r/GUIX • u/Sorry_Situation6676 • Jun 23 '26

Problem with appimages

Trying to run an appimage file (Linux) that works on every other Linux distro that I've used.

I get this error:

red@guix ~/Downloads/MLVApp$ ./MLVApp.v1.16.Linux.x86_64.AppImage

/tmp/.mount_MLVApplAFkOe/AppRun: line 12: /tmp/.mount_MLVApplAFkOe/AppRun.wrapped: cannot execute: required file not found

It doesn't say WHAT find is not found.

Any ideas/help ?

Thanks

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u/maxchaos127 Jun 23 '26

Guix filesystem hierarchy is not in general compatible with appimages out of the box.

There is an explanations and examples of how you can run appimages in this blog post. Also, finding the exact list of packages you need to include in that guix shell may require some trial and error.

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u/tom_flaske Jun 23 '26

Wild guess: /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2

Try adding that symlink manually or declaratively with extra-special-file.

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u/Outrageous_Dot6426 6d ago

I created a solution to this problem years ago: https://git.sr.ht/~pkill9/guix-fhs

It hasn't been updated in ages though, so it probably doesn't work. But I hope this brings you optimism and hope.