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How to Install Franz messenger 5.1.0 on linuxmint 19

  • 00:38 lsb_release -a
  • 00:52 apt install gdebi
  • 01:12 wget https://files02.tchspt.com/storage2/temp/franz_5.1.0_amd64.deb
  • 01:26 gdebi franz_5.1.0_amd64.deb
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To install Franz messenger 5.1.0 on linuxmint 19

Features

Facebook Messenger

Whatsapp

Telegram

WeChat

Skype and many more...,

This tutorial covers the installation process of Franz messenger 5.1.0 on linuxmint 19.

Installation procedure

Check the linuxmint version by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	LinuxMint
Description:	Linux Mint 19 Tara
Release:	19
Codename:	tara

Install the gdebi for installing the debian pacakges

root@linuxhelp:~# apt install gdebi
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gdebi-core
The following packages will be upgraded:
  gdebi gdebi-core
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 629 not upgraded.
Need to get 131 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,024 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://packages.linuxmint.com tara/upstream amd64 gdebi all 0.9.5.7xmint8 [35.0 kB]
Get:2 http://packages.linuxmint.com tara/upstream amd64 gdebi-core all 0.9.5.7xmint8 [95.7 kB]
Fetched 131 kB in 2s (75.2 kB/s) 
(Reading database ... 243582 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../gdebi_0.9.5.7xmint8_all.deb ...
Unpacking gdebi (0.9.5.7xmint8) over (0.9.5.7xmint7) ...
Preparing to unpack .../gdebi-core_0.9.5.7xmint8_all.deb ...
Unpacking gdebi-core (0.9.5.7xmint8) over (0.9.5.7xmint7) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23+linuxmint3) ...
Setting up gdebi-core (0.9.5.7xmint8) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1) ...
Setting up gdebi (0.9.5.7xmint8) ...
Once it is done, go to Franz Messenger official website and download the link in .deb format by using the wget command.
root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://files02.tchspt.com/storage2/temp/franz_5.1.0_amd64.deb
--2019-06-20 16:15:55--  https://files02.tchspt.com/storage2/temp/franz_5.1.0_amd64.deb
Resolving files02.tchspt.com (files02.tchspt.com)... 174.127.84.118
Connecting to files02.tchspt.com (files02.tchspt.com)|174.127.84.118|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 80851974 (77M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘franz_5.1.0_amd64.deb’

franz_5.1.0_amd64.deb         100%[=================================================>]  77.11M   439KB/s    in 2m 16s  

2019-06-20 16:18:13 (580 KB/s) - ‘franz_5.1.0_amd64.deb’ saved [80851974/80851974]

Once it done install the download package using debian installation

root@linuxhelp:~# gdebi franz_5.1.0_amd64.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
Reading state information... Done

Messaging app for WhatsApp, Slack, Telegram, HipChat, Hangouts and many many more.
  Franz is your messaging app / former Emperor of Austria and combines chat & messaging services into one application. Franz currently supports Slack, WhatsApp, WeChat, HipChat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Google Hangouts, GroupMe, Skype and many more. You can download Franz for free for Mac & Windows.
Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y
Selecting previously unselected package franz.
(Reading database ... 243582 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack franz_5.1.0_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking franz (5.1.0-1337) ...
Setting up franz (5.1.0-1337) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23+linuxmint3) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ..

This is the welcome page of Franz messenger snap1

You can see the feature available in the franz messenger snap2

This is the method to Add the service snap3

The service is successfully added snap4 With this, the installation of Franz messenger 5.1.0 on Linuxmint 19 is complete.

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

Q

Why build Franz?

A

Being part of different communities often requires you to use different messaging platforms. You end up with lots of different apps and browser windows trying to stay on top of your messages

Q

What is Franz? why it is used?

A

Franz is a free messenger application which groups a number of messaging and mail services so that all the messengers can be viewed inside a single window.

Q

How to start the Franz application?

A

To start the Franz application please run the following command

#./Franz

Q

How to completely remove Franz from my machine?

A

To completely remove Franz

#cd /opt
#sudo rm -rf franz

Q

What are the alternatives for Franz Free Messaging?

A

The alternatives for Rambox Free Messaging are as follows,
Pidgin
Jitsi
Rambox
Trillian

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