Can’t Run AppImage on Ubuntu? Here’s How to Fix it
AppImage applications not running in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS even with the correct file permissions? You need to install the missing library and try again. Here’s how.
There are several applications that are made available for Linux in AppImage format.
However, the recent releases of Ubuntu do not provide the necessary support by default for AppImage applications.
Even with all the right permissions, AppImage applications just refused to launch in my newly installed Ubuntu 24.04 system. The same was the case for Ubuntu 22.04.
If you face a similar situation, I have good news for you. The fix is quite simple.
The problem here is that Ubuntu 22.04 is missing the FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) library. This FUSE library provides an interface for userspace programs to export a virtual filesystem to the Linux kernel.
That’s how the AppImage works; on a virtual filesystem. Since this crucial library is missing, AppImage doesn’t work as expected.
Now that you understand the issue’s root cause, let’s see how to make it work.
