How to install Discord on Linux

One of the fastest growing chat rooms for games that in record time is becoming the favorite of the players is Discord. It has a large number of options, it is easy to use, fast, with integration to various gaming platforms, ... Despite having support for most platforms, Discord on Linux it does not have full support and is only in the experimental phase.

The Discord developers have created a Linux support plan and they have even released an experimental version called 'Discord Canary'which can now be installed and used on the various Linux distros. It's definitely not perfect, but it works quite well, and if you're a gamer why not use it?

Discord on Linux

What is Discord?

Discord is a VoIP application designed for gaming communities, which allows voice and text chat between players, it is totally free, safe and works in Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Android, iOS and web browser.

It is an excellent alternative to the expensive TeamSpeak and Ventrilo, in addition to being more comfortable and practical than Skype, these features have made Discord own to date 26 over millions of users.

Install Discord on Linux

Install Discord on Debian / Ubuntu

The version 'Discord Canary'has been packaged for Debian-based distributions. Users of Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, or any of its derivatives, should have no problem downloading the .deb from the Discord page, which you can then install with your favorite package manager. You can also follow the following steps:

$wget https://discordapp.com/api/download/canary?platform=linux

Once you are done downloading, just install it with dpkg.

$ sudo dpkg -i /path/to/discord-canary-0.0.11.deb

Once done, you could run the application, and it can also be easily updated.

Install Discord on Fedora

There is a package for Fedora of 'Discord Canary', it is in a Copr repository, and is available for download.

# dnf copr enable vishalv / discord-canary # dnf install discord-canary

Install Discord on OpenSUSE

Discord does not have packages for OpenSUSE, but you can easily convert Debian packages with Alien script. For this you must download the package .deb.

$wget https://discordapp.com/api/download/canary?platform=linux

Then use Alien to convert the .deb to a .rpm.

$ alien -r -c discord-canary-0.0.8.deb

When Alien has finished, install the package with Yast2.

#yast2 -i discord-canary-0.0.8.rpm

This is not a perfect solution, but it works while creating a native Discord client for OpenSUSE.

Install Discord on Arch Linux

There are unofficial packages of 'Discord Canary'in AUR, which you can access from the following url, https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/discord-canary/, you can also download the installation packages fromhttps://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/discord-canary.tar.gz. In that case you must unzip the tar, go to the directory cd and build it with makepkg.

$ cd / path / to / discord-canary $ mkpkg -sri

Install Discord on Gentoo

You can add the Discord overlay to Gentoo using layman.

# layman -S # layman -a anders-larsson

Then add Discord to the accepted keywords. In /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords

x11-misc / discord

After this, you can emerge as any package

# emerge --ask x11-misc / discord

Conclusion on Discord on Linux

Discord on Linux is still an experimental version of this excellent communication tool between players, it probably has some errors to correct, which must be reported to be solved. Although at the moment it is not the best of the following, it far exceeds the option of having the browser open while we play, also you will no longer have the need to use Windows to use it.