AM

"AM"/"AppMan" is a set of scripts and modules for installing, updating, and managing AppImage packages and other portable formats, in the same way that APT manages DEBs packages, DNF the RPMs, and so on... using a large database of Shell scripts inspired by the Arch User Repository, each dedicated to an app or set of applications.

"AM"/"AppMan" aims to be the default package manager for all AppImage packages, giving them a home to stay.

"AM" easily integrates portable programs and AppImages system-wide (by default) or locally (using the --user flag), allows for their updates and management from the command line, integrates them into the application menu and can even assemble them on the fly as an AUR helper.

"AM" is just a tool to provide applications easily and quickly and is only responsible for integrating the AppImages into the system and installing the various programs available. "AM" is NOT responsible for the malfunction of individual apps! This is a problem of those who develop or package them upstream. You can use the command am -a {PROGRAM} to view the description and get the sources to contact the program maintainers, or am -d {PROGRAM} to download and read the script on your desktop to trace and reach the source safely.

Local usage

"AppMan", it is a portable version of "AM", limited to installing and managing apps only locally and without root privileges. The command name changes, from am to appman, but the script is the same. "AM" on the contrary, provides a "fixed" installation, but can install and manage apps both locally and at the system level. The configuration file for the path to locally installed applications is located in ~/.config/appman and contains the path you specified when you first launched an option to install applications using the --user flag. If you are an AppMan user, you can simply launch any option.