How to register an AppImage as a desktop application in Linux
You have an .AppImage file and would like to treat it like an installed Linux app. The solution: Create a custom .desktop file. Download and Prepare Download the .AppImage file and an icon to your ~/Downloads directory. Move the .AppImage file to /usr/bin: sudo mv ~/Downloads/cryptomator.AppImage /usr/bin Make it executable: sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/cryptomator.AppImage Optionally, extract the .AppImage to grab the icon: ./cryptomator.AppImage --appimage-extract The icon is typically located in squashfs-root/usr/share/icons. Save or move the icon under /usr/share/icons/custom/cryptomator.png: sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/icons/custom && sudo mv squashfs-root/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/org.cryptomator.Cryptomator.png /usr/share/icons/custom/cryptomator.png Installation Options System-wide Installation To make the application accessible to all users, use the /usr/bin directory and /usr/share/applications for the .desktop file. Use sudo for the commands. ...