This fixes using "cursor" command in WSL

cursor

#!/usr/bin/env sh

# LATEST VERSION OF THIS SCRIPT: https://gist.github.com/swayducky/8ba8f2db156c7f445d562cdc12c0ddb4
#   FORKED FROM: https://gist.github.com/ddwang/0046da801bcb29d241869d37ad719394
#     1) No longer has a hard-coded COMMIT
#     2) Auto-symlinks a "code" script to avoid wslCode.sh breaking

# HOW TO INSTALL:
#   1) Remove "c:\Users\<USER_NAME>\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\resources\app\bin" from Windows Environment Settings
#   2) Modify this script with your Windows <USER_NAME> (NOT your WSL username) in the VSCODE_PATH variable
#   3) Save this script as ~/.local/bin/cursor
#   4) chmod +x ~/.local/bin/cursor

# See DISCUSSION:
#   Github Issue: https://github.com/getcursor/cursor/issues/807
#   Forum Thread: https://forum.cursor.com/t/is-there-wsl2-support/97/42

# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
# Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.

if [ "$VSCODE_WSL_DEBUG_INFO" = true ]; then
	set -x
fi


SERVER_BIN="${HOME}/.cursor-server/bin/"
COMMIT="$(ls -t1 $SERVER_BIN 2> /dev/null | head -n 1)"  # dynamically figure out the COMMIT :)
APP_NAME="code"
QUALITY="stable"
NAME="Cursor"
SERVERDATAFOLDER=".cursor-server"
VSCODE_PATH="/mnt/c/Users/<YOUR_USERNAME>/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/"
ELECTRON="$VSCODE_PATH/$NAME.exe"

IN_WSL=false
if [ -n "$WSL_DISTRO_NAME" ]; then
	# $WSL_DISTRO_NAME is available since WSL builds 18362, also for WSL2
	IN_WSL=true
else
	WSL_BUILD=$(uname -r | sed -E 's/^[0-9.]+-([0-9]+)-Microsoft.*|.*/\1/')
	if [ -n "$WSL_BUILD" ]; then
		if [ "$WSL_BUILD" -ge 17063 ]; then
			# WSLPATH is available since WSL build 17046
			# WSLENV is available since WSL build 17063
			IN_WSL=true
		else
			# If running under older WSL, don't pass cli.js to Electron as
			# environment vars cannot be transferred from WSL to Windows
			# See: https://github.com/microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/1363
			#      https://github.com/microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/1494
			"$ELECTRON" "$@"
			exit $?
		fi
	fi
fi

if [ $IN_WSL = true ]; then
	export WSLENV="ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE/w:$WSLENV"
	CLI=$(wslpath -m "$VSCODE_PATH/resources/app/out/cli.js")

	# use the Remote WSL extension if installed
	WSL_EXT_ID="ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl"

	ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1 "$ELECTRON" "$CLI" --ms-enable-electron-run-as-node --locate-extension $WSL_EXT_ID >/tmp/remote-wsl-loc.txt 2>/dev/null </dev/null
	WSL_EXT_WLOC=$(tail -n 1 /tmp/remote-wsl-loc.txt)
	WSL_CODE=$(wslpath -u "${WSL_EXT_WLOC%%[[:cntrl:]]}")/scripts/wslCode.sh

    MY_CLI_DIR_YO="$SERVER_BIN/$COMMIT/bin/remote-cli"
    
    # if /code doesn't exist, symlink it
    if [ ! -d "$MY_CLI_DIR_YO/code" ]; then
        ln -s "$MY_CLI_DIR_YO/cursor" "$MY_CLI_DIR_YO/code"
    fi

	if [ -n "$WSL_EXT_WLOC" ]; then
		# replace \r\n with \n in WSL_EXT_WLOC
		WSL_CODE=$(wslpath -u "${WSL_EXT_WLOC%%[[:cntrl:]]}")/scripts/wslCode.sh
		"$WSL_CODE" "$COMMIT" "$QUALITY" "$ELECTRON" "$APP_NAME" "$SERVERDATAFOLDER" "$@"
		exit $?
	fi

elif [ -x "$(command -v cygpath)" ]; then
	CLI=$(cygpath -m "$VSCODE_PATH/resources/app/out/cli.js")
else
	CLI="$VSCODE_PATH/resources/app/out/cli.js"
fi
ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1 "$ELECTRON" "$CLI" --ms-enable-electron-run-as-node "$@"
exit $?

