# Why is all this command line stuff necessary?

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**Category:** Using AppImages\
**Created:** [December 27, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/why-is-all-this-command-line-stuff-necessary/2204 "2020-12-27T00:30:26Z")\
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The command line is **not** needed to use AppImages at all.  
Just download, make executable, and double click to run.

> [@How to run an AppImage](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/how-to-run-an-appimage/80):
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> Before you can run an AppImage, you need to make it executable. This is a Linux security feature. There are three main ways to make an AppImage executable: 1. With the GUI Open your file manager and browse to the location of the AppImage Right-click on the AppImage and click the ‘Properties’ entry Switch to the Permissions tab and Click the ‘Allow executing file as program’ checkbox if you are using a Nautilus-based file manager (Files, Nemo, Caja), or click the ‘Is executable’ checkbox if yo…

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