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Run Appimage in Ubuntu

Enable exectution of appimage​

  1. Create a file in the following location:
sudo vi /etc/apparmor.d/appimage
  1. Write following contents in the file:
# This profile allows everything and only exists to give the
# application a name instead of having the label "unconfined"

abi <abi/4.0>,
include <tunables/global>

profile appimage /home/tipu/Applications/*.AppImage flags=(unconfined) {
  userns,

  # Site-specific additions and overrides. See local/README for details.
  include if exists <local/appimage>
}
  1. Run apparmor parser:
sudo apparmor_parser -r /etc/apparmor.d/appimage

Now you can run any appimage

To make appimage available in your application launcher:​

  1. Create a desktop entry: vi ~/.local/share/applications/cursor.desktop

  2. Add the following contents:

   [Desktop Entry]
   Name=Cursor
   Exec=/home/{USER}/Applications/*.AppImage
   Icon=/home/{USER}/Applications/*.png
   Type=Application
   Categories=Development;Utility;
  1. Refresh your application menu: update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications/

Now, you can find appimage in your system’s application menu!

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