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Installing Ohmnia on Linux

Step by step, assuming nothing. If you have never installed a program on Linux, this page is for you: there is no command to type.

The Linux version has not been released yet. This page describes what to do once it is. For now, only the Windows version is available for download.

Which of the two files to take

Two files will be offered. They install the same application: only the way it is stored on your computer differs.

The .deb file If you are on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian or Pop!_OS. This is the simplest: Ohmnia installs like a normal program and appears in your applications menu.
The .AppImage file For everything else (Fedora, Manjaro, openSUSE, Arch…), or if the .deb refuses to install. It is a single file that runs directly, installing nothing.

Not sure which Linux you have? Take the .AppImage: it works everywhere.

Using the .deb file

  1. Download the file ending in .deb from the download page. It lands in your Downloads folder.
  2. Double-click it. An installation window opens. If nothing happens: right-click the file → Open with → Software Install.
  3. Click Install, then enter your login password when asked. This is normal: installing a program requires your permission.
  4. Open your applications menu and look for Ohmnia. That is all.

Using the .AppImage file

An AppImage is a single file containing the whole program. It does not install: you put it wherever you like and run it. One step is slightly unusual — you have to tell Linux that this file is allowed to run. It is a safety measure, and it takes three clicks.

  1. Download the file ending in .AppImage.
  2. Put it where you will find it again — your home folder, or an Applications folder you create. Avoid leaving it in Downloads, where you may delete it by accident.
  3. Right-click the file → Properties → Permissions tab, then tick Allow executing file as program. Close the window. Depending on your version of Linux, the tick box may be called "Executable" or "Allow launching". It is the same thing.
  4. Double-click the file. Ohmnia opens.

If something goes wrong

I double-click the AppImage and nothing happens

The execute permission is not ticked. Go back to step 3 above: right-click → Properties → Permissions.

A message mentions "FUSE" or "libfuse"

A component is missing that some recent Linux versions no longer ship by default. Open your software centre, search for libfuse2, install it and try again. If you would rather avoid this, take the .deb file instead.

The .deb refuses to install

Your Linux version probably does not use that format. Take the .AppImage file, which works everywhere.

Ohmnia does not appear in my menu after installing the .deb

Log out and back in: the menu is rebuilt at that point.

Where your data lives on Linux

As on Windows, everything stays on your computer. Your data is kept in a hidden folder inside your home folder:

~/.config/Ohmnia

To see it in your file manager, press Ctrl + H — that shows hidden folders. You normally have no reason to touch anything in there by hand: use App settings inside Ohmnia instead, which can open that folder for you and handle your backups.

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