How to Install AppImageLauncher on Linux Mint 21

GNU/Linux Mint 21 Install AppImageLauncher – QuickStart Guide

Hi! Discover a detailed tutorial guiding you through each step to effortlessly Download and Install AppImageLauncher on your Mint 21.x Vanessa/Vera/Victoria/Virginia LTS GNU/Linux Desktop.

And AppImageLauncher for Linux Mint 21 makes your Linux Desktop AppImage Ready. By installing it, you won’t ever have to worry about AppImages again.

You can always Double-Click them without making them Executable first, just like you should be able to do nowadays.

Moreover, you can Integrate AppImages with a Single Mouse Click, and then Manage them from your Apps Menu.

Especially relevant: to Run AppImages Securely, it’s strongly recommended also to follow with the Firejail Setup.

However, at the same time it Plays well with other Apps that can be used to Manage AppImages, for example App Stores.

Finally, Updating and Removing AppImages becomes as Easy as never before.

So resuming the AppImageLauncher Features:

• AppImage Desktop Integration: integrate AppImages into app menu or launcher
• Update Management: just click the entry and have the tool search and apply updates
• Remove AppImages from System: entry in context menu that triggers a removal tool

1. 1. Launching Terminal

   Open a Terminal window
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands).

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

2. 2. Downloading AppImageLauncher

   Download AppImageLauncher for Mint GNU/Linux

   Get AppImageLauncher .deb for Linux Mint

   Get AppImageLauncher for Linux Mint

   Choose to Save the file.

3. 3. Installing AppImageLauncher

   Then to Set up AppImageLauncher on Linux Mint
   From Command Line.
   First, Access the Target, usually in the Downloads folder:
   (But if downloaded with Firefox it can be instead into /tmp/mozilla*)

   cd && cd Downloads

   To Check that there is run:

   ls . | grep appimagelauncher

   The grep Command Refine the output List showing only the entries Matching the Keyword.
   (But if you are in Trouble to Find it out on Terminal then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser)
   And to Setup AppImageLauncher:

   sudo apt install ~/Downloads/appimagelauncher*.deb

   Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo