I'm trying to run an AppImage on multipass, but it won't open a window

I recently downloaded an App Image onto multipass and was hoping to run it, but when I did the terminal did this:

ubuntu@multipass1~$./appimage.appimage
ubuntu@multipass1~$

Nothing happened, no window opened. I know I probably have to install something, but what?

Thanks a lot.

Solution 1:

Multipass is just for shell, but you can install the ubuntu desktop and install an rdp tool.

Based on this ubuntu tutorial here is how you can do that:

First go into the shell of your multipass instance, multipass shell my-multipass-name. Replace 'my-multipass-name' with your multipass instance name. If you don't know the name, use multipass list to find all instances.

Run sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade to update your multipass system.

After that's done, you need to install the ubuntu desktop and an rdp tool, sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop xrdp. APT should get you all the packages necessary.

Once you get the neccesary packages, you need to set a passwd for remoting into the system. sudo passwd [username]. Replace [username] with the username of your machine. If you didn't create a new user, the default is ubuntu.

Your guest ubuntu is now ready! Now we have to use your host system.

Install a program that uses xrdp:

Windows: You have the 'Remote Desktop Application'. Enter the IP (can be found in multipass list.

macOS/iOS: Install the 'Microsoft Remote Desktop' in the app store.

Linux: Remmina, you have to also have remmina-plugin-rdp along with the default remmina package on your host, otherwise it won't work.