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# Download and Install Anypoint Studio (Linux)

> For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt

Download Anypoint Studio and install it on Linux by extracting the archive file and running Studio
in a new or existing workspace.

## Before You Begin Installing Anypoint Studio

- To support the Studio Theme on Linux, you must have the GTK version 3 installed.

- Download the Studio installation file from the
  [Download Site](https://www.mulesoft.com/lp/dl/anypoint-mule-studio).

## Installation

1.  Open the extracted Anypoint Studio.

2.  Choose a directory for extraction. You can choose a directory under your home directory, such as
    `~/anypoint-studio`.

3.  Open a terminal window.

4.  Navigate to the download directory.

5.  Use the `tar` command to extract the contents of the archive file. For example, if the file name
    is **anypoint-studio-7.21.0.tar.gz**, run:

    \`tar -xvzf anypoint-studio-7.21.0.tar.gz -C ~/anypoint-studio\`

    This command extracts the contents of the archive to the `~/anypoint-studio` directory.

6.  Go to the extracted directory.

7.  Run Studio.

8.  Click **OK** to accept the default workspace.

## Workspaces Considerations

- You must use an absolute path when defining your workspace because Studio doesn’t expand the `~`
  tilde used in Unix and Linux systems.

- If you choose to use an existing workspace, the workspace must be created with Studio 7.0 or
  later.