Let's jump into it

Download the binary from the LM Studio website

You can find the Beta releases page here

First we need to install CLBlast to avoid ugly linking error's like this when running the AppImage

A JavaScript error occurred in the main process
Uncaught Exception:
Error: /usr/local/lib/libclblast.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
    at process.func [as dlopen] (node:electron/js2c/asar_bundle:2:1822)
    at Module._extensions..node (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1326:18)
    at Object.func [as .node] (node:electron/js2c/asar_bundle:2:1822)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1096:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:937:12)
    at f._load (node:electron/js2c/asar_bundle:2:13330)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1120:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:103:18)
    at 6829 (/tmp/.mount_LM_StuIkHV0I/resources/app/.webpack/main/index.js:2:1930)
    at r (/tmp/.mount_LM_StuIkHV0I/resources/app/.webpack/main/index.js:8:401969)

Install CLBlast

sudo apt-get install libclblast-dev libclblast1

List the location of the package files

dpkg -L libclblast1 && dpkg -L libclblast-dev

Link the library files to /usr/local/lib to ensure they are where the AppImage expects them

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libclblast.so.1 /usr/local/lib/libclblast.so.1 && sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libclblast.so /usr/local/lib/libclblast.so

Configure executable permissions on the AppImage

chmod +x LM_Studio-0.2.14-beta-1.AppImage

Move the AppImage to a location in your PATH, so you can run it from the terminal without specifying the full path

mv LM_Studio-0.2.14-beta-1.AppImage ~/.local/bin

Run the AppImage

./LM_Studio-0.2.14-beta-1.AppImage

Huzzah! You should now be able to install new LLMs and run them locally on your Ubuntu 22.04 machine.

Next steps (optional)

Download the LM Studio icon for the desktop entry (optional)

mkdir -p ~/Themes/Icons/lm-studio
curl -L https://lmstudio.ai/assets/android-chrome-512x512.png -o ~/Themes/Icons/lm-studio/lm-studio.png

Create a desktop entry

Note, if you kept the AppImage in your Downloads folder, you will need to change the path to the AppImage in the Exec line below, e.g., Exec=~/Downloads/LM_Studio-0.2.14-beta-1.AppImage

echo "[Desktop Entry]
Name=LM Studio
Comment=LM Studio
Exec=~/.local/bin/LM_Studio-0.2.14-beta-1.AppImage
Icon=~/Themes/Icons/lm-studio/lm-studio.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Development;" > ~/.local/share/applications/lm-studio.desktop