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To install the electrum wallet I've downloaded the appimage file from the electrum website.

After exiting the wallet, how do I then start electrum again?

re-running the appimage file prompts for re-installing the software:

electrum

It's already installed:

nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ 
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ ls -alh electrum-4.1.5-x86_64.AppImage 
-rw-rw-r-- 1 nicholas nicholas 54M Dec 27 19:29 electrum-4.1.5-x86_64.AppImage
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ 
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ chmod +x electrum-4.1.5-x86_64.AppImage 
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ 
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ ls -alh electrum-4.1.5-x86_64.AppImage 
-rwxrwxr-x 1 nicholas nicholas 54M Dec 27 19:29 electrum-4.1.5-x86_64.AppImage
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ 
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ ./electrum-4.1.5-x86_64.AppImage 
Warning: Ignoring XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway.
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ 
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ uname -a
Linux mordor 5.11.0-41-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Fri Nov 5 11:37:01 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ 
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 21.04
Release:    21.04
Codename:   hirsute
nicholas@mordor:~/Downloads$

running hirsuite as above.

Nicholas Saunders
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    Can you provide OS details? Please [edit] accordingly. – Error404 Dec 28 '21 at 03:53
  • Does this answer your question? [How do I install AppImageLauncher in ubuntu 21.04?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1349951/how-do-i-install-appimagelauncher-in-ubuntu-21-04) – N0rbert Dec 28 '21 at 08:16

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Maybe the software is already installed after running the AppImage? Try searching for the software in the applications overview and start it from there, or try running electrum in a terminal.

If the above didn't worked then the AppImage they have provided is for testing the software, not downloading it. You can download the software by the following commands:

If you want snap (The snap version of the app is out of date and may break):

sudo snap install electrum

If you want to manually compile:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3-pyqt5 libsecp256k1-0 python3-cryptography
wget https://download.electrum.org/4.1.5/Electrum-4.1.5.tar.gz
wget https://download.electrum.org/4.1.5/Electrum-4.1.5.tar.gz.ThomasV.asc
gpg --verify Electrum-4.1.5.tar.gz.ThomasV.asc Electrum-4.1.5.tar.gz
wget https://download.electrum.org/4.1.5/Electrum-4.1.5.tar.gz.sombernight_releasekey.asc
gpg --verify Electrum-4.1.5.tar.gz.sombernight_releasekey.asc Electrum-4.1.5.tar.gz
sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools python3-pip
python3 -m pip install --user Electrum-4.1.5.tar.gz

For more information refer to the Official download instructions for electrum.

Error404
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    the snap image is woefully out of date, unfortunately. see: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/111460/111738 – Nicholas Saunders Dec 28 '21 at 06:05
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    @NicholasSaunders Try building from source. Also maybe the application is already instaled, have you checked its installed status? – Error404 Dec 28 '21 at 06:06
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    on IRC they were saying that you execute the `AppImage` as per any other script, such as `./ – Nicholas Saunders Dec 28 '21 at 06:11
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    @NicholasSaunders You can make a `.desktop` file. – Error404 Dec 28 '21 at 06:11
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    @NicholasSaunders I would recommend compiling from source instead of struggling with AppImage – Error404 Dec 28 '21 at 06:14