# How to install Processing on Chromebook - step by step guide

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**Created:** [May 1, 2023, 7:21am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-install-processing-on-chromebook-step-by-step-guide/41878 "2023-05-01T07:21:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuomo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tuomo](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Tuomo)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 7:21am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-install-processing-on-chromebook-step-by-step-guide/41878/1 "2023-05-01T07:21:03Z")

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You will need Linux-development environment  
Settings \> Adwanced \> Developers \> Linux-development environment \> Turn on

1. Download Processing 4.2 for Linux
2. Copy Processing-4.2-linux-x64.tgz file to Linux files
3. Open Terminal-program and give commands.

**tar xvfz processing-4.2-linux-x64.tgz**

**./processing-4.2/processing**

1. If you want to launch the Processing program from a shortcut, first install a program that can be used to create shortcuts. Such a program is menulibre. Enter the following commands in the Terminal program:

**sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get dist-upgrade**  
**sudo apt install menulibre**  
**menulibre**

Find the section of Programming and use the plus button to add a new icon.  
Enter a name for the icon, e.g.: Processing and description, e.g.: Programming.

Under Command, find the Processing program, which is in the form:  
/home/youraccount/processing-4.2/processing

Under Working Directory is the name of the folder where the programs are saved, it is:  
/home/youraccount/processing-4.2

Finally, the save icon.

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**Author:** ![JoseMY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/josemy/32/2016_2.png) [@JoseMY](https://discourse.processing.org/u/JoseMY)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-install-processing-on-chromebook-step-by-step-guide/41878/2 "2023-05-01T15:58:49Z")

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I didn’t know there is a “linux” developer mode in chromebook. Your tutorial is very useful for me, since some fellow teachers have chrombooks and need to install software designed for windows, osx or linux, not chromebook.

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**Author:** ![Tuomo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tuomo](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Tuomo)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-install-processing-on-chromebook-step-by-step-guide/41878/3 "2023-05-01T16:24:08Z")

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Nice to hear. Yes, you can install most common programs in Linux environment, just give commands in Terminal, excample

sudo apt-get install gimp  
sudo apt-get install inkscape  
sudo apt-get install libreoffice

and so on…

But Processing program was tricky one for me, so that’s why it was hard to realize right way.