# How to install cursor editor on the Linux?

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-install-cursor-editor-on-the-linux/41155>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [January 13, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-install-cursor-editor-on-the-linux/41155 "2025-01-13T22:11:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![danperks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/danperks/32/19087_2.png) [@danperks](https://forum.cursor.com/u/danperks)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-install-cursor-editor-on-the-linux/41155/2 "2025-01-17T13:22:29Z")

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Hey, thanks for your interest in trying out Cursor!

Unfortunately, we (and many other apps like ours) have an issue on newer Ubuntu installations, which requires the use of a workaround to get things going!

You can read more, including some of the possible fixes, here:

> [@Cursor install Ubuntu 24.04](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-install-ubuntu-24-04/4838/13):
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> Thank you for the script, it worked. However, after closing the IDE and clicking on the button again it won’t open anymore. I checked the desktop application and it seems that the cursor.appimage can’t run without the --no-sandbox option. (base) kyrbuntu@nook:/opt $ ls containerd cursor.appimage cursor.png google nvidia teamviewer (base) kyrbuntu@nook:/opt $ ./cursor.appimage [61178:1218/095118.727150:FATAL:setuid\_sandbox\_host.cc(158)] The SUID sandbox helper binary was found, but is no…

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