How to install Signal on Linux computers

Considered Signal is one of the best secure messaging apps of late, with millions of people around the world using it every day.

Therefore, some may need to install the application on their computers running different Linux systems, and this is what we are talking about today.

Install the application on Debian Linux distributions.

Before installing Signal on any computer, whatever its system, you must install the application on the phone and set up your account there.

You also need a mobile app to be able to run Signal on your PC.

Read also: Signal key features that make it the best messaging app

You can install Signal on various Linux distributions via the APT Application Manager, by following these steps:

You must obtain the GPG keys before downloading the application from the Internet, and to obtain them use the following command in the command interface:

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

Then add the Signal installation package to your system with the following command:

echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list

Then update the applications package and download the application via the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install signal-desktop

And if you use the package manager app instead of APT, you can install Signal with one command:

sudo snap install signal-desktop

Install the application on ARCH Linux distributions.

You can install the application on ARCH Linux distributions via the AUR package manager by following the command below:

sudo yay -Ss signal-desktop

To install the application on Manjaro distributions, use the following command directly via Pacman:

sudo pacman -Sy signal-desktop

In order to install the app on Fedora distributions, you need to use the Flatpak app store with the following command:

flatpak install flathub org.signal.Signal

Using Signal on Linux computers.

After you have installed the package and the application on your computer, you need to use the application and log in to it.

Read also: Why is Signal better than Telegram in terms of security?

You can log in and link the application to the phone via the following steps:

Run the application on the computer until you see a QR code in front of you.

Go to your phone and click on the application settings, then linked devices and then use the add button to show you the camera application.

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Now check the code through the application until it recognizes the computer and asks you to confirm the connection of the new device, after which it asks you to enter the name of the new device.

When you have finished entering the name of the new device, press the End Link button, and you can find all the devices associated with your account in the list of associated devices in the application settings.

You can now use all the features of the platform through the computer application as if you were using it on your smartphone.