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Install Processing in Linux (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS)

1. Download and Extract

go to https://processing.org/ to download linux version

Move the extarct file to /opt

/opt/processing

2. Create symbolic link

sudo su -c “ln -s /opt/processing-3.0.2/processing /usr/local/bin/processing”a

3 Add application to ubuntu menu

cd /usr/share/applications/
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/processing.desktop
OR
sudo vim /usr/share/applications/processing.desktop

Copy this

[Desktop Entry] 
Version=2.1 
Name=Processing 
Comment=Processing Rocks 
Exec=processing 
Icon=/opt/processing/lib/icons/pde-256.png 
Terminal=false 
Type=Application 
Categories=AudioVideo;Video;Graphics;

DONE! for check

cat processing.desktop
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