Fix Cursor Installation on Ubuntu

Feature Requests
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Right now, Cursor is only available as an AppImage, which means users have to:

  • Manually make it executable
  • Create a .desktop file for launcher integration
  • Set up a CLI command
  • Fix missing “Open With…” support

I love Cursor, but this really feels half-baked. Ubuntu is a major dev platform, VSCode and JetBrains get this right, and so should Cursor.

Here’s a few ideas:

  1. Provide a .deb package
  2. Offer an install script that sets up the AppImage properly (wget www..../install-cursor.sh | bash)
  3. ???

Thanks for the great work !

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