If you went with the overlay, the ebuild should receive updates from the maintainer. In /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords x11-misc/discordĪfter that, you will be able to emerge it like any other package. Then, add Discord to the accepted keywords.
If you want to just add the overlay, you can do so using layman. Setting up a local overlay is a bit out of the scope of this guide, but you can find the ebuild here. You can enable the overlay, or you can take just the ebuild and install it on a local overlay. There is an ebuild available for Gentoo through an unofficial overlay. In any case, this method will get you a working Discord install on you Arch Linux system. Of course, you need to have your system configured to use the AUR first, and there are other ways to use the AUR if you want to. Of course, you will have to un-tar it into your build directory. You can navigate to the AUR page,, to download the snapshot, or just download it from. No, Discord isn’t officially packaged for Arch, but once again, the AUR comes to the rescue. It’s not exactly a perfect solution, but if you want a native Discord client on OpenSUSE, this is probably your best option. When Alien is finished, install the package with Yast2. You can create a custom shortcut to it for your desktop or GNOME.ĭiscord hasn’t been packaged for OpenSUSE, but reports are that the Debian package can be easily converted with the Alien script. A Discord binary is inside and ready to use. You can grab the archive provided by Discord here, and unpack it.
Update: Since Discord has moved to an official release, the Copr repository still hasn’t updated. Like most of the others, this isn’t an official package. FedoraĪ Fedora user has packaged the Discord ‘canary’ release on a Copr repository, and it’s available for download. Plus, since it’ a Debian package, it should be easy to upgrade to future releases. That’s it! You should be able to open up and use Discord. Once it’s done downloading, just install it with dpkg. Users of Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, or any of their derivatives should have no problem simply downloading the package and installing it.įirst, pull the. The Discord ‘canary’ release has actually been packaged for Debian based distributions. It’s definitely not perfect, but it does work fairly well, and, if you’re a gamer, why miss out? However, the Discord developers do plan on supporting Linux and have even released an experimental ‘canary’ version that you can install and use now.
If you go to the Discord website at the time of writing this, there is one glaring omission from Discord’s list of available clients, Linux. It’s easy to use and well supported across all platforms. In a relatively short time, Discord has become the favorite chat solution among gamers.
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