The binary path of "Update/Delete this AppImage" in context menu is wrong
Author: wcbingCreated Jun 26, 2026Updated Jun 26, 2026
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Describe the bug
"Delete this AppImage" and "Update this AppImage" in context menu does not work. Manual run the update in desktop file, output:
/opt/appimagelauncher.AppDir/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/appimagelauncher/update: error while loading shared libraries: libQt5QuickWidgets.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Expected behavior
Pop-up window
Steps to reproduce the issue
> /opt/appimagelauncher.AppDir/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/appimagelauncher/update "a.appimage"
/opt/appimagelauncher.AppDir/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/appimagelauncher/update: error while loading shared libraries: libQt5QuickWidgets.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> ldd /opt/appimagelauncher.AppDir/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/appimagelauncher/update
linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007f77457d3000)
libappimageupdate-qt.so => /opt/appimagelauncher.AppDir/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/appimagelauncher/libappimageupdate-qt.so (0x00007f774577b000)
libQt5QuickWidgets.so.5 => not found
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> ll /opt/appimagelauncher.AppDir/usr/bin/../lib/libQt5QuickWidgets.so.5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 106K 2025-10-29 06:33 /opt/appimagelauncher.AppDir/usr/bin/../lib/libQt5QuickWidgets.so.5
> LD_PERLOAD=/opt/appimagelauncher.AppDir/usr/lib/libQt5QuickWidgets.so.5 /opt/appimagelauncher.AppDir/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/appimagelauncher/update "a.appimage"
/opt/appimagelauncher.AppDir/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/appimagelauncher/update: error while loading shared libraries: libQt5QuickWidgets.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directoryIf I install "libqt5quickwidgets5" by apt, It won't make that mistake again.
The next error is the same as #748 , which can be run temporarily by link （No discussion here for the time being）.
Screenshots
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Distribution and desktop environment
Debian Unstable, GNOME 50
Installed AppImageLauncher version
AppImageLauncher version 3.0.0-beta-2 (git commit 96cb937), built on 2025-10-28 22:31:15 UTC
List of AppImages you tried (ideally with URL)
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Additional context
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Source: TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher