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How to install Wire for Desktop on Linux

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Sven Jost edited this page Apr 18, 2017 · 18 revisions

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Installation on Debian-based distributions (Debian/Ubuntu/Mint)

  1. Install apt-transport-https to receive the package via HTTPS

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https

  1. Import our PGP signing key to be able to verify the downloaded package

sudo apt-key adv --fetch-keys https://wire-app.wire.com/linux/releases.key

  1. Add our repository address to your sources list

echo "deb https://wire-app.wire.com/linux/debian stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/wire-desktop.list

  1. Update your local list of available packages

sudo apt-get update

  1. Install wire-desktop

sudo apt-get install wire-desktop

Installation with AppImage

  1. Download AppImage from https://wire.com/download/

  2. Make AppImage executable

chmod +x wire*.AppImage

  1. Run AppImage

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