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How to install Wire for Desktop on Linux

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Florian Keller edited this page May 2, 2017 · 16 revisions

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 arise from day-to-day usage. We don't offer official support at the moment, and any found issues can be reported by opening an issues on https://github.com/wireapp/wire-desktop

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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