Creating an alias for Obsidian in Linux terminal with the app image

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Steps to create the alias

  1. Download Obsidian AppImage from the official website.
  2. Move the downloaded AppImage to a directory meant for system-wide executables. We’ll use /usr/local/bin in this example. sudo mv ~/Downloads/Obsidian-1.6.7.AppImage /usr/local/bin/obsidian.AppImage
  3. Ensure the AppImage has the necessary permissions to execute: sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/obsidian.AppImage
  4. Add the alias to your shell configuration file. This will depend on the shell you are using (bash or zsh).

  • For bash: echo 'alias obsidian="/usr/local/bin/obsidian.AppImage"' >> ~/.bashrc source ~/.bashrc

  • For zsh: echo 'alias obsidian="/usr/local/bin/obsidian.AppImage"' >> ~/.zshrc source ~/.zshrc

  1. Test the alias to ensure it works: obsidian

That’s it! Feel free to reply if you need help getting this to work on your machine.

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