How to Install Signal 5.33.0 on Ubuntu and other distributions

Tipsonunix
2 min readFeb 24, 2022
Install signal on ubuntu

This tutorial will be helpful for beginners to download and install Signal 5.33.0 on Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Linux Mint 20.3, Fedora 35, Manjaro Linux, AlmaLinux 8, and Rocky Linux 8.

Signal is a free, cross-platform application for communication purposes, it’s main aim is to protect users’ PRIVACY and is one of the best alternatives to Whatsapp messenger.

With Signal messenger you can do HD Voice / Video calls, Chat, etc.

Signal is an independent nonprofit and you can get the source code for the Signal Server and Signal clients from GitHub.

How to Install Signal Desktop Application 5.33.0 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint?

Step 1: Add the official signal key to the system

wget -O- https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/keys.asc | sudo apt-key add -

Step 2: Add the official signal key repository to the system

echo “deb https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main” | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list

Step 3: Update the repository

sudo apt update

Step 4: Install Signal Desktop 5.35.0

sudo apt install signal-desktop

How to Install Signal Desktop Application 5.33.0 on Fedora

By using copr repository we can install signal desktop application or we can also use flatpak to install it.

Step 1: Enable the Copr repository for signal

sudo dnf copr enable luminoso/Signal-Desktop

Step 2: Install Signal Desktop

sudo dnf install signal-desktop

Install Signal Desktop Application 5.33.0 on Manjaro Linux / Alma Linux & Rocky Linux

Step 1: Refer to the setup guide based on your distribution for installing Flatpak on your system.

Step 2: Install Signal-Desktop using Flatpak

flatpak install flathub org.signal.Signal

Step 3: Run Signal

flatpak run org.signal.Signal

Install signal on ubuntu and other distributions

Conclusion

From this tutorial, you have learned how to download and install signal 5.30.0 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, LinuxMint 20.3, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, and Fedora via Flatpak and the official installer repository.

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