# Unable to install Cursor

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/unable-to-install-cursor/21495>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 7, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/unable-to-install-cursor/21495 "2024-10-07T23:51:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2024, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/unable-to-install-cursor/21495/2 "2024-10-08T04:32:50Z")

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Hi @jgossage

Take a look at these threads, they might help you out:

> [@\[Tutorial\] Install Cursor permanently when AppImage install didn't work on Linux](https://forum.cursor.com/t/tutorial-install-cursor-permanently-when-appimage-install-didnt-work-on-linux/7712):
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> This is a user install. System-wide install is pretty similar, just different paths. 1. Create a new folder for cursor mkdir -p ~/Applications/cursor 2. Get the latest version of cursor in that folder wget -O ~/Applications/cursor/cursor.AppImage "https://downloader.cursor.sh/linux/appImage/x64" 3. Make sure AppImage is executable (should already be but still) chmod +x ~/Applications/cursor/cursor.AppImage 4. Make a symlink to be able to launch cursor from command line sudo ln -s ~/Appli…

> [@Can you add a how-to guide on installing/using cursor in Ubuntu?](https://forum.cursor.com/t/can-you-add-a-how-to-guide-on-installing-using-cursor-in-ubuntu/16646):
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> The current guide is on some other website where it recommends using fuse to install but fuse breaks ubuntu according to some users. Can @cursor team write up a guide on how to safely install this on ubuntu and also consider addressing any security issues if downloaded in ubuntu?

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