How to install Mattermost desktop application

Question

When I tried to install Mattermost desktop app in Ubuntu, I've downloaded and extracted .tar.gz file.

I didn't find any file named configure inside that.

How to install the app?

Answer 1

Unofficial, community-driven .deb packages are available for Ubuntu and Debian-based systems.

1. Download the latest version of the Mattermost desktop app:

   mattermost-desktop-4.1.2-linux-amd64.deb # 64-bit systems
   

   or

   mattermost-desktop-4.1.2-linux-i386.deb # 32-bit systems  
   

2. At the command line, execute one of the following commands depending on the package that you downloaded:

   sudo apt-get install -y ./mattermost-desktop-4.1.2-linux-amd64.deb # 64-bit systems
   

   or

   sudo apt-get install -y ./mattermost-desktop-4.1.2-linux-i386.deb # 32-bit systems
   

   The following NEW packages will be installed: mattermost-desktop

3. To run Mattermost, open the Dash and type mattermost, then click the Mattermost icon.

_{Source: Desktop Appllication Install Guides – Mattermost 5.1 documentation}

Answer 2

There is a .deb installer for Mattermost desktop application, although the website authors seem to prefer tar.gz for an unclear reason. Instead of downloading the tar.gz file, proceed to the Ubuntu and Debian-based systems section of the Install guide.

From this page, download the file appropriate for your architecture and run it, e.g.:

sudo dpkg -i mattermost-desktop-4.1.2-linux-amd64.deb

You can also use APT to solve potential dependency problems automatically. In the folder with the downloaded file, run:

sudo apt install ./mattermost-desktop-4.1.2-linux-amd64.deb