Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Axel Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.mint Subject: Re: program launchers Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 12:55:05 +1000 Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: <10sn9ah$11m9i$1@solani.org> <10su05o$8ag9$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 4wyXx331raF1tpxF7q5EJg83TuDjW2oFy928ItIS+STlYn1maB Cancel-Lock: sha1:Jfl05Y+ZM3EGcG15AwO/00JWlTk= sha256:1WUEHMleYd1kZndjXVGrOxJehvhNEw1PgLn4n/C/qB4= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.23 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com alt.os.linux.mint:47323 RonB wrote: > On 2026-04-30, Axel wrote: >> Alan K. wrote: >>> On 4/29/26 5:26 PM, Axel wrote: >>>> Axel wrote: >>>>> rbowman wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:33:33 +1000, Axel wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> some programs do not have a directory or folders. they're just an >>>>>>> app I >>>>>>> launch eg. helium-0.6.7.1-x86_64.AppImage, >>>>>> I don't know about helium but AppImageLauncher can integrate many >>>>>> AppImages so the icons show up in the menu rather than messing around >>>>>> with .desktop files. It will also handle updates if the AppImage >>>>>> has the >>>>>> necessary information. >>>>> Thanks! I will use it >>>>> >>>> https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher >>>> >>>> I can't see any link to the .deb file >>>> >>> https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher/releases >>> >> Thanks. but I still don't see that link on the main page. they sure >> don't make this stuff easy! > It's the fifth one down on the list. The name is so long you can't see the > important part at the end. Just hover your mouse over it and see if it's for > AMD64 and if it has the .deb extension. (Assuming you're using an Intel or > AMD 64-bit machine.) > got it, thanks! -- Linux Mint 22.3