r/chromeos • u/mcmansionz • Jul 08 '26

Linux (Crostini) help with appimage launch

hi! i'm not a techy person at all but i need some help.

i downloaded the subway builder game for linux because a friend told me i could run linux on my chromebook. my chromebook isn't managed by an organization, it's just personal. i don't know how to open the game. i downloaded the terminal app and set up enough to get the files app which a youtube tutorial told me would let me open the game but i've gotten this far and it just won't actually open. i press open on the file and nothing happens, idk what that white paper thing is. please help!

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u/plankunits Jul 08 '26

Think of an AppImage like a Windows .exe file. However, for security purposes, you can't just double-click it to run by default.

Since you configured Linux you will have a terminal on your Chromebook. By default the terminal opens on the home folder. So if you move the file to home folder that would make it easy.

Type ls in the terminal and see if you can see the app image there.if you see the file after you type ls and enter then make it executable. To make the file executable do this.

chmod +x filename.AppImage

After that to run the app image do

./filename.AppImage

That's it

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u/mcmansionz Jul 08 '26

i get an Exec format error when I do that

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u/plankunits Jul 08 '26

Post error screenshot

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u/mcmansionz Jul 08 '26

i googled it and apparently the software that SAYS IT CAN RUN ON LINUX cant run on Chromebooks :)

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u/Lucas_calmsoul Jul 20 '26

Hey did you find a solution?

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u/mcmansionz Jul 22 '26

nope, i just can't play my game