How to Run AppImage Package File on Linux
What is AppImage?
As open source project that can be developed by anyone, Linux has so many distributions. These Linux distributions have different types of installation package files based on some of the major distributions, such as Debian with files package “deb” installation, Fedora with files package “rpm” and others.
Number of file types package that is on Linux makes it difficult for application developers to distribute the applications they develop, they have to distribute these applications into many types of files. package different on Linux.
To solve this problem, a file type is needed package installation that can run on all distros. This will make it easier for application developers to distribute their applications.
More than that, it will also make it easier for Linux users to install and use applications, they can use files package the same file on various Linux distributions using the same file, without having to download it multiple times.
There are already a few project to create a single file type package which can be run on various Linux distributions, such as Flatpak and Snappy. Besides Flatpak, and Snappy, there are file types package another installation that can run on various Linux distributions with portable, i.e. AppImage.
AppImage is a file format package installation that can be run on various major Linux distributions and their derivatives. With AppImage you only need one file type packageand can run it on various Linux distributions.
AppImage is a file package which portablethis is what distinguishes AppImage from file package others such as Flatpak and so on. With AppImage you can run applications without the need to install, you can run applications just by opening or running a file package AppImage of the application.
AppImage can run on various distributions major Linux like Arch, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Redhat, Fedora and their derivatives.
How to Run an Application Using the AppImage Package File
To run applications that use files package AppImage type, you just need to double click on the file package then the application will open automatically. But before that, you have to change the permissions on the file so that it can be executed as a program or run.
To change the permissions of the AppImage file, right click on the file, then it will appear pop-up. select Properties on pop-up it is to change properties that the file has.
Then a small window will appear containing everything properties of the file. At the top of the menu window, select tab permissions. On tab Permissions You can change the permissions of the file, change the permissions to be like this:
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| Give permissions to the file so that it can be executed |
Change access rights owner to Read and Write. While others, leave permissions with Read-only. Don’t forget to tick box on writing Allow executing file as a program so that the file can be run as a program.
Then when finished, exit the window menu. To run the app, just double click on the file package AppImage of the application, then the application will open or run automatically.
How to Run Applications Using AppImage Package Files Through Terminal
Apart from going through interfaces Graphics, you can also execute or run applications that use files package AppImage from Terminal. Open Terminal on your Linux by pressing the keyboard combination CTRL + ALT + T or open Terminal via the application menu.
Then go to the directory where the file package Your AppImage is saved. If file package Your AppImage is located in the Downloads folder, go to the Downloads directory using the “cd” command. Likewise if your AppImage file is in another directory.
Change the permissions so that the file can be executed or run. Change the permissions on the file by entering the following command in Terminal:
chmod +x nama_file.AppImage
Replace the word “file_name.AppImage” in the command with the file name of the application you want to run.
For example, if you want to grant permissions to a file package AppImage of the Etcher application which has the file name “Etcher-1.0.0-rc.5-linux-x64.AppImage”, you can enter the following command:
chmod +x Etcher-1.0.0-rc.5-linux-x64.AppImage
After you are done granting access rights, you can run the application from the file package AppImage by entering the following command in Terminal:
./Etcher-1.0.0-rc.5-linux-x64.AppImage
Don’t forget to replace the word “Etcher-1.0.0-rc.5-linux-x64.AppImage” in the command with the AppImage file name of the application you want to run.
Then the application that you run will automatically open, and you can use it.
When you execute an application from a file package AppImage, the application is not installed, but runs automatically portable, so you won’t find it in the app menu. To run it later, you just need to re-execute it like you did in the last step. You can also open it directly by double clicking on the file.
