Objective
The objective is to install Discord the gamer’s chat platform on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux
Operating System and Software Versions
- Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
- Software: – Discord 0.0.4 or higher
Requirements
Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.
Conventions
- # – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of
sudocommand - $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user
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Instructions
Install Discord using Snap
The easiest way to install Discord on Ubuntu 18.04 is by using snap:
$ sudo snap install discord --classic
All done.
Install Discord from The official package
Install Prerequisites
We will be using gdebi to install discord package on our system. gdebi ensures that there are no hassles during the installation as it will also automatically fetch all package prerequisites. In case the gdebi is not installed yet on your system you can install it by:
$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install gdebi-core wget
Download Discord Package
Next step is to download Discord installation package:
$ wget -O ~/discord.deb "https://discordapp.com/api/download?platform=linux&format=deb"
After execution of the above command you should find Discord’s installation package within your home directory:
$ ls ~/discord.deb /home/linuxconfig/discord.deb
Install Discord
Lastly, use gdebi command to install Discord on Ubuntu 18.04. When prompted answer y:
$ sudo gdebi ~/discord.deb Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading state information... Done Requires the installation of the following packages: gconf-service gconf-service-backend gconf2-common libappindicator1 libatomic1 libc++1 libc++abi1 libgconf-2-4 libindicator7 All-in-one voice and text chat for gamers All-in-one voice and text chat for gamers that's free, secure, and works on both your desktop and phone. Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:
Start Discord
To start Discord application you can either run:
$ discord
command from your terminal or search your start menu:
