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Install Cursor AI code editor on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Install Cursor AI editor on Ubuntu 24.04

  1. Use the Download button on www.cursor.com web site. It will download the NAME.AppImage file.

  2. Copy the .AppImage file to your Applications directory

cd ~/Downloads
mkdir -p ~/Applications
mv NAME.AppImage ~/Applications/cursor.AppImage
  1. Install libfuse2
sudo apt update
sudo apt install libfuse2
  1. Make it an executable
chmod +x ~/Applications/cursor.AppImage
  1. Run
~/Applications/cursor.AppImage --no-sandbox
  1. Add cursor shortcut

Add to .bashrc or .zshrc

alias cursor='~/Applications/your-app.AppImage --no-sandbox'
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