How to launch Electrum after installing it from an AppImage?

Question

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.

Error404 · Answer 1 · 2021-12-28T06:08:12.087

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If you want snap (The snap version of the app is out of date and may break):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

How to launch Electrum after installing it from an AppImage?

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