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How to launch Electrum after installing it from an AppImage?

Nicholas Saunders

4/28/23, 3:40 AM

To install the electrum wallet I've downloaded the appimage file from the electrum website.

After exiting the wallet, how do I then start electrum again?

re-running the appimage file prompts for re-installing the software:

It's already installed:

nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ 
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ ls -alh electrum-4.1.5-x86_64.AppImage 
-rw-rw-r-- 1 nicholas nicholas 54M Dec 27 19:29 electrum-4.1.5-x86_64.AppImage
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ 
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ chmod +x electrum-4.1.5-x86_64.AppImage 
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ 
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ ls -alh electrum-4.1.5-x86_64.AppImage 
-rwxrwxr-x 1 nicholas nicholas 54M Dec 27 19:29 electrum-4.1.5-x86_64.AppImage
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ 
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ ./electrum-4.1.5-x86_64.AppImage 
Warning: Ignoring XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway.
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ 
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ uname -a
Linux mordor 5.11.0-41-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Fri Nov 5 11:37:01 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ 
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 21.04
Release:    21.04
Codename:   hirsute
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$

running hirsuite as above.

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Someone

4/28/23, 3:53 AM

Can you provide OS details? Please [edit] accordingly.

N0rbert

4/28/23, 8:16 AM

Does this answer your question? [How do I install AppImageLauncher in ubuntu 21.04?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1349951/how-do-i-install-appimagelauncher-in-ubuntu-21-04)

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Someone

4/28/23, 4:05 AM

Maybe the software is already installed after running the AppImage? Try searching for the software in the applications overview and start it from there, or try running electrum in a terminal.

If the above didn't worked then the AppImage they have provided is for testing the software, not downloading it. You can download the software by the following commands:

If you want snap (The snap version of the app is out of date and may break):

sudo snap install electrum

If you want to manually compile:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3-pyqt5 libsecp256k1-0 python3-cryptography
wget https://download.electrum.org/4.1.5/Electrum-4.1.5.tar.gz
wget https://download.electrum.org/4.1.5/Electrum-4.1.5.tar.gz.ThomasV.asc
gpg --verify Electrum-4.1.5.tar.gz.ThomasV.asc Electrum-4.1.5.tar.gz
wget https://download.electrum.org/4.1.5/Electrum-4.1.5.tar.gz.sombernight_releasekey.asc
gpg --verify Electrum-4.1.5.tar.gz.sombernight_releasekey.asc Electrum-4.1.5.tar.gz
sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools python3-pip
python3 -m pip install --user Electrum-4.1.5.tar.gz

For more information refer to the Official download instructions for electrum.

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Nicholas Saunders

4/28/23, 6:05 AM

the snap image is woefully out of date, unfortunately. see: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/111460/111738

Someone

4/28/23, 6:06 AM

@NicholasSaunders Try building from source. Also maybe the application is already instaled, have you checked its installed status?

Nicholas Saunders

4/28/23, 6:11 AM

on IRC they were saying that you execute the `AppImage` as per any other script, such as `./<script file name>` as a general rul. I'll have to figure out how to add that "into" the list of apps. Or even to the dock so I can just click. But that's a bit of a different question to my mind.

Someone

4/28/23, 6:11 AM

@NicholasSaunders You can make a `.desktop` file.

Someone

4/28/23, 6:14 AM

@NicholasSaunders I would recommend compiling from source instead of struggling with AppImage

Elon Musk

I sit in a Tesla and translated this thread with Ai:

EN: How to launch Electrum after installing it from an AppImage?

TH: จะเปิด Electrum ได้อย่างไรหลังจากติดตั้งจาก AppImage

RO: Cum să lansez Electrum după ce l-ai instalat dintr-o AppImage?

RU: Как запустить Electrum после его установки из AppImage?

VI: Làm cách nào để khởi chạy Electrum sau khi cài đặt nó từ AppImage?

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