# Issue of opening designer in Linux?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-of-opening-designer-in-linux/109193>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [July 31, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-of-opening-designer-in-linux/109193 "2025-07-31T11:01:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![nsbhosale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@nsbhosale](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nsbhosale)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-of-opening-designer-in-linux/109193/1 "2025-07-31T11:01:56Z")

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i am getting this error while opening designer in Ubuntu Linux

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-of-opening-designer-in-linux/109193/2 "2025-07-31T11:52:22Z")

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> [@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/40302/9):
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> In ~/.ignition/clientlauncher-data/ there should be a designerlauncher.log file. In that, there will be a log message that says "Starting Java with the following parameters: ..." Upload the designerlauncher.log file. Copy the full command and paste/run it in a separate terminal and then provide the full output here.

^ try this and provide the output