Awesome

ATG - AppImage To Gnome

Monitors and (de)installs AppImage from Gnome desktop (It might even work elsewhere, but I didn't try it - let me know!)

• There's no need for a root user!
• Runs as a user systemd service
• Monitors ~/apps for new or removed AppImages

Install

• download this repository
• set the execute bit on the install.sh script (chmod +x install.sh or via GUI)
• if echo ${HOME} doesn't look like /home/[username] where [username] is your username, skip to Nonstandard user section and then get back
• run the install.sh
• you can delete the downloaded folder now
• add an AppImage to the ~/apps/ directory, go to Applications and search for it. You should see it there now.

Uninstall

If, for whatever reason, you want to uninstall this, run the following:

systemctl --user disable atg.path # disables the watch service
rm -f ~/.config/systemd/user/atg.path # removes the watch service
rm -f ~/.config/systemd/user/atg.service # removes the script runner
rm -f ~/.local/bin/atg.sh # removes the main script

Nonstandard user

• run echo ${HOME} and copy it's output
• open atg.path and in PathChanged=/home/%u/apps/ replace the /home/%u with the output from previous command
• return back to the Install section. (well, basically just run the install script)