I use the third option and can say that Discord has been running very smoothly on my end I haven’t spotted any glaring issues yet. I do not so I cannot attest to its actual success, and I also don’t believe you can use copr with Yum on RHEL/CentOS to my knowledge. The second option seems viable as long as you access the copr repo from GitHub and know how to rebuild packages from a. You will still have to install the missing dependencies. It will require you to add the extracted directory to your PATH to launch from the CLI and doesn’t integrate the same as installing a package natively does, for those who like having binaries in /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin without manual work. It is the method I currently use, though. The first one is a totally valid option and honestly the least work, which I did not know at the time when figuring this all out. Attempt to use the Fedora copr repositoryģ. tar.gz package and do a very manual installĢ. For RHEL/CentOS users, of which I am one, there are 3 paths that you can take to installing the Discord desktop application:ġ. Nick Congleton over on Linux Config has outlined the basics of installing Discord on Ubuntu/Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Arch, and Gentoo. So, what does this mean for users of other distros? I can tell you they aren’t out of luck. “Thanks for the kind words! In addition to the deb, we plan to get it in a ppa and AUR.” According to the announcement Reddit post, however, it will also be available in the AUR for Arch users. The current download location is a staff GitHub repo linking to a rolling update server.

This does come with a catch, however.Īt the time of writing Discord Canary is only actively supported on Ubuntu.

This was fantastic news as now Linux users can take advantage of all the app has to offer without being forced to use the web browser version. To top it off in April of 2016 Hammer and Chisel, the company behind the app, released what they are calling Discord Canary to the world of Linux. It has a thriving community, and it’s public API actively supports multiple languages for those who wish to extend it’s capabilities through web app integration and custom server bots. It provides a whole slew of features utilized by casual users and gamers, and even for office work. One of the latest in text and communication apps, Discord has quickly become among the most popular apps since its release in 2013.

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