How does one go about installing Appimage files, permanently, and why does this process feel so convoluted? I've kind of tried to follow some guides but I'm not sure they are specific enough. Simply running the file does seem to install it but its as if it's installing it to memory, as it creates no shortcuts anywhere, and doesn't remember settings. Is there a more preferred large language model interface for Ubuntu? One where I can just do like a single click/command via like a package manager or something?? This feels archaic.
EDIT: I have figured out how to install LM Studio from an AppImage file.
- download LM Studio
- go to the download folder, and right click in the folder, and select "open in terminal"
- chmod u+x LM_Studio-*.AppImage (where x is the version number, this will make it executable)
- then type ./LM_Studio-*.AppImage --no-sandbox (replace * with version #- it might load)
- type sudo mkdir -p /opt/LMStudio
- type sudo install ./LM_Studio-*.AppImage /opt/LMStudio/LM_Studio.AppImage (replace * with version number)
- type sudo nano /usr/share/applications/lm-studio.desktop
And add the following to it: [Desktop Entry]
Name=LM Studio
Exec=/opt/LMStudio/LM_Studio.AppImage --no-sandbox
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Icon=application-x-executable
Comment=AI Model Studio
Categories=Utility;
Then press control + o and Enter, and then Enter again - it will ask you to save- click yes.
Log out, and log back in. This should give you LM Studio with some sort of default system icon. I have gone to the trouble of adding the official LM Studio icon to my install but it isn't necessary. If you find it is, please see something like Grok 3. It's been very helpful for me. Actually, in the input above, in the "Desktop Entry" file we created, under "icon", you can just point to its location if you have downloaded it, and known how to do that.
