Installing lmm

lmm is a single program with nothing else to set up. Every release on the Releases page has packages for the common Linux distributions, for both regular 64-bit PCs (amd64) and ARM machines (arm64). Most people want amd64.

In the commands below, replace <version> with the version number shown on the Releases page, for example 2.0.0.

Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pop!_OS

Download the .deb file for your machine, then:

sudo apt install ./lmm_<version>_linux_amd64.deb

Fedora, Nobara, RHEL

Download the .rpm file, then:

sudo dnf install ./lmm_<version>_linux_amd64.rpm

openSUSE

sudo zypper install ./lmm_<version>_linux_amd64.rpm

Arch, CachyOS, EndeavourOS, Manjaro

lmm isn’t on the AUR yet, but every release includes a PKGBUILD you can build with makepkg:

mkdir lmm-bin && cd lmm-bin
curl -LO https://github.com/DonovanMods/linux-mod-manager/releases/latest/download/PKGBUILD
makepkg -si

Alpine

sudo apk add --allow-untrusted ./lmm_<version>_linux_amd64.apk

Any other distribution

Download the .tar.gz file, unpack it, and put the lmm program somewhere on your PATH:

tar -xzf lmm_<version>_linux_amd64.tar.gz
sudo mv lmm /usr/local/bin/

Optional: 7-Zip

lmm opens .zip archives by itself. Some mods are packed as .7z or .rar instead, and for those lmm uses the 7z program. Most distributions call the package p7zip or 7zip. The .deb and .rpm packages suggest it for you; otherwise, install it if a mod ever fails to unpack.

Check that it worked

lmm --version

It prints the version you installed, for example lmm version 2.0.0. Next: set it up and install your first mods.

The distribution packages also install shell tab-completion and the manual pages, so man lmm works too.