How to install Mattermost desktop application

Question

When I tried to install Mattermost desktop app in Ubuntu, I've downloaded and extracted .tar.gz file.

I didn't find any file named configure inside that.

How to install the app?

A config file contains configuration. It's not supposed to be executed. What exactly did you do so far? What did you download and where from? What commands have you run? — muru, Jul 25 '18 at 11:57
i've downloaded a tar.gz file and extracted it. i didn't find any file named configure to do ./configure . there is a directory named configue. .json file located inside that. i'm not getting how to install that app. — venkat sai, Jul 25 '18 at 12:10
when i tried to install .deb files, "dependency problems - leaving unconfigured" occured — venkat sai, Jul 25 '18 at 12:20

karel · Answer 1 · 2018-07-25T12:35:24.353

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Unofficial, community-driven .deb packages are available for Ubuntu and Debian-based systems.
Download the latest version of the Mattermost desktop app:
mattermost-desktop-4.1.2-linux-amd64.deb # 64-bit systems
or
mattermost-desktop-4.1.2-linux-i386.deb # 32-bit systems  
At the command line, execute one of the following commands depending on the package that you downloaded:
sudo apt-get install -y ./mattermost-desktop-4.1.2-linux-amd64.deb # 64-bit systems
or
sudo apt-get install -y ./mattermost-desktop-4.1.2-linux-i386.deb # 32-bit systems
The following NEW packages will be installed: mattermost-desktop
To run Mattermost, open the Dash and type mattermost, then click the Mattermost icon.

_{Source: Desktop Appllication Install Guides – Mattermost 5.1 documentation}

edited Jul 25 '18 at 12:35

answered Jul 25 '18 at 12:23

karel

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when i tried to install .deb files, "dependency problems - leaving unconfigured" occured – venkat sai Jul 25 '18 at 12:28
try this apt-get install filename.deb this command will install your dependency automaticly – omid abbasi Jul 25 '18 at 12:35
@venkatsai Edited my answer with updated commands in Step 2. – karel Jul 25 '18 at 12:36

Melebius · Answer 2 · 2018-08-08T06:34:52.080

There is a .deb installer for Mattermost desktop application, although the website authors seem to prefer tar.gz for an unclear reason. Instead of downloading the tar.gz file, proceed to the Ubuntu and Debian-based systems section of the Install guide.

From this page, download the file appropriate for your architecture and run it, e.g.:

sudo dpkg -i mattermost-desktop-4.1.2-linux-amd64.deb

You can also use APT to solve potential dependency problems automatically. In the folder with the downloaded file, run:

sudo apt install ./mattermost-desktop-4.1.2-linux-amd64.deb

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