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Install Jitsi Meet on Linux
Jitsi Meet is a program to hold video-based web meetings. This page covers how to install the jitsi meet app on a Linux computer.
App Image
The jitsi meet developers regularly release an appimage of the jitsi meet app for Linux. An AppImage is an alternative to the standard way programs are distributed for Linux (e.g. on Debian based system we use the apt
or apt-get
or dpkg
tool to install .deb files, on Redhat, we use the rpm
tool, etc).
AppImages work on all versions of Linux.
Download
The first step is to download and save the most recent release that ends with the .AppImage
extension.
By default, your browser may automatically save it to your Downloads folder. If you are prompted to choose a folder, please choose your Downloads folder.
Make it startable and findable
Next, we have to create a "desktop" file for it, so it will show up in your menu system.
To make this file, you will need to open your terminal program and type the following:
chmod 755 ~/Downloads/jitsi-meet-x86_64.AppImage mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications wget "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/master/resources/icons/icon_128x128.png" -O ~/Downloads/jitsi-meet.png printf "[Desktop Entry]\nEncoding=UTF-8\nVersion=1.0\nType=Application\nTerminal=false\nExec=${HOME}/Downloads/jitsi-meet-x86_64.AppImage --no-sandbox\nName=Jitsi Meet\nIcon=${HOME}/Downloads/jitsi-meet.png\n" > ~/.local/share/applications/jitsi-meet.desktop which update-desktop-database && update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications
Logout
Before it shows up in your menus and list of applications, you may need to logout and log back in again.
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