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How to run Superbacked on Ubuntu Desktop

Overview

This guide walks through installing dependencies and running Superbacked on Ubuntu Desktop. Superbacked is distributed as AppImage binary — a portable format that requires two dependencies and AppArmor may need to be configured.

Setup guide

Step 1: install dependencies

$ sudo apt install --yes libfuse2 zlib1g-dev
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Step 2: download Superbacked

Download latest release from superbacked.com/download and optionally verify integrity of release.

Usage guide

Heads-up: Ubuntu Desktop 24.04+ ships with AppArmor enabled by default which may prevent Superbacked from launching. If Superbacked does not start, run from terminal with --no-sandbox flag. This disables Chromium sandbox used by Electron — AppArmor already provides equivalent process isolation at OS level so this does not reduce security.

Right-click .AppImage file and select “Run as a program”.