Script auto check and update cursor ai with app image in linux. You can manual click downloads from web, so it get that appImage from downloads and do all remaining. Link cursor AppImage to application for create app icon. paste this script info app_dir, in this is opt/cursor-ai/

update_cursor.sh

#!/bin/bash

# === Config ===
APP_DIR="/opt/cursor-ai"
APP_FILE="$APP_DIR/AppRun"
APPIMAGE_FILE="$APP_DIR/Cursor.AppImage"
VERSION_FILE="$APP_DIR/cursor-version"
DESKTOP_FILE="$HOME/.local/share/applications/cursor.desktop"

mv ~/Downloads/Cursor* /opt/cursor-ai/
LATEST_FILE=$(ls "$APP_DIR" | grep -oP 'Cursor-.*\.AppImage' | sort -V | tail -n 1)

if [[ -z "$LATEST_FILE" ]]; then
    echo "❌ Not found downloaded cursor."
    return 1
fi

TMP_FILE="$APP_DIR/$LATEST_FILE"
LATEST_VERSION=$(echo "$LATEST_FILE" | grep -oP '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+')


# === Step 1: Get current version
if [[ -f "$VERSION_FILE" ]]; then
    CURRENT_VERSION=$(cat "$VERSION_FILE")
else
    CURRENT_VERSION="0.0.0"
fi


echo "Current installed version (recorded): $CURRENT_VERSION"
echo "Latest available version: $LATEST_VERSION"



echo "$TMP_FILE"

# === Step 3: Replace AppImage
echo "🚀 Replacing old AppImage in $APP_DIR"
sudo rm -f "$APPIMAGE_FILE"
sudo mv "$TMP_FILE" "$APPIMAGE_FILE"
sudo chmod +x "$APPIMAGE_FILE"

# === Step 4: Update AppRun symlink
if [[ -f "$APP_FILE" || -L "$APP_FILE" ]]; then
    sudo rm -f "$APP_FILE"
fi
sudo ln -s "$APPIMAGE_FILE" "$APP_FILE"

# === Step 5: Save version info
echo "$LATEST_VERSION" > "$VERSION_FILE"
echo "📌 Version $LATEST_VERSION recorded in $VERSION_FILE"

# === Step 6: Create .desktop entry for Rofi/system launcher
mkdir -p "$(dirname "$DESKTOP_FILE")"

cat > "$DESKTOP_FILE" <<EOF
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Cursor AI
Comment=AI-powered code editor
Exec=$APP_FILE --no-sandbox
Icon=$APP_DIR/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/cursor.png
Type=Application
Categories=Development;IDE;
Terminal=false
StartupWMClass=Cursor
EOF

update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications &>/dev/null || true
echo "🖥️  .desktop entry written to $DESKTOP_FILE"

echo "✅ Cursor has been updated and added to your launcher menu."