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VoDo

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[SOLVED] Ranger file manager run/open AppImage

Does anyone know how to open/run AppImage from Ranger file manager? I do not want to waste terminal window.
Or how to open it in terminal without blocking terminal window?
Thank you

Last edited by VoDo (2020-06-16 06:24:05)

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heywoodlh

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Re: [SOLVED] Ranger file manager run/open AppImage

I have no experience with Ranger but If the AppImage is a GUI application I would create a simple .desktop entry in /usr/share/applications and then use whatever your preferred launcher is to launch the application the same way you do any other application. That way you won't have to launch the AppImage from the terminal.

Arch Wiki on Desktop Entries

For example:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Version=1.0
Name=My App
Exec=/home/user/app.appimage
Icon=/tmp/icon.png
Terminal=false
Categories=Education;

You could throw that in /usr/share/applications/app.desktop.

Once you have created the new file, update the desktop database:

update-desktop-database

Using this method would allow you to launch the AppImage from your app launcher. But this is all presuming you're using Arch with a desktop/window manager which I assume you are since you don't want to occupy a terminal window with the AppImage.

If this doesn't solve your problem please provide more information such as what the AppImage is, your desktop environment, etc.

heywoodlh

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Re: [SOLVED] Ranger file manager run/open AppImage

Kind of hackey but you could also use nohup, screen or just background the process using your terminal without the process' output occupying the terminal:

## Using nohup
nohup ./app.appimage &

## Using screen
screen -dmS run-app ./app.appimage

## Just background-ing the process using the shell
./app.appimage &

VoDo

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Re: [SOLVED] Ranger file manager run/open AppImage

./app.appimage &

this works thanks!

I use AppImages because I want to use some plasma apps but do not want to load half of the kde with its dependencies.
krita, digikam and kdenlive.

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Last edited by VoDo (2020-06-16 06:23:32)

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