Ash Docs Help

Ambiance Desktop

Ambiance d

Table of Content

1

Install on Linux

2

Getting Started with Ambiance

3

Dealing with Errors

Installation

Installing Ambiance Desktop is one of the simplest tasks.

Thanks to its embedded graphics and backend engine, that works independent of your platform, provided that your platform can run that engine.
Yes it works like java!

As A Native App


  1. Download ambiance_deb.tar.xz from Download portion or My Portfolio Site

  2. Extract the tarball package using Nautilus, or using CLI:

cd Downloads # or location where you downloaded tar -xf ambiance_deb.tar.gz

  1. Run install.sh

cd ambiance chmod +x ./install.sh && ./install.sh

OR use as AppImage [ Standalone ]

Just before you begin, know some facts about AppImage...

  1. Stays in the form of a loose file

  2. Requires manual navigation and running

  3. Not indexed in app listing (generally)

Installation process:

  1. Extract the package (as indicated above)

  2. Open the extracted directory

Ambiance desktop installation 1

  1. Open properties of the AppImage (ambiance_desktop) : Usually Alt + Enter

Ambiance desktop installation 2

  1. Ensure that it is Executable as Program

  2. Now, just double click the AppImage and you are ready to go :)

Getting Started

As we know, Ambiance Desktop is derived from the android Ambiance app, it focuses on speedy and reliable key-value pairs.

Using shortcut keys for quick input

As you can see on the end, when you type, the app suggests you to press the Tab and Enter key.

  1. Tab key to jump

Ambiance desktop shortcutkey 1

When typing the title, you can hit Tab to jump to value

  1. Enter to save

Ambiance desktop shortcutkey 2

When typing the value, you can hit Enter to save the pair

Dealing With Errors

File Corruption

Ambiance file corruption

Most probably, a file corruption must look like this, or even worse...

There are 2 ways to fix the error:

Method 1

  1. Navigate to app settings.

  2. Click on Clear My Data.

    ambiance_fileCorruption_ClearMyData1.png

Method 2 (advanced)


  1. Navigate to /opt/ambiance or your AppImage directory if you use AppImage.

  2. Here you must find all your data in csv format. Open it.

    ambiance_fileCorruption_3.png

  3. Find out the line causing error

    ambiance_fileCorruption_5.png

  4. Here, clearly the first line doesn't have 2 members like others, just as a normal CSV should.

  5. Manually fix this error, either remove or repair this line.

    ambiance_fileCorruption_6.png

  6. All done!

    Ambiance file corruption success

Direct Download

Click this link to fetch from my portfolio

Linux style

  1. Curl the tarball

curl https://snippetsofpassion.vercel.app/releases/ambiance_deb.tar.xz --output ambiance-desktop.tar.xz

  1. Extract the tarball

tar -xf ./ambiance-desktop.tar.xz

  1. Navigate to the extracted directory

cd 'Ambiance Desktop'

  1. If you want portable binary file, select Potable AppImage below, else carry on with Normal Install


  1. Run the install.sh script and let it do everything for you :)

chmod +x ./install.sh && bash ./install.sh

  1. Change AppImage's mode to Executable

chmod +x ambiance_desktop

  1. Run the app

./ambiance_desktop
Last modified: 31 December 2024
AmbianceWhite Pigeon