I downloaded the cursor*.AppImage file and run it to open the editor. Will it auto-update? If not, how do I set it up?

Native .deb and RPM releases are now available! :tada: [image] Linux DEB and RPM Downloads Announcements Hey all, It’s taken us some time, but we now have both .deb and RPM releases of Cursor available for download and use, alongside our standard AppImage for…

Hi @evgenyneu Here’s some information on how to enable updates in Linux. Install Cursor AI as an Application on a Linux System | by Zoheb Abai - Freedium A Beginner-Friendly Guide

Seems that cursor does not prioritize linux users so all updates are delayed, missing, and not integrated with the OS. This led me to windsurf which is also a vscode fork but native for linux. Check out a thread about this issue: Please improve Linux support

Well these instructions did not work. Appreciate the effort though. It is shameful that the Cursor team cannot develop a proper install/update process for Cursor in Linux.

It works but needed a small tweak in the update-cursor.sh script, the url used in the tutorial doesn’t work anymore so replaced it with the new url and the new url doesn’t directly give you the AppImage, it returns a JSON with the actual download URL inside it. So I had to update the script to first…

This is great - I made some adjustments to follow the redirect from cursor as well as check the version instead of downloading the newest image every time regardless of updates, if any interest. #!/bin/bash APPDIR=~/Applications/cursor APPIMAGE_URL_API="https://www.cursor.com/api/download?platform…

Updated install-cursor.sh #!/bin/bash set -euo pipefail # --- Config --- API_URL="https://cursor.com/api/download?platform=linux-x64&releaseTrack=stable" ICON_URL="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/126759922" INSTALL_DIR="$HOME/Applications/cursor" CURSOR_APP_IMAGE="$INSTALL_DIR/cursor.AppIm…

don’t blame them. may be they are using Cursor to develop that

The issue has been fixed! Cursor AppImage automatically updates for me.

the script downloads2.3.x not the latest 2.4?

How do I setup auto update for Cursor on Linux (Ubuntu)?

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How do I setup auto update for Cursor on Linux (Ubuntu)?

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