How to get Discord 0.0.2 to work on Ubuntu 16.04?

Question

Today I was unable to open Discord without updating it to the 0.0.2 version. I attempted to install it using the .deb file but when clicking on "install", nothing happened. So I installed it using the .tar.gz file with these commands:

sudo ln -s /usr/share/discord/discord.desktop /usr/share/applications/
sudo ln -s /usr/share/discord/discord.png /usr/share/icons/
sudo ln -s /usr/share/discord/Discord /usr/bin/discord

When I opened the application I just got a blank screen: Screenshot of Discord 0.0.2

Answer 1

I encountered the same issue today. Here is how I managed to solve it.

1. Remove discord

2. Download the discord .deb file and install it:

   sudo dpkg -i my_discord_deb_file.deb
   

3. fix missing dependencies:

   sudo apt-get -f install
   

4. re-run:

   sudo dpkg -i my_discord_deb_file.deb
   

N.B: I don't know if all the steps are necessary, but it worked for me.