Installing Obsidian in Ubuntu

Created: 2023-05-25 11:19

All the steps, yes even Profit!, are required to install from scratch.

To do a manual update, when a new installer is required, only repeat steps 2 to 4.

1. Create a new directory in ~/Applications $ mkdir ~/Applications/Obsidian
2. Download the latest AppImage from obsidian.md/download
3. Give the file execution permissions $cd\widetilde{/}Downloads$ sudo chmod +x Obsidian-1.3.4.AppImage
4. Move the file to the new directory $ mv Obsidian-1.3.4.AppImage ~/Applications/Obsidian/obsidian
5. Create a desktop file with the following contents and place it in ~/.local/share/applications/Obsidian.desktop

   [Desktop Entry]
   Type=Application
   Name=Obsidian
   Comment="A second brain, for you, forever."
   Icon=/home/your-user/Applications/Obsidian/icon.png
   Exec=/home/your-user/Applications/Obsidian/obsidian
   Terminal=false

   NOTE: this also requires an icon saved in the same directory as the AppImage. It can probably be ignored and it will show a default icon.
6. Validate that the file is correct and install it: $desktop-file-validate\widetilde{/}.local/share/applications/Obsidian.desktop$ sudo desktop-file-install ~/.local/share/applications/Obsidian.desktop
7. Profit!

For more information or questions refer to the forum: How to use Obsidian AppImage