diff --git a/docs/src/linux.md b/docs/src/linux.md index 10995acd98..c11282d937 100644 --- a/docs/src/linux.md +++ b/docs/src/linux.md @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ When installing a third-party package please be aware that it may not be complet We'd love your help making Zed available for everyone. If Zed is not yet available for your package manager, and you would like to fix that, we have some notes on [how to do it](./development/linux.md#notes-for-packaging-zed). -### Downloading manually. +### Downloading manually If you'd prefer, you can install Zed by downloading our pre-built .tar.gz. This is the same artifact that our install script uses, but you can customize the location of your installation by modifying the instructions below: @@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ sed -i "s|Icon=zed|Icon=$HOME/.local/zed.app/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/ze sed -i "s|Exec=zed|Exec=$HOME/.local/zed.app/libexec/zed-editor|g" ~/.local/share/applications/zed.desktop ``` - ## Troubleshooting Linux works on a large variety of systems configured in many different ways. We primarily test Zed on a vanilla Ubuntu setup, as it is the most common distribution our users use, that said we do expect it to work on a wide variety of machines. @@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ If you see an error like "/lib64/libc.so.6: version 'GLIBC_2.29' not found" it m Zed requires a GPU to run effectively. Under the hood, we use [Vulkan](https://www.vulkan.org/) to communicate with your GPU. If you are seeing problems with performance, or Zed fails to load, it is possible that Vulkan is the culprit. -If you're using an AMD GPU, you might get a 'Broken Pipe' error. try using the RADV or Mesa drivers. See: [#13880](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/13880) +If you're using an AMD GPU, you might get a 'Broken Pipe' error. Try using the RADV or Mesa drivers. (See the following GitHub issue for more details: [#13880](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/13880)). Otherwise, if you see error messages like: "Zed failed to open a window: NoSupportedDeviceFound" or "called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED", you can begin troubleshooting Vulkan, by installing the `vulkan-tools` package, and running: