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rubby1337
Asked: 2020-08-13 16:38:44 +0800 CST

Can't run AppImage on desktop by doubleclicking or clicking "Open"

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New linux user, currently running on Ubuntu 20.04.

Double-clicking an AppImage file on desktop or using "right click > Open" does nothing and doesn't display any errors either, however double-clicking it from the file manager or running it from terminal works. Any ideas why?

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3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Solution 1 :

    Right Click On The Appimage File And Go In Properties.

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    Then Go In Permissions.

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    Tick Allow Executing File As Program, and Both access : read and write, It must look the same as the image.

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    Solution 2 :

    Open terminal, copy and paste the following command :

    sudo chmod +x name.appimage

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  2. I've had the same issue and yes, making the file executable is necessary, however, to be able to open the appimage from desktop you will have to:

    1. Right click on your desktop
    2. Click on Settings
    3. Scroll down to the bottom and look for Action to do when launching a program from the desktop
    4. Click the drop down menu on the right of it and set it to Launch the file

    Now launching the appimage from the desktop by clicking on it should work. At least this did it for me.

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  3. Same issue here.

    I had tried the answers on this thread, but they weren't enough.

    My problem was that I had downloaded the 32-bit version of balenaEtcher AppImage app. Alas, 32-bit apps are no longer supported in current Ubuntu versions.

    You must be sure to download the 64-bit version of the AppImage app! Ubuntu doesn't alert you that it is a 32-bit version. It simply doesn't run it.

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