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2024-09-14

Installing and running Linyaps, part 4: Ubuntu 24.04

The Ubuntu 24.04 installation lesson: system requirements, desktop setup, Linyaps configuration and running an application.

On this pageInstall Linyaps environment on Ubuntu 24.04System RequirementsSetting up the desktop environmentInstall and configure the Linyaps toolsUsing Linyaps

Install Linyaps environment on Ubuntu 24.04

System Requirements

Before installing the Linyaps environment, your system environment should meet the following requirements:

系统版本: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
平台: x86_64
其他: 需要提供图形化界面的桌面环境

Setting up the desktop environment

The Linyaps environment mainly serves most applications with graphical interfaces. It is best for you to have a usable desktop environment before experiencing it. Since this case mainly demonstrates Ubuntu 24.04 Linyaps ecological experience of different desktop environments on the platform, so in addition to the default GNOME In addition, other desktop environments have been installed this time: KDE, MATE
Add a non-root account for using Linyaps.
* In order to save time, the above three desktop environments have been installed in advance in this case.

Install and configure the Linyaps tools

After installing Ubuntu 24.04 and graphical desktop, you can now install the Linyaps main program. For details, please refer to Install Linyaps
The current latest Linyaps version on Ubuntu 24.04 still belongs Test version and some issues remain to be resolved. You should restart the system or Linyaps related services before you start to experience it.
*Note: Linyaps does not currently work with root accounts*

Using Linyaps

Install and run

After completing the above steps, you are now ready to experience Linyaps!
There are three ways to install Linyaps application:

  1. “ll-cli” Linyaps package manager tool 1-1.png
  2. “.layer” independent online installation file 1-2.png
  3. Simple Linyaps Store by Jokul 1-3.png1-3.png

“ll-cli” Linyaps package manager tool (KDE)

Let’s take a look now Ubuntu 24.04 on the platform KDE桌面环境 Passed ll-cli玲珑包管理器工具 What can be achieved by installing the Linyaps application. Now let's say I know there is a Linyaps app 思源笔记 has been put on the Linyaps repository and is available for download.
Even though I knew this news in advance, I still needed to get the Linyaps application in order to be able to install it using the "ll-cli" Linyaps package manager tool. 完整id。
But based on the current information, I only know that the Chinese name of this app is 思源笔记 And don't know Specific ID or English name , here we can use Pinyin  siyuan instead of application name Fuzzy search .

ziggy@ziggy-Standard-PC:~$ ll-cli search siyuan
id                               name                             version         arch        channel         module      description
com.siyuan.deepin.linyaps        SiYuan                           3.0.16.107      x86_64      main            binary      Fuse blocks, outlines, and bidirectional links to bui...

We can see from the returned results that 思源笔记 The full package name id of this Linyaps application appears in the repository as com.siyuan.deepin.linyaps , after obtaining the ID, we can directly start the installation operation.

ziggy@ziggy-Standard-PC:~$ ll-cli install com.siyuan.deepin.linyaps

After the installation process is completed, you can execute the following command to confirm whether the application has been installed.

ziggy@ziggy-Standard-PC:~$ ll-cli list |grep com.siyuan.deepin.linyaps

If output information like the image below is returned, it means you can now enjoy the Linyaps application!

ziggy@ziggy-Standard-PC:~$ ll-cli list |grep com.siyuan.deepin.linyaps
com.siyuan.deepin.linyaps       SiYuan                          3.0.16.107      x86_64      main            binary      Fuse blo

Let's start this application through the launcher (Launcher). The experience is almost perfect, and there is no problem opening files and exporting files.

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“.layer” independent online installation file (MATE)

Linyaps support via .layer independent Online installation files to install the application. If someone shared with you a file called xxx.layer file, then you can install the corresponding Linyaps application through this file.
It is worth noting that here using Standalone installation files argument instead of Offline installation files is due to passing .layer File installation Linyaps application requires an Internet connection, so before the installation is complete you need Keep network connections open 。
At this point we are here MATE桌面环境 , now imagine that someone shared with us a file called com.siyuan.deepin.linyaps_3.0.16.107_x86_64_binary.layer file, then you can install the corresponding Linyaps application through this file.
Please refer to the above for the command parameters used for specific installation. 《使用玲珑命令行包管理工具安装应用》 , assuming you're going to install the com.siyuan.deepin.linyaps_3.0.16.107_x86_64_binary.layer file, then you should first Enter the directory where the installation file is stored , and then open a terminal in this directory to ensure that this file is included in the directory when executing subsequent commands.

For installation parameters, please refer to:

ziggy@ziggy-Standard-PC:~/linglong$ ll-cli ./com.siyuan.deepin.linyaps_3.0.16.107_x86_64_binary.layer

After installation, you can refer to the above 《使用玲珑命令行包管理工具安装应用》 To confirm whether the installation is complete, the application ID should be com.siyuan.deepin.linyaps
Of course, you can also install layer files in other directories, but you need to specify the file during installation. 完整路径:

ziggy@ziggy-Standard-PC:~/linglong$ ll-cli install /home/ziggy/linglong/com.siyuan.deepin.linyaps_3.0.16.107_x86_64_binary.layer

Simple Linyaps Store by Jokul (GNOME)

We are now back to Ubuntu default desktop environment GNOME.
The two methods introduced above need to be operated by using commands. For ordinary users, the experience may still need to be improved. So I’m here to introduce you to a good one – by a Linyaps community contributor Jokul maintained Simple Linyaps store client Supported in Ubuntu 24.04 Install, run, and manage Linyaps applications on the platform.
After we enter the client, what we see is an excellent interactive experience design: classification, real-time network speed, application management, and even supports Linyaps container process management.

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We can click on an application here to download and install it. After completion, it can be launched through the client. For example, we have already completed it ahead of schedule 深度日历 For installation, we click to enter the application details page to launch the selected Linyaps application with one click!

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After a wave of operations, we can also use a calendar application on Ubuntu’s latest LTS version 24.04 that is more localized and more suitable for Chinese people’s usage habits!

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English edition: Linglong editorial · 18 October 2026. Original publication: 2024-09-14.