# Issues adding libraries to Processing for Linux

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/issues-adding-libraries-to-processing-for-linux/32656>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [October 6, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/issues-adding-libraries-to-processing-for-linux/32656 "2021-10-06T19:23:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![PhineasGreene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@PhineasGreene](https://discourse.processing.org/u/PhineasGreene)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/issues-adding-libraries-to-processing-for-linux/32656/1 "2021-10-06T19:23:42Z")

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I installed Processing from the Arch Linux AUR, and it works fine except for adding external libraries. When I use the Add Library GUI, I always get an error saying `Could not download [githuburl] to /tmp/download[numbers][library].zip`. I have tried running Processing as root, to the same effect. Is there a way to get the GUI to work? If not, how can I manually install libraries?

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**Author:** ![monkstone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/monkstone/32/64_2.png) [@monkstone](https://discourse.processing.org/u/monkstone)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 7:47am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/issues-adding-libraries-to-processing-for-linux/32656/2 "2021-10-07T07:47:08Z")

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I’m not sure I would recommend installing processing from Arch Linux AUR at present ([looks unstable](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/processing/)). But your error looks like for some reason you haven’t got write access to /tmp? Have you tries a manual install to sketchbook folder? Just unzip the library zip file in `~/sketchbook/libraries` folder