# KS 5.5 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: Currently, KS's GUI mode is not supported on Linux

**URL:** <https://forum.katalon.com/t/ks-5-5-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts-currently-kss-gui-mode-is-not-supported-on-linux/12037>\
**Category:** Bug Report\
**Tags:** bugs-report, katalon-studio\
**Created:** [July 13, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/ks-5-5-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts-currently-kss-gui-mode-is-not-supported-on-linux/12037 "2018-07-13T14:18:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ivan\_Gorchakov1](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/ivan_gorchakov1/32/425_2.png) [@Ivan\_Gorchakov1](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Ivan_Gorchakov1)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/ks-5-5-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts-currently-kss-gui-mode-is-not-supported-on-linux/12037/1 "2018-07-13T14:18:45Z")

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I’ve downloaded and extracted Katalon\_Studio\_Linux\_64-5.5.tar.gz but if I try to run katalon executable it shows the notification “Currently, KS’s GUI mode is not supported on Linux…”  
Environment: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (64-bit GNOME 3.28.1), openjdk version 1.8.0\_171

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**Author:** ![Zarashima](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/zarashima/32/928_2.png) [@Zarashima](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Zarashima)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/ks-5-5-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts-currently-kss-gui-mode-is-not-supported-on-linux/12037/2 "2018-07-13T15:09:00Z")

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No this is not a bug. Official version from Download page is non-UI version, so that’s why you see that error message. GUI version is still in Beta phase and it’s not uploaded yet to Download page (we will plan to have it soon).

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**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/original/3X/d/5/d55596ab02785a255798e87ede769734747b30c4.svg) [@system](https://forum.katalon.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/ks-5-5-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts-currently-kss-gui-mode-is-not-supported-on-linux/12037/3 "2019-11-02T04:43:19Z")

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