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Install the GroupDocs.Parser MCP server on Linux with the Docker engine and the guided installer:

git clone https://github.com/groupdocs/GroupDocs.Mcp.Installer.git
cd GroupDocs.Mcp.Installer
bash setup/linux.sh --channel docker
pwsh ./install-groupdocs-mcp.ps1 -Channel docker \
  -Products parser -Clients claude-desktop -Verify

Note

Docker is the only channel for this product. GroupDocs.Parser’s engine embeds around 234 MB of ONNX models, which puts the packed tool over nuget.org’s 250 MB package limit — so dnx and dotnet tool install are not available for this product. When a slimmer engine ships, the NuGet channel returns. That also means there are no libgdiplus-style native dependencies to install — everything is inside the image.

setup/linux.sh automates Debian/Ubuntu, idempotently; add --check to report without installing.

• PowerShell 7 (pwsh) — runs the installer scripts.
• Docker engine (sudo apt-get install -y docker.io); the script adds you to the docker group — log out/in (or newgrp docker) before the first run.

docker run --rm -i -v $(pwd)/documents:/data \
  ghcr.io/groupdocs-parser/parser-net-mcp:latest

Client config locations on Linux: Claude Desktop ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json, VS Code user-level ~/.config/Code/User/mcp.json — full list in Register in AI clients.

pwsh ./verify-groupdocs-mcp.ps1

A passing run completes the MCP handshake (seven tools listed) and — when a document sits in your storage folder — a real get_document_info call. For headless servers, -EmitCompose generates a docker-compose.yml for supervised operation.

• docker: permission denied — your user is not in the docker group yet; newgrp docker or re-login.
• Empty /data in the container — the volume path did not exist on the host, so Docker created an empty directory. Create the folder first, then run.
• SELinux hosts — add :z to the volume (-v $(pwd)/documents:/data:z) if the container cannot read mounted files.
• Slow first start — the image is large (it carries the ONNX models); pull it once with docker pull ghcr.io/groupdocs-parser/parser-net-mcp:latest before the first tool call.

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