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32 changes: 23 additions & 9 deletions usage/install-and-run-android-applications.md
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# Install and Run Android Applications

Once installed you can launch Android application through your desktop Application Menu.
For example try to find a Contacts app.

Waydroid is able to perform a few various operations found by using the `waydroid app -h` command:

```bash
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list list installed applications
```

You can install Android applications with:
So to see a list of all available apps use:

```bash
waydroid app install xyz.apk
```sh
waydroid app list
```

Then you can launch the application through your desktop Application Menu.
Now you see the Android package name of the app (it looks like `com.xxx.yyy`) and you can launch it from the commandline with `waydroid app launch`:

If you know the Android package name of the app (`com.xxx.yyy`) you can also use the commandline with:
```sh
waydroid app launch com.android.contacts
```

```bash
waydroid app launch com.foo.bar

You can install an Android application from `*.apk` package with `waydroid app install some_app.apk`.
The apk files you will sometimes find on the internet tend to only have ARM support, and will therefore not work on x86\_64.

As an example let's install the [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org) libre app store to get applications graphically:

```sh
wget -O /tmp/F-Droid.apk https://f-droid.org/F-Droid.apk
waydroid app install /tmp/F-Droid.apk
rm -f /tmp/F-Droid.apk
waydroid app launch org.fdroid.fdroid
```

The apk files you will sometimes find on the internet tend to only have arm support, and will therefore not work on x86\_64.
With the F-Droid you may install more apps. You can also use the Play Store if you installed a [GAPPS image](../faq/using-custom-waydroid-images.md).


You may want to install [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org) to get applications graphically. Or use the Play Store if you installed a GAPPS image.
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* Add the official repository
```bash
curl -s https://repo.waydro.id | sudo bash
wget -nv -O /tmp/waydroid_install.sh https://repo.waydro.id && sudo bash /tmp/waydroid_install.sh && rm -f /tmp/waydroid_instal.sh
```
If the script fails to detect your distribution, you can provide a valid option by appending `-s <DISTRO>`.
Currently supported values are: **mantic**, **focal**, **jammy**, **kinetic**, **lunar**, **noble**, **bookworm**, **bullseye**, **trixie**, **sid**
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