# Ignition 8.3 - Installing Designer Launcher - Ubuntu 22.04

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition83, designer\
**Created:** [October 24, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-3-installing-designer-launcher-ubuntu-22-04/111701 "2025-10-24T13:32:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-3-installing-designer-launcher-ubuntu-22-04/111701/2 "2025-10-24T13:50:31Z")

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This is pretty similar to this post which contains a good answer

> [@Best practices for 8.1 Designer Launcher install on Linux?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practices-for-8-1-designer-launcher-install-on-linux/40302/4):
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> I'm going to answer my own question here. The designerlauncher.desktop file is a file that specifies where an application exists and how a Linux desktop such as Gnome (or other [freedesktop.org](http://freedesktop.org) compliant applications) can start it from an icon. These desktop systems assign icons to applications by registering each application's ".desktop" file. There are 2 main locations where the ".desktop" file should be placed in order for this to occur: /usr/share/applications =\> For globally accessibl…

Essentially you install it like any other software on Linux when not installing with a package manager. You just put it in whatever directory you install applications which is usually something like

`~/opt` on Ubuntu for user level apps or `/opt` for system wide.

This also wont make a `.desktop` launcher on it’s own but this does a decent job explaining how to do that:

> <https://superuser.com/questions/1782591/where-should-i-place-desktop-files-for-3rd-party-apps-installed-in-opt>

Now you should have enough info to Google any remaining questions from here since the install process for the designerlauncher is pretty standard compared to other Linux applications

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