Why is so s#!t to install cursor on ubuntu 24.04.2?

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first attempt, it ■■■■ itself with:

" wendel@wendel-ap:~/Downloads$ ./cursor-0.45.11x86_64.AppImage
dlopen(): error loading libfuse.so.2

AppImages require FUSE to run.
You might still be able to extract the contents of this AppImage
if you run it with the --appimage-extract option.
See FUSE · AppImage/AppImageKit Wiki · GitHub
for more information"

then, it panic with:

" wendel@wendel-ap:~/Downloads$ ./cursor-0.45.11x86_64.AppImage
dlopen(): error loading libfuse.so.2

AppImages require FUSE to run.
You might still be able to extract the contents of this AppImage
if you run it with the --appimage-extract option.
See FUSE · AppImage/AppImageKit Wiki · GitHub
for more information"

… then… tryied to install libfuse2:

" root@wendel-ap:/home/wendel/Downloads# apt install libfuse2
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Reading state information… Done
Note, selecting ‘libfuse2t64’ instead of ‘libfuse2’
libfuse2t64 is already the newest version (2.9.9-8.1build1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@wendel-ap:/home/wendel/Downloads#
"

no luck.

then… pplx suggest to extra: " ./cursor-0.45.11-x86_64.AppImage --appimage-extract
cd squashfs-root
./AppRun
"

wtf, why the ubuntu setup of cursor is so ■■■■.

PS: I try to complain here and the woke mod block sh word.

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got it running with “./cursor-0.45.11x86_64.AppImage --no-sandbox”, I don’t even know what is this sandbox, why I can just do a apt get install cursor?

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Fully agree. It is such a mess. Hope we can get something better soon.

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Running without sandbox isn’t ideal for security, but there’s a good reason for the install complexity. Ubuntu 24.04 is pretty new and has some changes around FUSE that are causing issues with AppImages.

More info on this issue, that effects many apps using the Electron framework, not just Cursor, can be found here:

We’re working on getting Cursor into the apt repos which should make this way smoother. I apologise for the difficulty at the moment!