How to install Wire for Desktop on Linux

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fisx edited this page Aug 22, 2022 · 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 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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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.

Install apt-transport-https to receive the package via HTTPS
```
 sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
```

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

 wget -q https://wire-app.wire.com/linux/releases.key -O- | sudo apt-key add -

Add our repository address to your sources list

 echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://wire-app.wire.com/linux/debian stable main" \
   | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/wire-desktop.list
 echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://wire-app.wire.com/linux-internal/debian stable main" \
   | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/wire-desktop-internal.list

Update your local list of available packages
```
 sudo apt-get update
```
Install wire-desktop
```
 sudo apt-get install wire-desktop
```
If you want to install the unsupported internal beta (DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK):
```
 sudo apt-get install wire-desktop-internal
```

Update Wire on Debian-based distributions

Run the commands:

 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get upgrade

Installation with AppImage

Download AppImage from https://wire.com/download/
Make AppImage executable
```
 chmod +x Wire*.AppImage
```
Run AppImage