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Install Ultimaker Cura on Ubuntu

Download the AppImage from https://ultimaker.com/software/ultimaker-cura and copy it to /opt

Extract the AppImage

/opt/Ultimaker_Cura-4.8.0.AppImage --appimage-extract

Get the icon cp squashfs-root/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/cura-icon.png /opt/Ultimaker_Cura-4.8.0.png

Install the shortcut

cp cura.desktop $HOME/.local/share/applications/cura.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Ultimaker Cura
Comment=Ultimaker Cura 4.8.0
Exec=/opt/Ultimaker_Cura-4.8.0.AppImage
Icon=/opt/Ultimaker_Cura-4.8.0.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Development
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[Desktop Entry]
Name=Ultimaker Cura
Comment=Ultimaker Cura 5.4.0
Exec=bash -c "LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 /opt/UltiMaker-Cura-5.4.0-linux.AppImage"
Icon=/opt/Ultimaker_Cura-5.4.0.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Development

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