I use Signal in individual capacity because it doesn’t have the ‘channel’ feature yet. If you use Telegram, you can join the official It’s FOSS channel. Both provide native Linux desktop applications. Signal and Telegram are two mainstream and viable options to ditch WhatsApp. Once installed, you can run it from the menu or use the following command in the terminal: flatpak run However, a Flatpak package is available, and you may use that to get Signal on Fedora. Method 4: Installing Signal on Fedora and other Linux using Flatpak I believe you can delete Signal in the similar function. Otherwise, you can always use an AUR helper. Go to the signal-cli project-root and build it: Build signal-cli. If you are using Pamac on Manjaro and have enabled AUR, you should find Signal in the package manager. You also need the Java-11 JRE or higher, rust and the gradle build system. Signal is available to install on Arch-based Linux distributions via AUR. Once installed, look for Signal in application menu and start it.Īlternatively, you can remove the file with rm command: rm -i /etc/apt//signal-xenial.list Method 3: Installing Signal on Arch and Manjaro from AUR Now that you have added the repository, update the cache and install Signal desktop application: sudo apt update & sudo apt install signal-desktop This new file will have the Signal repository information i.e. Thanks to the tee command in Linux, you’ll have a new file signal-xenial.list in the sources.list directory /etc/apt/. echo "deb xenial main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt//signal-xenial.list It will work with Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04 and newer version as well as Debian, Mint etc. Don’t get alarmed with the use of xenial in the repository name. With the key added, you can safely add the repository to your system. You can copy the commands and paste it in the terminal.įirst thing is to get the GPG key for the official Signal repository and add it to the trusted keys of your APT package manager. Here are the steps you have to follow to install Signal from its official repository on Debian, Debian, Linux Mint, elementary OS and other distributions based on Debian/Ubuntu. Method 2: Install Signal on Debian and Ubuntu-based distributions via APT (using official Signal repository) The good news is that you can use apt command to install Signal. Some people do not like Snap packages because they take too long to start. You can remove it using snap remove or from the Software Center. Alternatively, you can use the Snap command to install Signal on any Linux distribution that has Snap support enabled. My own builds of Signal Desktop (.deb and.The builds created during the making of this article are available here. "asarUnpack": "node_modules/spellchecker/vendor/hunspell_dictionaries",Īnd here the result in release directory:īuilder-effective-config.yaml latest-linux.yml linux-unpacked signal-desktop_1.23.0-beta.4_b signal-desktop-1.23.0-beta.4-x86_64.AppImage If you prefer the, more portable, AppImage format, you can build it with a small change on package.json file, in top source directory. Icon=/home/andrea/Signal-Desktop/build/icons/png/128x128.png deb package and unpacked version:īuilder-effective-config.yaml linux-unpacked signal-desktop_1.23.0-beta.4_bįinally, you can create a desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications/sktop to get a launcher icon:Įxec=env LANGUAGE=tlh /home/andrea/Signal-Desktop/release/linux-unpacked/signal-desktop Now, in the release directory you will find both. Install some dependencies and start building process: WARNING: checksums are currently disabled for node.js v4.0 and later N/A: version "v10.13.0" is not yet installed Install and configure the correct NodeJs version:įound '~/Signal-Desktop/.nvmrc' with version Then, clone the Signal Desktop git repository. Here the steps (in my case performed on a Debian 9). So, if you want to try the last version of the desktop app, or if you don't want relying on the pre-builded releases, you can simply build the app on your workstation. Signal is free and open source, and also provides a desktop application developed using Electron: all sourcecode is available on GitHub. The app provides instant messaging, voice and video calling, and all communications are end-to-end encrypted. Signal is a mobile app developed by Open Whisper Systems. Today let's try to make your own Linux build of Signal Desktop, in.
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