{"id":22469,"date":"2024-05-08T15:28:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T12:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/?p=22469"},"modified":"2024-05-10T08:37:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T05:37:56","slug":"install-signal-messenger-on-ubuntu-24-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/install-signal-messenger-on-ubuntu-24-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Signal Messenger on Ubuntu 24.04"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/install-signal-ubuntu-20.04.png\" alt=\"Install Signal Messenger on Ubuntu 24.04\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow through this guide to learn how to install Signal messenger on Ubuntu 24.04. <em><a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"https:\/\/signal.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Signal<\/a> is a cross-platform centralized encrypted messaging service developed by the Signal Technology Foundation and Signal Messenger LLC. It uses the Internet to send one-to-one and group messages, which can include files, voice notes, images and videos.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table of Contents<\/h2><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#installing-signal-messenger-on-ubuntu-24-04\">Installing Signal Messenger on Ubuntu 24.04<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#signal-messenger-features\">Signal Messenger Features<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#install-signal-from-official-signal-apt-repositories\">Install Signal from Official Signal APT Repositories<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#install-signal-on-ubuntu-24-04-from-snap-packages\">Install Signal on Ubuntu 24.04 from Snap packages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#install-signal-from-flat-hub\">Install Signal from FlatHub<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#running-signal-desktop-app-on-ubuntu\">Running Signal Desktop App on Ubuntu<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"installing-signal-messenger-on-ubuntu-24-04\">Installing Signal Messenger on Ubuntu 24.04<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"signal-messenger-features\">Signal Messenger Features<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the features provided by Signal include;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>State-of-the-art end-to-end encryption (powered by the open source Signal Protocol) keeps your conversations secure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enables you to share text, voice messages, photos, videos, GIFs and files for free.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make crystal-clear voice and video calls&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add a new layer of expression to your conversations with encrypted stickers. You can also create and share your own sticker packs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enables you to create group chats that make it easy to stay connected to your family, friends, and coworkers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There are no ads, no affiliate marketers, and no creepy tracking in Signal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Free to use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As much as you can install Signal messenger on your mobile phones, it is also possible to install desktop version on Ubuntu 24.04 desktop system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two ways in which you can install Signal on Ubuntu 24.04;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"#install-signal-from-official-repo\">Install Signal from Official Signal APT Repositories<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"#install-signal-from-snap\">Install Signal from Snap Store<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#install-signal-from-flat-hub\">Install Signal from Flathub<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"install-signal-from-official-signal-apt-repositories\">Install Signal from Official Signal APT Repositories<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To install Signal official Signal repositories, you need to create install the Signal repositories on Ubuntu 24.04 as follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Install Signal official public software signing key<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo apt install wget gnupg2<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">wget -qO- https:\/\/updates.signal.org\/desktop\/apt\/keys.asc |  sudo  gpg --dearmor -o \/etc\/apt\/trusted.gpg.d\/signal.gpg<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Add Signal repository to the list of Ubuntu repositories<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">echo \"deb [arch=amd64] https:\/\/updates.signal.org\/desktop\/apt xenial main\" | sudo tee -a \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/signal-xenial.list<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Update the system package cache;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo apt update<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, verify that you have latest stable release version of Signal desktop, v7.8.0 as of this writing;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo apt-cache policy signal-desktop<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"scroll-box\"><code>signal-desktop:\n  Installed: (none)\n  Candidate: 7.8.0\n  Version table:\n     7.8.0 500\n        500 https:\/\/updates.signal.org\/desktop\/apt xenial\/main amd64 Packages\n     7.7.0 500\n        500 https:\/\/updates.signal.org\/desktop\/apt xenial\/main amd64 Packages\n     7.6.0 500\n        500 https:\/\/updates.signal.org\/desktop\/apt xenial\/main amd64 Packages\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now install Signal Desktop on Ubuntu 24.04 by running the command below;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo apt install signal-desktop<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"install-signal-on-ubuntu-24-04-from-snap-packages\">Install Signal on Ubuntu 24.04 from Snap packages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Snap provides the latest version of Signal desktop app. If you don&#8217;t want to create the Signal repos on your Ubuntu desktop system, you can install Signal from Snap. <em>A snap is a bundle of an app and its dependencies that works without modification across many different Linux distributions. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/snapcraft.io\/store\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snap Store<\/a>, an app store with an audience of millions<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Snap is already installed on Ubuntu 24.04.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Update the snaps;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo snap refresh<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Check if Snap provides Signal desktop app package;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">snap find signal-desktop<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"scroll-box\"><code>Name            Version  Publisher      Notes  Summary\nsignal-desktop  7.8.0    snapcrafters\u272a  -      Speak Freely - Private Messenger\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see, snaps provides the latest stable release version of Signal desktop app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To install Signal desktop app from Snap, run the command;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo snap install signal-desktop<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"install-signal-from-flat-hub\">Install Signal from FlatHub<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Signal is also distributed as Flatpak on FlatHub. Learn how to install and use Flatpak to install Signal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/how-to-install-and-use-flatpak-on-ubuntu-24-04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Install and Use Flatpak on Ubuntu 24.04<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once Flatpak is installed, then use it to install Signal;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>flatpak search signal | grep Desktop<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Sample output;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"scroll-box\"><code>Signal Desktop\tPrivate messenger\torg.signal.Signal\t7.8.0\tstable\tflathub\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You can then install Signal using Flatpak application ID;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo flatpak install org.signal.Signal<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"scroll-box\"><code>Looking for matches\u2026\nRequired runtime for org.signal.Signal\/x86_64\/stable (runtime\/org.freedesktop.Platform\/x86_64\/23.08) found in remote flathub\nDo you want to install it? [Y\/n]: y\n\norg.signal.Signal permissions:\n    ipc            network               pulseaudio                   wayland       x11\n    devices        dbus access [1]       system dbus access [2]\n\n    [1] com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar, com.canonical.indicator.application, org.ayatana.indicator.application,\n        org.freedesktop.PowerManagement, org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver, org.gnome.Mutter.IdleMonitor, org.gnome.SessionManager,\n        org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher\n    [2] org.freedesktop.login1\n\n\n        ID                                        Branch           Op           Remote            Download\n 1. [\u2713] org.freedesktop.Platform.Locale           23.08            i            flathub            17.9\u00a0kB \/ 360.1\u00a0MB\n 2. [\u2713] org.freedesktop.Platform                  23.08            i            flathub            55.4\u00a0MB \/ 227.6\u00a0MB\n 3. [\u2713] org.signal.Signal                         stable           i            flathub           156.2\u00a0MB \/ 165.5\u00a0MB\n\nInstallation complete.\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"running-signal-desktop-app-on-ubuntu\">Running Signal Desktop App on Ubuntu<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the installation completes, Signal desktop app should now be available on the system apps menu;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1021\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/launch-signal-ubuntu-24.04.png?v=1715171165\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22473\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/launch-signal-ubuntu-24.04.png?v=1715171165 1021w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/launch-signal-ubuntu-24.04-768x472.png?v=1715171165 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now launch and use it. Note: <strong>To use the Signal desktop app, Signal must first be installed on your phone.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1001\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/link-signal-to-mobile-app.png?v=1715171160\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22472\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/link-signal-to-mobile-app.png?v=1715171160 1001w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/link-signal-to-mobile-app-768x584.png?v=1715171160 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1001px) 100vw, 1001px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Therefore, install the app on your mobile phone and link it with the desktop app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You have successfully installed Signal private messenger app on Ubuntu 24.04.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow through this guide to learn how to install Signal messenger on Ubuntu 24.04. 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