archiso/img_dev/Applications
/opt
/usr/local/bin
To show in the menu, this assumes you've placed a desktop file in the correct location inside your .AppImage
file, usually /usr/share/applications/<myproject>.desktop
.
If you search in the application tray, you should find your application shortly. The daemon should also register any application-specific file associations assuming the mime xml is also bundled, usually /usr/share/mime/packages/<myproject>.xml
. If the icon does not appear correctly, you may have to logout and back in a second time. This can happen if the icon was incorrectly cached while testing out images.
edited Sep 17 '18 at 8:04
David Foerster
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28.1k1365111
answered Jul 11 '17 at 21:00
tresftresf
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The advice at appimaged link says to enable withsudo systemctl --user [...]
, but shouldn't it be--system
[ie default], won't --user mean that it only enables for my user. I'm trying to install digikam for all users, FWIW.
– pbhj
Dec 19 '17 at 23:58
On my system, Ubuntu 14.04, the systemctl steps did not work properly. You should ask the project team how best to do this. The service seems like it's intended to be run in user-space by design, so the system-wide installation technique does not seem to be obvious. Perhaps you would be happy with the appimage located permanently somewhere (e.g./opt/bin/appimaged
with a login script for all users in/etc/xdg/autostart/appimaged.desktop
, but one which uses the--no-install
switch.
– tresf
Dec 26 '17 at 17:26
Then place digicam in (e.g.)/opt/bin/digicam
and the daemon should find it as it will match the second-to-last search location mentioned above.
– tresf
Dec 26 '17 at 17:28
add a comment |
The advice at appimaged link says to enable withsudo systemctl --user [...]
, but shouldn't it be--system
[ie default], won't --user mean that it only enables for my user. I'm trying to install digikam for all users, FWIW.
– pbhj
Dec 19 '17 at 23:58
On my system, Ubuntu 14.04, the systemctl steps did not work properly. You should ask the project team how best to do this. The service seems like it's intended to be run in user-space by design, so the system-wide installation technique does not seem to be obvious. Perhaps you would be happy with the appimage located permanently somewhere (e.g./opt/bin/appimaged
with a login script for all users in/etc/xdg/autostart/appimaged.desktop
, but one which uses the--no-install
switch.
– tresf
Dec 26 '17 at 17:26
Then place digicam in (e.g.)/opt/bin/digicam
and the daemon should find it as it will match the second-to-last search location mentioned above.
– tresf
Dec 26 '17 at 17:28
The advice at appimaged link says to enable with
sudo systemctl --user [...]
, but shouldn't it be --system
[ie default], won't --user mean that it only enables for my user. I'm trying to install digikam for all users, FWIW.– pbhj
Dec 19 '17 at 23:58
The advice at appimaged link says to enable with
sudo systemctl --user [...]
, but shouldn't it be --system
[ie default], won't --user mean that it only enables for my user. I'm trying to install digikam for all users, FWIW.– pbhj
Dec 19 '17 at 23:58
On my system, Ubuntu 14.04, the systemctl steps did not work properly. You should ask the project team how best to do this. The service seems like it's intended to be run in user-space by design, so the system-wide installation technique does not seem to be obvious. Perhaps you would be happy with the appimage located permanently somewhere (e.g.
/opt/bin/appimaged
with a login script for all users in /etc/xdg/autostart/appimaged.desktop
, but one which uses the --no-install
switch.– tresf
Dec 26 '17 at 17:26
On my system, Ubuntu 14.04, the systemctl steps did not work properly. You should ask the project team how best to do this. The service seems like it's intended to be run in user-space by design, so the system-wide installation technique does not seem to be obvious. Perhaps you would be happy with the appimage located permanently somewhere (e.g.
/opt/bin/appimaged
with a login script for all users in /etc/xdg/autostart/appimaged.desktop
, but one which uses the --no-install
switch.– tresf
Dec 26 '17 at 17:26
Then place digicam in (e.g.)
/opt/bin/digicam
and the daemon should find it as it will match the second-to-last search location mentioned above.– tresf
Dec 26 '17 at 17:28
Then place digicam in (e.g.)
/opt/bin/digicam
and the daemon should find it as it will match the second-to-last search location mentioned above.– tresf
Dec 26 '17 at 17:28
add a comment |
I recomend u to watch this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7gQGcOXlts
Totally work for me. That guy on the video use menulibre to add a appimage to the launcher.
add a comment |
I recomend u to watch this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7gQGcOXlts
Totally work for me. That guy on the video use menulibre to add a appimage to the launcher.
add a comment |
I recomend u to watch this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7gQGcOXlts
Totally work for me. That guy on the video use menulibre to add a appimage to the launcher.
I recomend u to watch this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7gQGcOXlts
Totally work for me. That guy on the video use menulibre to add a appimage to the launcher.
answered Jan 18 at 2:25
Arimax MarquesArimax Marques
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Place the executable file in you
PATH
in say/usr/bin
and you should be able to launch it like firefox...– George Udosen
Apr 8 '17 at 23:51
Is there a way to put a 'shortcut' to the file in my PATH? I don't want to move it there.
– Matias K
Apr 8 '17 at 23:53
Never mind, I just made a bash script that launches it and stuck that in ~/bin. Thanks for your help, even though you didn't actually answer the question :P
– Matias K
Apr 8 '17 at 23:54