I have just downloaded the latest Ubuntu Appimage but trying to open it gives the message Archive type not supported. I have downloaded it twice to be sure I didn’t break the download.
Hello @Tigadad,
Are you using Ubuntu in addition to MacOS?
I use MacOS Catalina on my main desktop and Lubuntu 20.04 under VM Fusion on it.
To my understanding, Lubuntu is light Ubuntu, which suggest that there might be some packages missing from your install that’s causing the issue.
A quick AI search suggested that a missing FUSE library could be the root cause here, not only for Lubuntu but for Ubuntu in general:
Please note that this is by no means a “sanctioned” solution by the forum. Do your own research on this and try at your own risk.
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I installed the libfuse2 library but it made no difference. The Appimage file appears to be an lxQt archive.
As much as I would like to help, the fact remains that my experience with Linux systems is very limited, unfortunately.
So I am afraid I will have too cede grounds to other more experienced users.
But I can still help you with : if you can demonstrate that the appimage fails to extract on a standard install of Ubuntu 20.04 (64-bit) or Fedora 38 (64-bit), then I will be in a better position to escalate this into bugs since, officially, these are the only two supported distros.
Also, having looked up the versions, I wounder what architecture is your machine? 32-bit or 64-bit?
Just out of interest (as I could not think why it should not work), I made a Lubuntu 24.04 VM and downloaded the Manager Linux Appimage executable into it.
In default, Lubuntu will not run appimages, which is quickly fixed with:
sudo apt install fuse*
It still wouldn’t run it due to the sandboxing issue which has been extensively discussed here in the Manager forums.
Therefore, to make it run:
./Manager-x86_64.AppImage –no-sandbox
It ran using all three of the different desktops available as part of the default Lubuntu installation.
I note that you specifically reference Lubuntu 20.04 in an earlier post, and would respectfully suggest that you should no longer be using an OS that was little more than an interim development release back in 2020 and is no longer in support. Additionally, MacOS Catalina is now beyond it’s support life. Please give consideration to how dependent you, your business and it’s accounts are upon things that are beyond their support and maintenance lives.
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Thanks for thee feedback. I cannot argue about the version issue.
MacOS Catalina is the last version that will run on my hardware and as a half starved invalid pensioner upgrading hardware is not an option.
I built a new Lubuntu 24.04.4 LTS (Noble Numbat) VM and installed Fuse. Neither this nor the -no-sanbox works.
I run Librecad.Appimage without problems so the problem appears to be with this download file.
For completeness, The Appimage is set to run as an executable and it is trusted as an application. Double click on the Appimage does nothing. Right click and open with LXQt File Archiver produces the error. Double clicking on Librecad runs straight away.
We seem that have a couple of points under discussion, so let’s take them one at a time.
MacOS on an older Intel based Mac:
There are ways of running later versions of MacOS (ie versions that are built and designed to run on the new M type silicon) on an x86 Mac. Just how effective, reliable and solid those are I don’t know as I’m not a Mac person, but that option might be worth you investigating. However, almost any modern and current Linux will be installable directly onto x86 Mac hardware, which is very quick and easy to install and set-up and will have the effect of extending the working life of older hardware with a modern, reliable, supported operating system and applications.
Manager Appimage in your Lubuntu VM:
Suggest that you forget about clicking on icons in a file manager to begin with, and try to launch the programme from Lubuntu’s QTerminal.
First move into the folder where the .Appimage is located.(Let’s assume that it’s located in the Downloads folder for this example).
cd Downloads
Then make sure that the .Appimage is executable.
chmod +x Manager-x86_64.AppImage
Now let’s try and launch the programme.
./Manager-x86_64.AppImage --no-sandbox
If that works you have at least proved that it’s possible to get it up and running on it’s own feet, and you can then if you wish give consideration to getting things to work using a point and click way of working and getting things in the gui to behave as you wish.
Thanks for your guidance. I started from scratch, download a new copy and followed your guide. I knew about the chmod as I use other Appimages.
Running it direct under QTerminal now show me a sandbox error and running it with the –no-sandbox option gets it to load (woohoo).
However command+ does not alter the screen rsolution;; the reason I started this fun and games in the first place.
For reference the accessibility settings allow me to zoom in and out with every application I have tried but not with Manager.
Sounds like you are making some progress…..good stuff !!!
I am not a Mac person, but I suspect that your difficulty with trying to zoom in and out will be stemming from the way or extent of hardware controls are being passed/not passed from the Mac host through/to the VM to the hosted OS (Lubuntu) and then onto Manager. This is not uncommon when dealing with many operating systems hosting VM’s. (Basically your mileage may vary where hardware pass-though is concerned). It might be worth spending some time with the documentation for your hardware, Catalina, and your Hypervisor). For example, you might find that there will be another hardware key required in addition, and/or settings changes needed in Mac-OS in order to get things to work for you.
That said, it might be fun to try a little experiment -
Start Manager in Lubuntu from the QTerminal. Open up a Web-Browser in Lubuntu and enter the address http://127.0.0.1:55667
Now, on a good day, Manager will be displayed in your web-browser session, and you can use it just as if you were having a normal session. Try to use your zoom controls and see how things respond and note whether they are any different to when you are using Manager just in the normal Appimage window.
You might also like to repeat the experiment using the same address using a web-browser running directly on the Mac - the degree of success/failure with this one will probably be determined by how your hypervisor is set-up to interact with the host.
Hopefully, having a bit of trial and error experimentation will lead you to a solution that works for you.
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Works a treat. You are a bloody legend. Running the IP address direct under Safari starts it up and all is good. I don’t have to prestart manager.
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This idea does not work in a VM Fusion virtual machine because Fusion interrupts the keyboard sequence. I need to create a custom key sequence but it works on the Mac so as long as Manager keeps making updates available for MacOS Catalina I don’t care.