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How do I make Appimages work in Linux-lite 5.8? - SteveM2020 - 04-30-2022
Other distros I used only required making the appimage file executable, and then double-click to activate it.
I downloaded the same appimage file to Linuxmint and Linux-lite 5.8. The file runs as it normally does on Linuxmint, but won't launch on Linux-lite 5.8. I've had two other XFCE desktops on other distros, and they worked fine on those platforms.
Thanks for any insight you can offer.
Re: How do I make Appimages work in Linux-lite 5.8? - stevef - 04-30-2022
Same for Linux Lite.
Open a terminal in the appimage directory and post the result from
Code:
ls -lTry running the appimage from the terminal to see if it throws an error replacing 'appimage_file_name' with your app.
Code:
./appimage_file_nameRe: How do I make Appimages work in Linux-lite 5.8? - SteveM2020 - 04-30-2022
steve ~ Documents Programs Viper ls -l
total 131708
-rwxrwxr-x 1 steve steve 134868360 Apr 29 18:43 Viper_Browser-1-x86_64.AppImage
steve ~ Documents Programs Viper ./Viper_Browser-1-x86_64.AppImage
Illegal instruction
steve ~ Documents Programs Viper 132 Viper_Browser-1-x86_64.AppImage
Viper_Browser-1-x86_64.AppImage: command not found
steve ~ Documents Programs Viper 127
Re: How do I make Appimages work in Linux-lite 5.8? - stevef - 04-30-2022
The file has the right permissions and is set to be executable so it *should* work.
The command ./appimage_file_name just calls the app as if it had been double clicked and the 'Illegal Instruction' response shows there's a problem with it.
Is your file a fresh download from their releases page ? Maybe try that ?