How to install and run S3 Explorer on Linux

This article will be based on Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS version.

If you are using other Linux distributions, the installation steps should be similar.

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Download the latest version of S3 Explorer for Linux

First, please make sure you have downloaded the latest S3 Explorer Linux installation package.

You can download it from here： S3 Explorer Linux Edition.

Grant the execution permissions

The downloaded Linux version does not have execution permissions by default, so you need to add them manually.

Via GUI

Right-click the .AppImage file -> Properties -> Permissions tab -> Check "Allow executing file as program".

Via command line

Open a terminal and use the chmod command to add execute permissions to the file:

chmod +x S3Explorer-{version}.AppImage

Run the AppImage file

After completing the above steps, you can run S3Explorer directly.

For the first run, it is recommended to start it in command line mode.

Because your Linux distribution may be missing necessary dependencies, and the graphical interface method often cannot quickly discover these errors!

Via command line

In the terminal, run:

./S3Explorer-{version}.AppImage

FUSE is missing

Few minimal or server Linux distributions may not have FUSE pre-installed. In this case, you will need to install it manually.

f you get the following error when executing AppImage from the command line, you need to install FUSE:

linux@linux:~$ ./S3Explorer-0.1.0-beta.AppImage 
dlopen(): error loading libfuse.so.2
AppImages require FUSE to run. 
You might still be able to extract the contents of this AppImage 
if you run it with the --appimage-extract option. 
See https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/wiki/FUSE 
for more information

• On Debian based systems:

sudo apt-get install fuse

• On Red Hat based systems:

sudo yum install fuse

Via GUI

Double-click the .AppImage file to launch the app.