Install Cursor

First install fuse

Fuse is a library that allows us to mount the AppImage as a file system.

sudo apt install libfuse2t64

Download Cursor IDE

Got to The official website and download the AppImage package for Ubuntu.

Move it to the applications folder and make it executable

sudo mv cursor-*.AppImage /opt/cursor.AppImage
sudo chmod +x /opt/cursor.AppImage

Create Desktop Entry

sudo nano /usr/share/applications/cursor.desktop

Add the following content to the file:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Cursor
Exec=/opt/cursor.AppImage
Icon=<your icon path>
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Development;

Make it executable

sudo chmod +x /usr/share/applications/cursor.desktop

Fix AppArmor Error

sudo nano /etc/apparmor.d/cursor-appimage

Add the following content to the file:

abi <abi/4.0>,
include <tunables/global>

profile cursor /opt/cursor.AppImage flags=(unconfined) {
  userns,
  include if exists <local/cursor>
}

Run the following command to reload AppArmor:

sudo apparmor_parser -r /etc/apparmor.d/cursor-appimage

When you press super key and search for Cursor, you should be able to see it.

Make wrapper script

This script will allow us to run the AppImage as a command. Like in VSCode, where we can just type code in the terminal to open the editor.

sudo nano /usr/local/bin/cursor

Add the following content to the file:

#!/bin/bash
/opt/cursor.AppImage "$@" > /dev/null 2>&1 &

Make it executable:

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/cursor

Test it by typing cursor in the terminal and press enter. You should be able to see the Cursor IDE launch.