{"id":43864,"date":"2023-04-05T14:40:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T14:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=43864"},"modified":"2024-05-04T12:54:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T12:54:57","slug":"enable-flatpak-appimage-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2023\/04\/enable-flatpak-appimage-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Enable Flatpak & AppImage Support in Ubuntu 24.04"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This simple tutorial is going to show you how to add both flatpak and AppImage package format support, while Ubuntu does not support them out-of-the-box.<\/p>\n

Like Snap, Flatpak is an universal Linux package format runs in sandbox. Many software developers provide their app packages for Linux through Flatpak. And, AppImage is a portable Linux package format. Just download the package, and click ‘Run’ (after adding executable permission) will launch the program.<\/p>\n

Enable Flatpak Support in Ubuntu<\/h3>\n

Ubuntu is focusing on the native deb<\/code> and snap<\/code> support. The developer team has officially announced that they won’t support Flatpak<\/a> out-of-the-box.<\/p>\n

However, user has the freedom of choice to use any other source sources, including Flatpak.<\/p>\n

1. To enable Flatpak support<\/b>, first press Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal, and run command:<\/p>\n

sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter.<\/i> In case the command does not work, run sudo apt update<\/code> first to update package index.<\/p>\n
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2. (Optional)<\/b> Then, you can choose to add the Flathub repository, the standard repository that contains tons of applications as Flatpak. To do so, run command:<\/p>\n
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https:\/\/flathub.org\/repo\/flathub.flatpakrepo<\/pre>\n
When done, log out and back in<\/b> to apply the variable environment change.<\/p>\n
3.<\/b> Finally, you can either go to flathub.org<\/a> and install any Flatpak application, by running the flatpak install<\/code> command in the down-arrow menu beside “Install” button.<\/p>\n
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Or, install a local .flatpak<\/code> (or .flatpakref<\/code>) file by running command:<\/p>\n
flatpak install ~\/Downloads\/file_name_here.flatpak<\/pre>\n
Enable AppImage Support in Ubuntu<\/h3>\n
AppImage is a non-install package format for Linux. Like some .exe or .msi files, user can directly click run .AppImage<\/code> file to launch applications. Though, the ‘allow executing file as program’<\/i> option has to be enabled first in file ‘Properties’ dialog.<\/p>\n
Ubuntu does NOT support AppImage out-of-the-box, due to switch to fuse3, while the file format requires the classic fuse2.<\/p>\n
So enable AppImage is also easy.<\/b> Just open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to install the fuse2 library:<\/p>\n
sudo apt install libfuse2<\/pre>\n
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After that, right-click on your AppImage file and click ‘Run’ to launch the application after enabled ‘allow executing file as program’ and enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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