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Install Cursor AI code editor on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

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Install Cursor AI editor on Ubuntu 24.04

Use the Download button on www.cursor.com web site. It will download the NAME.AppImage file.
Copy the .AppImage file to your Applications directory

cd ~/Downloads
mkdir -p ~/Applications
mv NAME.AppImage ~/Applications/cursor.AppImage

sudo apt update
sudo apt install libfuse2

chmod +x ~/Applications/cursor.AppImage

~/Applications/cursor.AppImage --no-sandbox

Add to .bashrc or .zshrc

alias cursor='~/Applications/your-app.AppImage --no-sandbox'