How to install Cursor IDE on Arch linux

How to install Cursor AI on Arch linux? Simple, follow these steps:

1. Go to Cursor's website

2. Press Download for free (it should download an .Appimage file)

3. Navigate to the file and run chmod +x cursor-<version_number>.Appimage to make it executable

4. Run ./cursor-<version_number>.Appimage to make sure it starts

5. If yes, add it to the application list with sudo mv cursor-<version_number>.AppImage ~/opt/cursor.appimage

6. Make a desktop entry for the app

• sudo nano /usr/share/applications/cursor.desktop
• CTRL + V this into the file:

  [Desktop Entry]
  Name=Cursor
  Exec=/opt/cursor.appimage
  Icon=/opt/cursor.png
  Type=Application
  Categories=Development;

7. Save the file, move the icon cursor.png of your choice to ~/opt/

8. You are done!

Comments

[Charan]

You could also try installing from the AUR.
if you are using yay, just do yay -S cursor-bin

Or download and build package from AUR manually.

[Piotr Wawrzonowski]

Thanks, that worked for me! How to update it in the future?

[Kosa Matyas]

dev.to/kosa12/update-cursor-ai-on-... i wrote a blog about it, here you can see it! hope it helps

[Piotr Wawrzonowski]

Wooooow! Thanks a lot!

[Kosa Matyas]

No problem, hope it helps! might drop a like? :3

[Kosa Matyas]

I will write a shell script for this, and link it to you!

[Tuhin Bar]

Thanks for the help. It is working properly.