Installing AppImages

AppImages are portable applications packaged as a single executable file, they don't need to be installed system wide and can be run directly.

Adding an AppImage in the Software Center

Right Click the .AppImage file and choose Open With Add/Remove Software The Software Center will register it in your application launcher with a proper name and icon, and keep track of it so it's easy to remove later.

Running one directly

You can also run an AppImage without installing it through the Software Center, just mark it as executable and run it:

chmod +x MyApp.AppImage
./MyApp.AppImage