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Is it possible to install Viber VoIP client on Ubuntu? So that I can call people through Viber from my PC.

Achu
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Viber has released its official client for Ubuntu/Linux. To install it, open your terminal with CTRL+ALT+T and type:

wget https://download.cdn.viber.com/cdn/desktop/Linux/Viber.zip

Then unzip it and cd to that viber directory. Then do as:

unzip Viber.zip
cd Viber
~/Viber/Viber.sh

That will install Viber in your Ubuntu.

How to install in .DEB way // Currently only 64-bit available

Open your terminal and type:

wget -O viber.deb https://download.cdn.viber.com/cdn/desktop/Linux/viber.deb  
sudo apt install ./viber.deb

That's it. You can access Viber in your Ubuntu.

Update : I came to know that some of the users are getting

home/$USERNAME/Viber/Viber: 1: /home/$USERNAME/Viber/Viber: �: not found
/home/$USERNAME/Viber/Viber: 1: /home/$USERNAME/Viber/Viber: ELF: not found
/home/$USERNAME/Viber/Viber: 1: /home/$USERNAME/Viber/Viber: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

so that Issue can be fixed by "♦: command not found" in tty after login post.

redseven
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Raja G
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Download deb package from viber.com

Install the .deb package:

cd /viber_download_location/

sudo dpkg -i viber.deb

If you are running 32bit system use 

sudo dpkg --force-architecture -i viber.deb
Achu
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Ubuntu 18.04

Open terminal

Ctrl + Alt + T

Type in terminal -


username:~$ sudo su
[sudo] password for user: 
root:/home/user/# add-apt-repository ppa:alexlarsson/flatpak
root:/home/user/# apt install flatpak
root:/home/user/# apt install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
root:/home/user/# exit
username:~$ flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
username:~$ sudo reboot
[sudo] password for user:

Your system will now reboot.

Open terminal

Ctrl + Alt + T

Type in terminal -



username:~$ flatpak search viber
Application ID  Version Branch Remotes Description
com.viber.Viber       Stable flathub We connect people, no metter who they are or where they are from.
username:~$ flatpak install flathub com.viber.Viber
Required runtime for com.viber.Viber/x86_64/stable (runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/18.08) found in remote flathub
Do you want to install it? [y/n]: y
Installing in system:
//some code
//some code
//some code
Is this ok [y/n]: y
Installing: org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/18.08 from flathub
//some code
//some code
//some code
Installing: com.viber.Viber/x86_64/stable from flathub
//some code
//some code
//some code
username:~$

Open Viber from dash

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