Works for me, thanks for sharing this script!

Thanks a lot, it works for me

For me I was having this problem

ln: failed to create symbolic link '/home/my-linux-user/.cursor-server/bin//2804893a83ef162ae6c48e8254717e25c7c7c510/bin/remote-cli/code': File exists

then this modification solved it

	# if /code doesn't exist, or if it exists but is not a symbolic link, remove it and create the symlink
	if [ ! -L "$MY_CLI_DIR_YO/code" ]; then
	    rm -rf "$MY_CLI_DIR_YO/code" # Remove existing file or directory
	    ln -s "$MY_CLI_DIR_YO/cursor" "$MY_CLI_DIR_YO/code"
	fi

https://gist.github.com/Thivieira/f393168860614bd57f36353e1f8703e4

Thanks for this improved version of the original script :)

Fantastic! Works a treat, thank you! I was about to give cursor a miss....mainly because env variables in WSL2 weren't being respected when starting from Windows....but it's all better now! THANK YOU!
As for people's comments about the symlink throwing an error....my fix was to just ad an f:

[line 72]
was: ln -s "$MY_CLI_DIR_YO/cursor" "$MY_CLI_DIR_YO/code"
now: ln -sf "$MY_CLI_DIR_YO/cursor" "$MY_CLI_DIR_YO/code"

Awesome stuff ❤️

Created this gist just to make things a bit smoother (and also to automate after every freakin update 🥲):

wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/toml01/b413bd736562a5dd6f3d2754ff24facc/raw/7f619d1c0a89637f207d2764f40ab023bdc96075/cursor_fix.sh
chmod +x cursor_fix.sh
./cursor_fix.sh

Or just take this snippet:

#! /bin/bash

wget -O cursor_fix_template https://gist.githubusercontent.com/swayducky/8ba8f2db156c7f445d562cdc12c0ddb4/raw/6c3a3c0be667ed487de5c6fd94fad7a7d8e5d61f/cursor
perl -i -pe 's/<YOUR_USERNAME>/`cmd.exe \/c echo %USERNAME% 2>\/dev\/null | tr -d "\r\n"`/ge' cursor_fix_template
perl -i -pe 's/ln -s "\$MY_CLI_DIR_YO\/cursor" "\$MY_CLI_DIR_YO\/code"/ln -sf "\$MY_CLI_DIR_YO\/cursor" "\$MY_CLI_DIR_YO\/code"/g' cursor_fix_template
mv cursor_fix_template $(which cursor)

A small fix to this: for line 71, the condition [ ! -d "$MY_CLI_DIR_YO/code" ] is not sufficient to check for the existence of the symlink. This is because -d checks if the path is a directory, not if it is a symlink.
Replace line 71 ~ 73 to:

if [ ! -e "$MY_CLI_DIR_YO/code" ]; then
    # If the path does not exist (neither a file nor a directory nor a valid symlink)
    ln -s "$MY_CLI_DIR_YO/cursor" "$MY_CLI_DIR_YO/code"
elif [ -L "$MY_CLI_DIR_YO/code" ] && [ ! -e "$MY_CLI_DIR_YO/code" ]; then
    # If the path is a symlink but it is broken
    rm "$MY_CLI_DIR_YO/code"
    ln -s "$MY_CLI_DIR_YO/cursor" "$MY_CLI_DIR_YO/code"
fi

Can someone help out on this one? Cus once Cursor is updated using the pop-up the same issues will happen chocolatey-community/chocolatey-package-requests#1576 https://scottspence.com/posts/cursor-setup-for-wsl

Okay made something new (very likely broken) https://gist.github.com/BradKML/b84675c356007c8029ce927c484f4cc6