# Pixieditor is not "executable" in Linux after .deb installation

**URL:** <https://forum.pixieditor.net/t/pixieditor-is-not-executable-in-linux-after-deb-installation/164>\
**Category:** Issues\
**Created:** [April 17, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.pixieditor.net/t/pixieditor-is-not-executable-in-linux-after-deb-installation/164 "2025-04-17T19:31:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lux](https://forum.pixieditor.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/8c91f0/32.png) [@Lux](https://forum.pixieditor.net/u/Lux)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.pixieditor.net/t/pixieditor-is-not-executable-in-linux-after-deb-installation/164/1 "2025-04-17T19:31:24Z")

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It installs everything, but I have to set pixieditor as executable after every beta installation to open it

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**Author:** ![flabbet](https://forum.pixieditor.net/user_avatar/forum.pixieditor.net/flabbet/32/6_2.png) [@flabbet](https://forum.pixieditor.net/u/flabbet)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.pixieditor.net/t/pixieditor-is-not-executable-in-linux-after-deb-installation/164/2 "2025-04-22T11:25:27Z")

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Thanks for the report, I’ll take a look into it

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**Author:** ![v0xl](https://forum.pixieditor.net/user_avatar/forum.pixieditor.net/v0xl/32/108_2.png) [@v0xl](https://forum.pixieditor.net/u/v0xl)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.pixieditor.net/t/pixieditor-is-not-executable-in-linux-after-deb-installation/164/3 "2025-04-26T21:07:04Z")

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yea encountered this too while repackaging it for nix (because nixpkgs doesnt have the necessary build support to build Pixieditor from source yet, particurarly the WASM/workloads).  
the binary inside the .deb package at lib/pixieditor/PixiEditor _is_ executable, but not the wrapper script in /usr/bin (at least it was in one of the first versions, im generating my own wrapper script there now though)

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**Author:** ![thenlko](https://forum.pixieditor.net/user_avatar/forum.pixieditor.net/thenlko/32/110_2.png) [@thenlko](https://forum.pixieditor.net/u/thenlko)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.pixieditor.net/t/pixieditor-is-not-executable-in-linux-after-deb-installation/164/4 "2025-04-27T10:45:27Z")

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i will wait before its will be fixed

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**Author:** ![flabbet](https://forum.pixieditor.net/user_avatar/forum.pixieditor.net/flabbet/32/6_2.png) [@flabbet](https://forum.pixieditor.net/u/flabbet)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.pixieditor.net/t/pixieditor-is-not-executable-in-linux-after-deb-installation/164/5 "2025-04-28T12:35:04Z")

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The issue will be fixed in next release.

@v0xl It is possible to build PixiEditor from source on NixOS, in fact I developed linux version on it. Here are some .nix files I used [PixiEditor/.env-dev at master · PixiEditor/PixiEditor · GitHub](https://github.com/PixiEditor/PixiEditor/tree/master/.env-dev)

I agree that there is a problem with WASM workloads, but it is only required to build extensions (such as PixiEditor.Beta extension), core PixiEditor can be compiled without it. If you have any questions let me know