I have been searching for months for information on how to use appimages in multi-user environments with little success. I can tell it is meant for single users, but apparently it CAN be used in multi-user environments though I am still unable to figure out how. See #10 under Objectives here: https://askubuntu.com/a/774520/968864 Unfortunately, being an inexperienced linux user, I don't know to do this. Can it be done and how can it be done? I am trying out AppImageLauncher, but when I tried to change the directory to system folder, it would not allow it (presumably because that utility doesn't have root access).
Why does it matter? Because I want all users to be able to use the appimages without having to copy it to each user's home directory. I want it installed once, not 10 times. Plus, when I backup home folders for all users, I don't want 10 copies of the appimage on the backup server. This seems like a no-brainer, I don't understand why there is not more discussion about it. Seriously, an application for linux that is not multi-user friendly?
Please help, and thanks.
You can put appimages in /opt wich means optional. When you can't or you don't know where to install your apps you need to use this directory.
sudo cp * /opt
Users need to go in /opt or you can add launchers. https://developer.gnome.org/integration-guide/stable/desktop-files