# Installing Processing on Ubuntu
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/installing-processing-on-ubuntu/39112
**Category:** Processing
**Created:** [October 5, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/installing-processing-on-ubuntu/39112 "2022-10-05T23:54:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@chrissatch](https://discourse.processing.org/u/chrissatch)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/installing-processing-on-ubuntu/39112/1 "2022-10-05T23:54:44Z")
I downloaded Processing for Linux and the one for Mac but both came up with error messages when I open the program icon processing
```bash
#!/bin/sh
# This script runs Processing, using the JRE in the Processing
# installation directory.
# If your system needs a different version of Java than what's included
# in the download, replace the 'java' folder with the contents of a new
# OpenJDK (Java 11 only), or create a symlink named "java" in the
# Processing installation directory that points to the JRE home directory.
# Thanks to Ferdinand Kasper for this build script. [fry]
# JARs required from JDK (anywhere in/below the JDK home directory)
JDKLIBS="rt.jar"
# Set this to non-zero for logging
LOGGING=0
# Logs name and value of a variable to stdout if LOGGING is non-zero.
# Expects the variable name as parameter $1.
log() {
if [$LOGGING -ne 0]; then
eval echo $1=\$$1
fi
}
# Locates JDKLIBS in a directory and its subdirectories and saves their
# absolute paths as list to JDKCP. Expects the directory as parameter $1.
# Sets SUCCESS to 1 if all libraries were found, to 0 otherwise.
make_jdkcp() {
# Back out of JRE directory if apparently located inside a JDK
if [-f "$1/../bin/java"]; then
DIR="$1/.."
else
DIR="$1"
fi
log DIR
JDKCP=
SUCCESS=1
# Locate JDKLIBS
for L in $JDKLIBS; do
# Locate only the first library with a matching name
LIB=`find "$DIR" -name $L 2>/dev/null | head -n 1`
log L
log LIB
# Library found?
if [-n "$LIB"]; then
JDKCP="$JDKCP"${JDKCP:+:}"$LIB"
else
SUCCESS=0
fi
done
log JDKCP
}
# Get absolute path of directory where this script is located
APPDIR=`readlink -f "$0"`
APPDIR=`dirname "$APPDIR"`
log APPDIR
# Try using a local JDK from the same directory as this script
JDKDIR=`readlink -f "$APPDIR/java"`
make_jdkcp "$JDKDIR"
log SUCCESS
# Don't use the installed JDK, because it's not supported.
# Local JDK found?
#if [$SUCCESS -ne 1]; then
# # No, try using the preferred system JRE/JDK (if any)
# JDKDIR=`which java` && JDKDIR=`readlink -e "$JDKDIR"` && JDKDIR=`dirname "$JDKDIR"`/..
# make_jdkcp "$JDKDIR"
# log SUCCESS
#fi
# Add all required JARs to CLASSPATH
CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH"${CLASSPATH:+:}"$JDKCP"
for LIB in "$APPDIR"/lib/*.jar; do
CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH"${CLASSPATH:+:}"$LIB"
done
for LIB in "$APPDIR"/core/library/*.jar; do
CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH"${CLASSPATH:+:}"$LIB"
done
for LIB in "$APPDIR"/modes/java/mode/*.jar; do
CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH"${CLASSPATH:+:}"$LIB"
done
export CLASSPATH
log CLASSPATH
# Make all JDK binaries available in PATH
export PATH="$JDKDIR/bin":"$PATH"
log PATH
current_name=`basename $0`
cmd_name='processing-java'
if [$current_name = $cmd_name]
then
java -Djna.nosys=true -Xmx512m processing.mode.java.Commander "$@"
exit $?
else
# Start Processing in the same directory as this script
cd "$APPDIR"
java -Djna.nosys=true -Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on -Dswing.aatext=true -Dpython.console.encoding=UTF-8 -Xmx512m --add-opens=java.desktop/sun.awt.X11=ALL-UNNAMED processing.app.ui.Splash "$@" &
fi
```
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### Author:  [@josephh](https://discourse.processing.org/u/josephh)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2022, 7:36am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/installing-processing-on-ubuntu/39112/2 "2022-10-06T07:36:54Z")
Hi @chrissatch,
Welcome to the forum! 😉
Can you please format the error message with the `` button or use backticks around it like this: ```code``` → `code`
It seems that you posted the content of the bash script, is it what you wanted to do?
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### Author:  [@chrissatch](https://discourse.processing.org/u/chrissatch)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/installing-processing-on-ubuntu/39112/3 "2022-10-06T12:45:09Z")
Yes, I am just learning programming I put in the \<\>
But I am taking a college level Processing course, and thought it would be easier to have Ubuntu but then I have been having trouble installing Processing the way it says from the instructions on the website. Is there a way to open it in terminal? Or is there any way that is easier because I don’t know what they mean by symlink and creating a new java folder in the bash script?
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### Author:  [@josephh](https://discourse.processing.org/u/josephh)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/installing-processing-on-ubuntu/39112/4 "2022-10-06T12:57:52Z")
> [@chrissatch](#):
>
> Yes, I am just learning programming I put in the \<\>
No problem! (just edit your message 😉 )
> [@chrissatch](#):
>
> and thought it would be easier to have Ubuntu
Yes I am myself running on Linux for everyday tasks and programming and you learn a lot by doing so!
The installation process should be straightforward, just run the .sh script from the command line:
```bash
$ cd processing-4.0.1 # Go into the processing folder
$ sh ./install.sh # Run the install script
```
Then it will install Processing and add a menu shortcut in your applications.
You can also directly run it from the command line with:
```bash
$ ./processing
```
* * *
Notes:
- You can also run the install script without calling the `sh` [shell program](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourne_shell) like so: `./install.sh`
This is possible because the file is executable:
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### Author:  [@chrissatch](https://discourse.processing.org/u/chrissatch)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/installing-processing-on-ubuntu/39112/5 "2022-10-06T20:33:12Z")
I did it in the terminal bu when I ran
\< $ ./processing\>
an error message ran saying:
./processing: 110: java: Exec format error
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### Author:  [@chrissatch](https://discourse.processing.org/u/chrissatch)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/installing-processing-on-ubuntu/39112/6 "2022-10-07T04:09:07Z")
Hey josephh,
I got it running!! So happy, I was working on labs for my class in the web editor, but in the regular program I can do so much more with it!!!
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### Author:  [@chrissatch](https://discourse.processing.org/u/chrissatch)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/installing-processing-on-ubuntu/39112/7 "2022-10-07T04:09:40Z")
Thank you very much, when I ran it through the terminal it loaded!
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### Author:  [@justinlui](https://discourse.processing.org/u/justinlui)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/installing-processing-on-ubuntu/39112/8 "2023-08-05T00:55:40Z")
@chrissatch Hi, can you tell me how you solved this problem? I’m also trying to install and run Processing on a Raspberry Pi, and I’m getting the same error message (in Terminal) that you got back in October 2022:
./processing: 110: java: Exec format error
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### Author:  [@justinlui](https://discourse.processing.org/u/justinlui)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/installing-processing-on-ubuntu/39112/9 "2023-08-05T01:35:40Z")
@chrissatch Never mind, I was able to solve it by switching from a 64-bit version of Processing to a 32-bit version of Processing.
Which is strange, because my Raspberry Pi 4 Model B says on the box that it’s got a 64-bit processor! But whatever, 32-bit works on this Pi.