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For Linux, you have to build it from source. https://github.com/exponentjs/xde#build-from-source It's usually pretty smooth to do so.

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I think it would make sense to provide pre-build packages for few popular distros (Ubuntu, CentOS, Arch). There are some tools that make it much easier, i.e. fpm (https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm).

We're planning on doing an AppImage for Linux since we're using Electron Builder (https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder). Just haven't had time for it yet!

Great, AppImage is even better!

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