From 803be690210ab25727a489291da465243a4844ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tiyn <tiyn@posteo.eu>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 09:49:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] linux: added appimage

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 wiki/linux/appimage.md        | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 wiki/linux/package_manager.md | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 wiki/linux/appimage.md

diff --git a/wiki/linux/appimage.md b/wiki/linux/appimage.md
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+# AppImage
+
+[AppImage](https://appimage.org/) is a portable Linux application format that allows programs to
+run without being installed through a traditional package manager.
+
+## Usage
+
+This section addresses the usage of AppImage files.
+
+### Running and Installing AppImage Files
+
+This section is based on an
+[article by Sujit Kumar](https://dev.to/sujit-shrc/install-appimages-on-arch-based-linux-lm2).
+
+AppImages are executed directly as standalone binaries.
+To start an application make the AppImage executable using the following command.
+`<appimage-path>` is the path to the AppImage file.
+
+```sh
+chmod +x <appimage-path>
+```
diff --git a/wiki/linux/package_manager.md b/wiki/linux/package_manager.md
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 # Package Manager
 
-Package managers are important programs to get software onto your system.
+Package managers are used to handle the installation and management of programs on systems.
+
+## List of Package Managers
 
 The following is a list of package managers and the corresponding [Linux](/wiki/linux.md)
 distributions.
@@ -9,4 +11,14 @@ distributions.
   [Proxmox](/wiki/linux/proxmox.md) use the [APT](/wiki/linux/package_manager/apt.md) package
   manager.
 - [Arch Linux](/wiki/linux/arch-linux.md) and Arch-based distributions use
-  [Pacman]() and various managers for the AUR.
+  [Pacman](/wiki/linux/package_manager/pacman_and_aur.md) and various managers for the AUR.
+
+## Alternative Software Distribution Formats
+
+Besides traditional package managers, there are portable or universal application formats that work
+across distributions.
+These formats are not package managers.
+They distribute standalone applications that can run independently of the system package database.
+
+- [AppImage](/wiki/linux/appimage.md)
+- [Flatpak](/wiki/linux/flatpak.md)