Install Cursor AI on Ubuntu 24.04

How-to-Install-Cursor-AI-On-Ubuntu.txt

Open a terminal
Paste the full script above or save it to a file:
  nano install-cursor.sh
Make the script executable:
  chmod +x install-cursor.sh
Run it:
  ./install-cursor.sh

install-cursor.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Cursor AI Installation Script for Ubuntu
# Tested on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

echo "📦 Updating packages and installing libfuse2..."
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y libfuse2

# Define variables
APPIMAGE_NAME="Cursor.AppImage"
DOWNLOAD_URL="https://downloads.cursor.com/production/96e5b01ca25f8fbd4c4c10bc69b15f6228c80771/linux/x64/Cursor-0.50.5-x86_64.AppImage"
INSTALL_DIR="$HOME/Applications"
APPIMAGE_PATH="$INSTALL_DIR/$APPIMAGE_NAME"
DESKTOP_FILE="$HOME/.local/share/applications/cursor.desktop"

echo "📥 Downloading Cursor AppImage..."
mkdir -p "$INSTALL_DIR"
curl -L "$DOWNLOAD_URL" -o "$APPIMAGE_PATH"

echo "🔐 Making AppImage executable..."
chmod +x "$APPIMAGE_PATH"

echo "🚀 Running Cursor to verify..."
"$APPIMAGE_PATH" --no-sandbox &

read -p "Press Enter to continue with optional desktop and alias setup..."

echo "📂 Creating .desktop file for application menu..."
cat > "$DESKTOP_FILE" <<EOF
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Cursor
Exec=$APPIMAGE_PATH --no-sandbox
Icon=code
Type=Application
Categories=Development;IDE;
EOF

chmod +x "$DESKTOP_FILE"

echo "🔗 Adding terminal alias 'cursor' to ~/.bashrc..."
echo "alias cursor='$APPIMAGE_PATH --no-sandbox'" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

echo "✅ Done! You can now launch Cursor by:"
echo " - Typing 'cursor' in terminal"
echo " - Searching 'Cursor' in your application menu"