In this article, we are going to show you that how to Install Slack on Ubuntu 18.04 | 20.04. If you want to learn about Installing Slack on Ubuntu then this article is ideal for you.
Slack is a popular business communication platform. By the help of it, you can make channels for your co-workers, projects, topics so work can get done as quickly, proper and efficiently as possible. It also allows you audio and video calls, sharing of images, documents, videos, and many other files.
Slack is not an open-source platform so it is not available in the Ubuntu repositories. you can install it from official Slack repositories or Install it via Snap.
Install Slack DEB Package
Step 1 – Download Slack
To install Slack using its DEB package, open the Slack download page using your web browser and download the latest Slack .deb package.
You also can download the Slack package by command line, simply run the below command :
wget https://downloads.slack-edge.com/linux_releases/slack-desktop-4.8.0-amd64.deb
Step 2 – Install Slack
After download, run the below command to install Slack:
sudo apt install ./slack-desktop-*.deb
When you run above command, it will prompt to enter password and the installation of Slack will start.
Step 3 – Start Slack
Now, Slack is installed in your system. So you can launch it by the click on Activities and search Slack and then click on Slack icon. You can also open it via command line by typing slack
When you launch slack , it will looks similar as below :
Install Slack via Snap
If Snap is not installed on your system then you will need to install it before install Slack. Using snap is the best and easiest way to install packages on Linux machine, including Ubuntu.
To Install snap package manager , run the commands below :
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapdNow, run the below command to install Slack :
sudo snap install slack --classicThat’s all
If you face any error and issue in above steps , please use comment box below to report.
