How to get Discord 0.0.2 to work on Ubuntu 16.04?

Question

Today I was unable to open Discord without updating it to the 0.0.2 version. I attempted to install it using the .deb file but when clicking on "install", nothing happened. So I installed it using the .tar.gz file with these commands:

sudo ln -s /usr/share/discord/discord.desktop /usr/share/applications/
sudo ln -s /usr/share/discord/discord.png /usr/share/icons/
sudo ln -s /usr/share/discord/Discord /usr/bin/discord

When I opened the application I just got a blank screen: Screenshot of Discord 0.0.2

Are the permissions on this executable right? Why don't you just run the /usr/share/discord/Discord or the desktop file (look what's inside maybe paths aren't right) and see if it works. The thing you did atm. was only creating symlinks. — Ziazis, Aug 09 '17 at 11:23

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 29 '18 at 11:46

8

I encountered the same issue today. Here is how I managed to solve it.

Remove discord
Download the discord .deb file and install it:
```
sudo dpkg -i my_discord_deb_file.deb
```
fix missing dependencies:
```
sudo apt-get -f install
```
re-run:
```
sudo dpkg -i my_discord_deb_file.deb
```

N.B: I don't know if all the steps are necessary, but it worked for me.

edited Mar 29 '18 at 11:46

Eric Carvalho

54,385

answered Aug 09 '17 at 14:11

Ushyme

96

This worked for me! The How do I install a .deb file via the command line? had a lot of information on it, but this answer completely solved the problem for me. – Ajali Aug 09 '17 at 14:57

How to get Discord 0.0.2 to work on Ubuntu 16.04?

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