How to download Appium Desktop in Ubuntu 16

Question

I am trying to download Appium Desktop in Ubuntu 16 (I've just been using the terminal to run it so far).

I understand that for Ubuntu, I must download the source code release they have on git (Source Code tar.gz), as apposed to their .exe (windows) or .dmg (mac) releases. After downloading it and un-tarring it, I do not know how to "install" it. I tried reading the README.md, but cannot find the instruction. How to do this?

Many thanks in advance

Answer 1

1. Install node.js without using sudo- if your already installed nodejs using sudo use the below commands to remove from your machine sudo apt-get remove nodejs

sudo apt-get remove npm

2.Download latest nodejs linux binaries from https://nodejs.org/download/release/latest/

3.Now install it under /usr/local using

cd /usr/local sudo mkdir node cd node tar --strip-components 1 -xzf /home/elan/Downloads/node/node-v8.2.1-linux- x64.tar.gz

4. Add path in ~/.bashrc export PATH=$PATH:usr/local/node/bin

5. then provide appropriate access permission to the node folder cd usr/local sudo chmod -R 777 node

6. install appium globally npm install -g appium

7. install appium doctor to troubleshoot npm install -g appium-doctor

Answer 2

Offical url: https://github.com/appium/appium-desktop/releases

If you have no idea which file to download, there's a file contains "linux" and end with format "yml", the file name is contained in it.

The file should be an AppImage file as above mentioned, you should change the permission by checking box of "Allow executing file as program" of its "Properties".

And then run "./appiumimagename" in terminal to launch Appium Desktop or install it.

Answer 3

1.2.0-beta.2 offers an AppImage for Linux - https://github.com/appium/appium-desktop/releases/

Download it, run chmod a+x on it, and then ./AppImage to execute it.