How to Easily Install Kiro AI Editor Preview on Arch Linux

Get the Kiro debian package

You must have a debian package from the public review account you have created on Kiro.

Installing Necessary Dependencies

paru -S apparmor.d-git c libxcomposite libxdamage libxkbfile nspr nss

or if you’re still using the dinosaur yay,

yay -S apparmor.d-git c libxcomposite libxdamage libxkbfile nspr nss

Repackage .deb package to Arch Linux package

Once done installing the dependencies, you have to repack the deb package into an arch linux package, which can be done using debtap.

git clone https://github.com/helixarch/debtap
cd debtap
chmod +x ./debtap
./debtap -u

Next up, we’ll start the repackaging.

./debtap 202507152342-distro-linux-x64.deb

Then, just give the name Kiro for Packager name and license shall be left blank since the app is proprietary.

Once that is done than you’ll be prompted that the repackaging is complete and you’ll see a tar.zst file in the same directory you had the debian package.

Finally, install the kiro arch linux package using pacman,

sudo pacman -U kiro-0.1.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

Conclusion

While the app is in preview, you must follow the same steps to install/update the app, which is until the team working on Kiro releases the app for commercial use.