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Install on Linux

For most situations, you can just download Transformer Lab and it should work as is. But if you are setting up from scratch and haven't installed CUDA drivers (drivers for your GPU) the following instructions can help.

What Distro​

Transformer Lab should work on most distros of Linux. If you are getting started from scratch, we recommend installing PopOS because it has great support for automatically installing NVIDIA drivers.

PopOS Screenshot

Step 1 - Ensure NVIDIA Drivers are Installed​

If you installed PopOS you will have the option to select an NVIDIA enabled version of PopOS installed by default. You can test that NVIDIA support is successfully installed by running the following command in a command prompt and you should get output similar to what is shown below:

nvidia-smi

nvidia-smi output

If this worked, congratulations, NVIDIA support for your Linux install is working and you can proceed with downloading and installing Transformer Lab.

If you need to install the nvidia drivers from scratch, there are instructions below for different versions of Linux:

Step 2 - Download and Install Transformer Lab​

Go to the Transformer Lab download page and click on the app image that is appropriate for your computer:

Download Transformer Lab

Step 3 - Run the Installer​

You can double click on the installer to run Transformer Lab.

App Image

If you get an error that says "Could not display..."

Could Not Display

You may need to change the permissions of the AppImage.

Right-click on the app then click on Properties -> Permissions -> then check "Allow Executing File as a Program"

Allow Execute

Now try running it again. Please be patient on the first install as a number of libraries must installed on the first run. If the install isn't progressing for a few minutes, quit the app and run it again (we are working on a bug that makes the install display freeze sometimes.)