Install LM Studio on Gentoo
Quality, Reliability & Service
Create a folder and download the current AppImage build:
mkdir -p ~/Applications/lmstudio cd ~/Applications/lmstudio wget https://installers.lmstudio.ai/linux/x64/latest/LM-Studio.AppImage -O LM-Studio.AppImage
chmod +x ~/Applications/lmstudio/LM-Studio.AppImage
Install FUSE support first:
sudo emerge --ask sys-fs/fuse:0 sys-fs/fuse:3
Then install common runtime libraries:
sudo emerge --ask x11-libs/libX11 x11-libs/libXrender x11-libs/libXtst \ media-libs/mesa dev-libs/nss dev-libs/glib media-fonts/dejavu
cd ~/Applications/lmstudio ./LM-Studio.AppImage
cd ~/Applications/lmstudio ./LM-Studio.AppImage --appimage-extract cd squashfs-root ./AppRun
Create the launcher:
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications nano ~/.local/share/applications/lmstudio.desktop
Paste this:
[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Name=LM Studio Comment=Local AI Model Runner Exec=/home/YOUR_USER/Applications/lmstudio/LM-Studio.AppImage Icon=/home/YOUR_USER/Applications/lmstudio/lmstudio.png Terminal=false Type=Application Categories=Development;AI;
Then refresh:
update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications
QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb ~/Applications/lmstudio/LM-Studio.AppImage