# How do I open Processing on Linux?

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-do-i-open-processing-on-linux/41371>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [March 20, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-do-i-open-processing-on-linux/41371 "2023-03-20T20:37:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aryszin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Aryszin](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Aryszin)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-do-i-open-processing-on-linux/41371/1 "2023-03-20T20:37:21Z")

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i dont know how i should open the file like i cant execute the processing file

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**Author:** ![Aryszin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Aryszin](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Aryszin)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-do-i-open-processing-on-linux/41371/2 "2023-03-20T20:46:57Z")

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Got it. Do "sudo (copy the path of the unpacked tgz)/install.sh  
then enter password