appimagedl is a command line AppImage manager that integrates with AppImageHub. appimagedl uses https://appimage.github.io/feed.json to get information about approved AppImages from AppImageHub. If possible, 'appimageupdatetool' is used to keep AppImages up to date. Otherwise, 'jq' and 'wget' are used to get the latest release information using Github's API.
appimagedl is not responsible for bugs within AppImages that have been downloaded using appimagedl. Please report any bugs that are specific to downloaded AppImages to their maintainers.
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ivan-hc/appimagedl/master/appimagedl-install
chmod a+x ./appimagedl-install
sudo ./appimagedl-install
To run the AppImages from the command line (command appimagedl download $PROGRAM), add the following line at the end of your ~/.bashrc:
export PATH=$PATH:$(xdg-user-dir USER)/.local/bin
You can quickly do that using the following command:
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$(xdg-user-dir USER)/.local/bin' >> ./.bashrc
list|l - list all available AppImages
info|i - output json file containing information for an AppImage
search|se - search for available AppImages
download|dl - download an AppImage to $TARGET_DIR
get - download an AppImage to $GET_DIR without managing it
remove|rm - remove a downloaded AppImage
update|up - update list of AppImages and check downloaded AppImages for updates
revert|rev - revert an updated AppImage to its previous version if available
freeze|fr - mark or unmark an AppImage as FROZEN to preven update checks
config|cf - open appimagedl's config file with $EDITOR
man|m - show appimagedl man page
[list|info] --downloaded|-d - show list or info for downloaded AppImages
--verbose [option] [AppImage] - add bash option 'set -v' for verbose output
--debug [option] [AppImage] - add bash option 'set -x' for debugging
By default, Github's rate limit for API checks is 60 per hour. When authenticated, the rate limit is increased to 5000 per hour. To take advantage of the increased rate limit, it is suggested that you add your token to appimagedl.conf.
It is recommended that you do not give this token access to any scopes as it will be stored in plain text in your config file. It may even be a good idea to create a throwaway account for use with this.
To use authenticated Github API checks with appimagedl, edit the following line in ~/.config/appimagedl/appimagedl.conf to contain your token:
GITHUB_TOKEN="YOURTOKEN"
To remove appimagedl run the following command:
sudo /opt/appimagedl/remove
To remove all the downloaded applications (using the get option), do:
rm -R ~/.AppImages
To remove all the installed apps (using the download option), do:
rm -R ~/.local/bin/*
To remove the configuration files:
rm -R ~/.config/appimagedl
What is an AppImage?
An AppImage is a downloadable file for Linux that contains an application and everything the application needs to run (e.g., libraries, icons, fonts, translations, etc.) that cannot be reasonably expected to be part of each target system.