Unable to launch Joplin via AppImage (error)
Author: cayenne17Created Jul 16, 2026Updated Sep 16, 2026
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Operating system
Linux (KDE Neon base Ubuntu 24.04 LTS)
Joplin version
3.7.9 AppImage
Desktop version info
In a previous post, following @laurent22 recommendation to install via AppImage, I did so, but it doesn't work. https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/15902#issuecomment-4955685556
Current behaviour
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Expected behaviour
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Logs
I get an error when launching via AppImage:
PID: 4857 (joplin)
UID: 1000 (************)
GID: 1000 (************)
Signal: 5 (TRAP)
Timestamp: Wed 2026-07-15 10:12:14 CEST (5s ago)
Command Line: /tmp/.mount_JoplinSWZFEe/joplin
Executable: /tmp/.mount_JoplinSWZFEe/joplin
Control Group: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/[email protected]/app.slice/app-\x2fhome\x2f************\x2fT\xc3\xa9l\xc3\xa9chargements\x2fJoplin\[email protected]
Unit: [email protected]
User Unit: app-\x2fhome\x2f************\x2fT\xc3\xa9l\xc3\xa9chargements\x2fJoplin\[email protected]
Slice: user-1000.slice
Owner UID: 1000 (************)
Boot ID: ************
Machine ID: ************
Hostname: ************
Storage: /var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.joplin.1000.************.4857.1784103134000000.zst (present)
Size on Disk: 1.7M
Message: Process 4857 (joplin) of user 1000 dumped core.
Module libzstd.so.1 from deb libzstd-1.5.5+dfsg2-2build1.1.amd64
Module libsystemd.so.0 from deb systemd-255.4-1ubuntu8.16.amd64
Module libgcc_s.so.1 from deb gcc-14-14.2.0-4ubuntu2~24.04.1.amd64
Module libudev.so.1 from deb systemd-255.4-1ubuntu8.16.amd64
Stack trace of thread 4857:
#0 0x00005fda8aeeaaa5 n/a (/tmp/.mount_JoplinSWZFEe/joplin + 0x70c2aa5)
#1 0x00005fda8aeea59f n/a (/tmp/.mount_JoplinSWZFEe/joplin + 0x70c259f)
#2 0x00005fda8aeeab19 n/a (/tmp/.mount_JoplinSWZFEe/joplin + 0x70c2b19)
#3 0x00005fda8c5012e8 n/a (/tmp/.mount_JoplinSWZFEe/joplin + 0x86d92e8)
#4 0x00005fda89fa2f32 n/a (/tmp/.mount_JoplinSWZFEe/joplin + 0x617af32)
#5 0x00005fda870a37f0 n/a (/tmp/.mount_JoplinSWZFEe/joplin + 0x327b7f0)
#6 0x00005fda896bee74 n/a (/tmp/.mount_JoplinSWZFEe/joplin + 0x5896e74)
#7 0x00005fda881bb97b n/a (/tmp/.mount_JoplinSWZFEe/joplin + 0x439397b)
#8 0x00005fda870a27d3 n/a (/tmp/.mount_JoplinSWZFEe/joplin + 0x327a7d3)
#9 0x00005fda870a060c n/a (/tmp/.mount_JoplinSWZFEe/joplin + 0x327860c)
#10 0x00005fda870a0a59 n/a (/tmp/.mount_JoplinSWZFEe/joplin + 0x3278a59)
#11 0x00005fda869083b1 n/a (/tmp/.mount_JoplinSWZFEe/joplin + 0x2ae03b1)
#12 0x0000750d22c2a1ca __libc_start_call_main (libc.so.6 + 0x2a1ca)
#13 0x0000750d22c2a28b __libc_start_main_impl (libc.so.6 + 0x2a28b)
#14 0x00005fda864a702a n/a (/tmp/.mount_JoplinSWZFEe/joplin + 0x267f02a)
ELF object binary architecture: AMD x86-64
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Source: laurent22/joplin