AppImage desktop launcher howto [SOLVED]

spamhog · Post by **spamhog** » Mon Apr 19, 2021 10:39 am

An AppImage can be run from anywhere.

I prefer to put one inside the same config folder it generates in my user folder, so to clean it up completely one only needs to rename or delete it.

This also keeps it out of timeshift by default.

Example for XNviewMP. (XnView_MP.glibc2.18-x86_64.AppImage)

Running XNviewMP generated a folder at /home/user/.config/xnviewmp/.

An AppImage desktop launcher for this app could be:

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[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=XnView
Comment=
Exec=~/.config/xnviewmp/XnView_MP.glibc2.18-x86_64.AppImage
Icon=emblem-photos
Path=
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

Save this as a text file called XnviewMP.desktop. The path with "~" points to any user's own home folder, could be pointed anywhere.
On a freedesktop compliant desktop this file is shown as a launcher. In at least some file managers (e.g. thunar) sometimes it's not, and also it's necessary to specify the whole path, but it might just be temporary glitches.
On the XFCE desktop, right clicking on a launcher gives the option to add it to the panel - where it ends up at the extreme right by default.