Update Linux Installation Documentation for Antigravity 2.0 Tarball Setup

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Hello Antigravity Team,

I would like to request an update to the official Linux installation documentation for Antigravity 2.0 / Antigravity IDE.

There is already a Linux installation page, but the current documentation still appears to focus on the older package-manager-based installation flow such as APT/RPM. Also, the available Getting Started codelab says it applies only to v1.23.2 or earlier and does not work with v2.0.0 or higher.

For Antigravity 2.0, the installation flow seems to have moved toward a tarball-based download, but there is no clear official guide explaining how Linux users should properly install, launch, update, and integrate the IDE into the desktop environment.

Please add official documentation for:

  • Extracting and running the tarball
  • Adding Antigravity to the Linux app menu
  • Creating a .desktop launcher
  • Adding the executable to PATH
  • Launching from terminal without keeping unnecessary logs open
  • Updating Antigravity when using the tarball version
  • Uninstalling cleanly
  • Clarifying whether DEB/APT/RPM are still supported for Antigravity 2.0 or whether tarball is now the recommended Linux method

This would make the Linux installation experience much clearer and avoid confusion for users upgrading from the older Antigravity versions.

Thank you.

Regards,
Karthik Surya

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Yes! Not even the gemini can explain exactly what to do, however, i saw some people saying that the best way is removing the old version ‘sudo apt remove antigravity’ and then downloading the new version, extracting on /opt/ and then, create an “shortway” to access. (forgive my english)

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Yes, i hope they update the installation instruction for linux users ASAP.

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In the meantime, here’s the solution I’m using: Install Antigravity 2.0 / Antigravity IDE on Linux from the official tarballs (user-local install, Ubuntu 24.04+ AppArmor handled) · GitHub

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Do you see the “Open in IDE” button if you use this install?

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Check this out: Antigravity Linux Installer — One-command setup for Google Antigravity 2.0 on Linux

A single command installs from the official Google tarball and sets it up like a native Linux app.