How to install Wire for Desktop on Linux

Linux is not officially supported. These instructions are provided as-is / best effort.

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Wire for Linux has comparable functionality with Wire for Windows and macOS, and calls, video calls, etc. work cross-platform. However, it is an experimental build and we expect to see some issues in day-to-day usage. We don't offer official support at the moment, but any issues can be reported via https://github.com/wireapp/wire-desktop.

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Table of Contents

• Installation on Debian-based distributions
• Update Wire on Debian-based distributions
• Installation with AppImage

Installation on Debian-based distributions

This will work for Debian, Ubuntu and other Ubuntu-based distributions, like Xubuntu, Kubuntu or Mint.

1. Add our repository address to your sources list and append our PGP signing key to be able to verify the downloaded package

    echo "Types: deb
    URIs: https://wire-app.wire.com/linux/debian
    Suites: stable
    Components: main
    Signed-By:
    $(wget -O- https://wire-app.wire.com/linux/releases.key | sed -e 's/^$/./' -e 's/^/ /')" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/wire-desktop.sources > /dev/null
   

2. Update your local list of available packages

    sudo apt update
   

3. Install wire-desktop

    sudo apt install wire-desktop
   

Update Wire on Debian-based distributions

1. Run the commands:

    sudo apt update
    sudo apt upgrade
   

Installation with AppImage

1. Go to our releases page

2. Scroll to the latest Linux release.

3. Download the assets and verify the signed hashes:

   wget https://github.com/wireapp/wire-desktop/releases/download/linux%2F3.35.3348/sha256sum.txt.asc
   gpg --verify sha256sum.txt.asc
   wget https://github.com/wireapp/wire-desktop/releases/download/linux%2F3.35.3348/Wire-3.35.3348_x86_64.AppImage
   sha256sum Wire-3.35.3348_x86_64.AppImage ; grep Wire-3.35.3348_x86_64.AppImage sha256sum.txt.asc 
   

4. Make AppImage executable

    chmod +x Wire*.AppImage
   

5. Run AppImage