VLC appimage not launching

[contactopublico]

have emerged: sudo emerge sys-fs/fuse:0 as related in forum:

sys-fs/fuse-2.9.9-r2::gentoo was built with the following:

[rab0171610]

If there is something I am not understanding about your post, I apologize.
Do you need to use FUSERMOUNT_PROG= with that VLC appimage?
Is there a reason you need VLC as an appimage?
What do you need to accomplish that requires fusermount?

After being made executable (chmod +x) it simply runs with:

[contactopublico]

Thank you rab0171610 for your reply.

Based upon your reply I would conclude that after making the appimage executable all that should be required is to click to launch.

However, attempting to launch the appimage after making it executable results either in no action when clicking it from caja fiile manager or alternatively when dragging it into terminal and hitting enter the following result is:

[rab0171610]

Yes, I have had to use this as a workaround for some appimages. I am just surprised that you are having to do that with this particular appimage because it works fine for me. I also have a systemd profile but Plasma:

[contactopublico]

Thank you rab0171610 for your reply.

With the mate desktop and caja It was possible to create a shorcut to call a script that specified the location of fusermount to launch the appimage.

For some reason(s) a direct shortcut did not work.

Thank you.

[Hu]

What did you try for the direct shortcut, which did not work? What shortcut did you create that does work? Other users may want to use the same workaround, or we may be able to refine the process.

[contactopublico]

Thank you Hu for your reply.

This functioned for VLC appimage:

Create a directory under the user account and copied /usr/bin/fusermount to that directory and ran a sudo chmod u+s on the copied fusermount.

Although this may not be wise for system executables within /usr/bin, the directory of the modified fusermount is not in the normal $PATH to be called for any system function.

Then created a simple script (supply your own path):

[rab0171610]

FWIW, I downloaded that GIMP appimage with plugins and it launched by just clicking on it in Dolphin file browser and also directly with:

[contactopublico]

Thank you rab0171610, for your follow-up reply.

Recompiled kernel per Gentoo forums indicating fuse should be module instead of compiling into the kernel.

[rab0171610]

I don't think the module size difference has any relevance. Is sys-apps/xdg-desktop-portal-xapp installed on your machine?
Do other executable files launch when you click on them in the file browser? You can browse to /usr/bin and find a GUI
program there that you have permissions to run as your user. You can also browse to /opt if you have programs there such as
Firefox or Thunderbird or Google Chrome, etc.. Click on the executable to see if it opens and runs. This would at least determine if it is a problem
with opening executable files in general in Caja file brower/mate or possibly a fuse or permissions or configuration issue.

[contactopublico]

Thank you rab0171610 for your reply.

Your suggestion pulled in a number of packages, but no change in the failure to launch appimages clicking from caja file manager.