Appimage - Revision history

ScatteredCognition: Added a section for fixing appimage applications not being able to find Nix-managed fonts, icons and themes

2026-08-04T10:35:09Z

Added a section for fixing appimage applications not being able to find Nix-managed fonts, icons and themes

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			===== Appimage apps cannot access host fonts, icons and themes =====
			See: [[Fixes for non-Nix applications#Flatpak, Distrobox, Appimage and other non-Nix applications can't find system fonts/icons/themes]]

	===== Additional Packages ===== <!--T:17-->		===== Additional Packages ===== <!--T:17-->

Ardenet: Marked this version for translation

2026-08-02T18:18:59Z

Marked this version for translation

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	===== Additional Packages =====		===== Additional Packages ===== <!--T:17-->

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	Some appimages still have issues, so you can override for additional pkgs such as		Some appimages still have issues, so you can override for additional pkgs such as
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Ardenet: /* Configuration */add tvar tag

2026-08-02T18:15:58Z

Configuration: add tvar tag

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	You can tell the [[Linux kernel]] to use an interpreter (e.g. <code>appimage-run</code>) when executing certain binary files through the use of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binfmt_misc#External_links binfmt_misc], either by filename extension or magic number matching. Below NixOS configuration registers AppImage files (ELF files with magic number "AI" + 0x02) to be run with <code>appimage-run</code> as interpreter:		You can tell the [[Linux kernel]] to use an interpreter (e.g. <code>appimage-run</code>) when executing certain binary files through the use of [<tvar name=1>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binfmt_misc#External_links</tvar> binfmt_misc], either by filename extension or magic number matching. Below NixOS configuration registers AppImage files (ELF files with magic number "AI" + 0x02) to be run with <code>appimage-run</code> as interpreter:
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Ardenet: /* Usage */add tvar tag

2026-08-02T18:14:47Z

Usage: add tvar tag

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	See the [https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#sec-pkgs-appimageTools nixpkgs manual on wrapping AppImage packages]. In short, the AppImage is extracted and any dependencies are added as Nix build dependencies.		See the [<tvar name=1>https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#sec-pkgs-appimageTools</tvar> nixpkgs manual on wrapping AppImage packages]. In short, the AppImage is extracted and any dependencies are added as Nix build dependencies.
	Following example is a derivation for the program Quba, which is also distributed as AppImage.		Following example is a derivation for the program Quba, which is also distributed as AppImage.
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	== Configuration == <!--T:16-->		== Configuration == <!--T:16-->

Ardenet: add tvar tag

2026-08-02T18:12:56Z

add tvar tag

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	[https://appimage.org/ AppImage] is a monolithic packaging format for linux applications. It contains all dependencies in one file that is composed of an executable with a tacked on filesystem.		[<tvar name=1>https://appimage.org/</tvar> AppImage] is a monolithic packaging format for linux applications. It contains all dependencies in one file that is composed of an executable with a tacked on filesystem.

	== Usage == <!--T:10-->		== Usage == <!--T:10-->

Smudgebun: Added a period to the last sentence

2026-04-10T12:23:00Z

Added a period to the last sentence

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	This way AppImage files can be invoked directly as if they were normal programs		This way AppImage files can be invoked directly as if they were normal programs.
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	[[Category:Software]]		[[Category:Software]]

Ardenet: Adjust the position of page translation tags

2026-03-07T17:37:36Z

Adjust the position of page translation tags

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	On most distros, all one has to do is download the <code>.AppImage</code> file, make it executable <code>chmod +x $AppImage</code>, and execute it. This doesn't work in NixOS out of the box though, as AppImage files usually (if not always) depend on certain system libraries in hardcoded paths.		On most distros, all one has to do is download the <code>.AppImage</code> file, make it executable <code>chmod +x $AppImage</code>, and execute it. This doesn't work in NixOS out of the box though, as AppImage files usually (if not always) depend on certain system libraries in hardcoded paths.
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	<syntaxhighlight lang="shell">		<syntaxhighlight lang="shell">
	$ nix-shell -p appimage-run		$ nix-shell -p appimage-run
	$ appimage-run path/to/application.AppImage		$ appimage-run path/to/application.AppImage
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	===== Additional Packages =====		===== Additional Packages =====
	Some appimages still have issues, so you can override for additional pkgs such as<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">programs.appimage.enable = true;
			Some appimages still have issues, so you can override for additional pkgs such as
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			<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">programs.appimage.enable = true;
	programs.appimage.binfmt = true;		programs.appimage.binfmt = true;
	programs.appimage.package = pkgs.appimage-run.override		programs.appimage.package = pkgs.appimage-run.override
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	pkgs.python312Packages.torch		pkgs.python312Packages.torch
	];		];
	};</syntaxhighlight>		};
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	=== Packaging === <!--T:8-->		=== Packaging === <!--T:8-->

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	== Configuration == <!--T:16-->		== Configuration == <!--T:16-->

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	You can tell the [[Linux kernel]] to use an interpreter (e.g. <code>appimage-run</code>) when executing certain binary files through the use of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binfmt_misc#External_links binfmt_misc], either by filename extension or magic number matching. Below NixOS configuration registers AppImage files (ELF files with magic number "AI" + 0x02) to be run with <code>appimage-run</code> as interpreter:		You can tell the [[Linux kernel]] to use an interpreter (e.g. <code>appimage-run</code>) when executing certain binary files through the use of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binfmt_misc#External_links binfmt_misc], either by filename extension or magic number matching. Below NixOS configuration registers AppImage files (ELF files with magic number "AI" + 0x02) to be run with <code>appimage-run</code> as interpreter:
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	programs.appimage = {		programs.appimage = {
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	This way AppImage files can be invoked directly as if they were normal programs		This way AppImage files can be invoked directly as if they were normal programs
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	[[Category:Software]]		[[Category:Software]]

Abowen: How to add additional packages

2026-02-24T00:34:04Z

How to add additional packages

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Turbotimon: /* Run */ Improve start command py showing path instead of cryptic $AppImageFile

2025-11-14T09:42:45Z

Run: Improve start command py showing path instead of cryptic $AppImageFile

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	$ nix-shell -p appimage-run		$ nix-shell -p appimage-run
	$ appimage-run ~~$AppImageFile~~		$ appimage-run path/to/application.AppImage
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Pigs: link to linux kernel

2025-06-01T06:26:53Z

link to linux kernel

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	You can tell the Linux kernel to use an interpreter (e.g. <code>appimage-run</code>) when executing certain binary files through the use of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binfmt_misc#External_links binfmt_misc], either by filename extension or magic number matching. Below NixOS configuration registers AppImage files (ELF files with magic number "AI" + 0x02) to be run with <code>appimage-run</code> as interpreter:		You can tell the [[Linux kernel]] to use an interpreter (e.g. <code>appimage-run</code>) when executing certain binary files through the use of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binfmt_misc#External_links binfmt_misc], either by filename extension or magic number matching. Below NixOS configuration registers AppImage files (ELF files with magic number "AI" + 0x02) to be run with <code>appimage-run</code> as interpreter:
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