How to install Cursor AI IDE on Fedora Asahi Linux Arm64

The Mythical Engineer
Nov 9, 2024

Cursor AI IDE is a powerful AI-powered IDE that can help you write code faster and more efficiently.

I recently install Fedora Asahi Linux on my Macbook M1. Cursor AI IDE is not currently officially available for Linux Arm64 architecture. Thankfully, someone has created a build for Linux Arm64 architecture.

You can follow the steps below to install Cursor AI IDE on Fedora Asahi Linux.

Step 1: Download latest release AppImage from here

mkdir -p ~/Applications
cd ~/Applications
wget https://github.com/coder/cursor-arm/releases/download/v0.42.2/cursor_0.42.2_linux_arm64.AppImage

Step 2: Make the AppImage executable

chmod +x cursor_0.42.2_linux_arm64.AppImage

Step 3: Download cursor logo from here

cd ~/Applications
wget https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/126759922?v=4 -O cursor.png

Step 4. Create desktop entry

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications
touch ~/.local/share/applications/cursor.desktop

Step 4. Add details to the desktop entry

# Replace Exec and Icon path with your own.
tee -a ~/.local/share/applications/cursor.desktop<<EOF
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Cursor
Comment=Cursor
Exec=/home/themythicalengineer/Applications/cursor_0.42.2_linux_arm64.AppImage
Icon=/home/themythicalengineer/Applications/cursor.png
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;
Terminal=false
EOF

Step 5: Make the desktop entry executable

chmod +x ~/.local/share/applications/cursor.desktop

Now you should be able to see Cursor AI IDE in your applications menu.

These steps should work on any Linux distribution that supports AppImage.

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