Installing Flutter on Linux

This is a quick guide for installing flutter on linux. I wanted to use FVM to manage the flutter versions and it will also go over installing any dependencies needed to run flutter apps for linux and web

Install Core Flutter dependencies

bash

sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install -y 
curl git unzip xz-utils zip libglu1-mesa

These packages provide Git, archive tools, and the OpenGL libraries Flutter needs

Install Linux desktop build tools

bash

sudo apt-get install -y
clang cmake ninja-build pkg-config 
libgtk-3-dev liblzma-dev libstdc++-12-dev

These are required to compile Flutter Linux desktop apps

Install FVM (Flutter Version Manager)

Whichever install script you prefer

bash

curl -fsSL https://fvm.app/install.sh | bash

or via Homebrew(Linuxbrew)

bash

brew tap leoafarias/fvm
brew install fvm

Configure FVM for your projects

In each project directory, pick a Flutter version (e.g. the stable channel):

bash

fvm install stable
fvm use stable

You can also create a new web-enabled project with

bash

fvm flutter create . --platforms web,linux

Run your app via FVM

Web (Chrome)

bash

flutter run -d chrome

Linux desktop

bash

fvm flutter config --enable-linux-desktop fvm flutter run -d linux