Getting started on Linux

GUI

1. Download margin-linux-x86-.zip from (DOWNLOAD) (where  will be something like 3.1.4)

2. Extract the file with “Extract here” in the file manager.

   

3. Optionally, move and/or rename the newly created folder to where you want margin to reside. A common choice is ~/opt/margin

4. Go into the margin folder and run the file called “margin”. Before the first run, the icon will be a default icon and not the margin logo shown in the screenshot.

   

5. Optionally, if you want to copy the .desktop file used to run margin to a different place, e. g. your desktop, or ~/.local/share/applications/ to be seen by your desktop environment, you'll have to change the last line to read something like

   Exec=/home/username/opt/margin/run-margin.sh

   Adapt for the location you actually put margin in.

Command Line

1. Download margin-linux-x86-<version>.zip (where  will be something like 3.1.4)
2. In the directory the file is in, do: unzip margin-linux-x86-<version>.zip
3. cd margin-linux
4. ./run-margin.sh