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1. TechHut (techhut@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Apr-2022 07:42:26 UTC TechHut

   I wish AppImages would install like dmg files in macOS

   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 17-Apr-2022 07:42:17 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

     in reply to

     • Hund
     • Gabe Kangas
     @hund @gabek @techhut But then you have to do that.
   • Hund (hund@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Apr-2022 07:42:18 UTC Hund

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     • Gabe Kangas

     @gabek @techhut You don't need an application for that. Just add a $PATH and move them to that folder. If you need fancy icons and categories, just create a desktop shortcut for it in the folder `~/.local/share/applications`.

   • Gabe Kangas (gabek@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Apr-2022 07:42:22 UTC Gabe Kangas

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     @techhut Check out AppImageLauncher. Now when I download an AppImage into my ~/Applications directory it automatically shows up in my app launcher.

   • Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats: (mehrad@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Apr-2022 08:27:58 UTC Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats:

     in reply to

     • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅
     • Hund
     • Gabe Kangas

     @clacke @hund @gabek @techhut be aware that AppImageLauncher has a bad style that will force all AppImages to open with itself through a mime type. This bad design would make it imposing to run an AppImage manually. It is very bad and limiting.

     Instead I have a small bash script that download the latest appimage from GitHub automatically and put it in ~/Applications/, then create a .desktop file and then add a symlink to ~/.local/bin/

     Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 likes this.