# Projucer in linux is wrong

**URL:** <https://forum.juce.com/t/projucer-in-linux-is-wrong/65140>\
**Category:** General JUCE discussion\
**Created:** [February 7, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/projucer-in-linux-is-wrong/65140 "2025-02-07T16:05:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![zhangdaole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecb155/32.png) [@zhangdaole](https://forum.juce.com/u/zhangdaole)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/projucer-in-linux-is-wrong/65140/1 "2025-02-07T16:05:11Z")

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I downloaded juce on the Linux system of ubantu, but I couldn’t open it by clicking on projucer

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**Author:** ![reuk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/reuk/32/21494_2.png) [@reuk](https://forum.juce.com/u/reuk)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/projucer-in-linux-is-wrong/65140/2 "2025-02-08T16:32:08Z")

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Could you try the following:

- Open the JUCE directory in a terminal - there should be an option to do this in the right-click menu
- Type `./Projucer` then press enter
- The Projucer app should run

A similar issue has been discussed previously: [Cmake executable build shows up as "shared library" on Linux Mint](https://forum.juce.com/t/cmake-executable-build-shows-up-as-shared-library-on-linux-mint/45503)