How To Install Discord on PopOS
To Install Discord on PopOS
Discord is a text and voice chat tool which is used to communicate with other people who might be playing the same game. It is a popular chat application for gamers. It is easy to easy to use and supports across all platforms. It is so simple to install Discord on PopOS and this tutorial covers the ground on the same process.
Installing Discord
First, make sure you download the latest and stable installation package by making use of the wget command.
root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://dl.discordapp.net/apps/linux/0.0.4/discord-0.0.4.deb
--2018-02-02 01:23:59-- https://dl.discordapp.net/apps/linux/0.0.4/discord-0.0.4.deb
Resolving dl.discordapp.net (dl.discordapp.net)... 104.16.248.144, 104.16.250.144, 104.16.251.144, ...
Connecting to dl.discordapp.net (dl.discordapp.net)|104.16.248.144|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 47617856 (45M) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘ discord-0.0.4.deb’
discord-0.0.4.deb 100%[===================> ] 45.41M 1.12MB/s in 47s
2018-02-02 01:24:46 (997 KB/s) - ‘ discord-0.0.4.deb’ saved [47617856/47617856]
Once it is done, you need to install Discord by making use of the following command.
root@linuxhelp:~# dpkg -i discord-0.0.4.deb
Selecting previously unselected package discord.
(Reading database ... 228383 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack discord-0.0.4.deb ...
Unpacking discord (0.0.4) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of discord:
discord depends on libgconf-2-4 however:
Package libgconf-2-4 is not installed.
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dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
Discord
If it shows any dependency error, give the following command to install dependency and also install discord application.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
gconf-service gconf-service-backend gconf2-common libappindicator1 libc++1
libc++abi1 libdbusmenu-gtk4 libgconf-2-4 libindicator7
Suggested packages:
indicator-application clang
The following NEW packages will be installed:
gconf-service gconf-service-backend gconf2-common libappindicator1 libc++1
libc++abi1 libdbusmenu-gtk4 libgconf-2-4 libindicator7
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Setting up discord (0.0.4) ...
Setting up gconf-service-backend (3.2.6-4ubuntu1) ...
Setting up gconf-service (3.2.6-4ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.26-0ubuntu2.1) ...
After installation, go to your activities search field and type discord, The application icon gets displayed on the screen. Click on the icon to open Discord.
The application is now open. You will be asked to log into the application, so if you have an account you give your credentials If you have an account you can register.
After logging in, it will open the dashboard, using that you can chat with friends.
With this, the installation of Discord on PopOS comes to an end.
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