Install Discord on Ubuntu 22.04

This tutorial is going to teach you how to install Discord on Ubuntu 22.04. Discord is a platform for voice over IP, instant messaging, and digital distribution. In private chats or as part of “servers,” users communicate with voice calls, video calls, text messaging, media, and files.

How to Install Discord on Ubuntu 22.04

There are different methods which can be used to install Discord on Ubuntu 22.04;

Install Discord on Ubuntu 22.04 using DEB Binary package
Install Discord on Ubuntu 22.04 using SNAP
Install Discord on Ubuntu 22.04 using Flatpak

Install Discord on Ubuntu 22.04 using DEB Binary package

There are two ways to install discord on Ubuntu 22.04 using DEB

Via GUI

Via Terminal

Install Discord on Ubuntu 22.04 using DEB Binary via GUI

To install Discord via GUI you can either get it from Ubuntu Software Center or from its official website.

From Ubuntu Software Center

Open Ubuntu software center and search for discord as shown below.

When you click it, installation window will pop up. Click install button and wait for installation percentage to reach 100%. Note, you will be required to enter your password to continue with the installation.

Download Discord DEB Binary From Official Website

Navigate to the official discord website and click Download for Linux then select deb as shown below.

On the pop window that will appear select save then click OK button to download the file.

You will find the package in the downloads folder, double click it to install.

On the installation window that will appear click install button to begin the installation of Discord on Ubuntu 22.04. Note, You will be required to enter your password for the installation to take place.

When the installation percentage reaches 100%, Discord will have been installed on your system. You can launch it from the application menu.

Discord will update and then it will open.

Install Discord on Ubuntu 22.04 using DEB Binary via Terminal

To install Discord on Ubuntu 22.04 via terminal, run the command below

wget "https://discord.com/api/download?platform=linux&format=deb" -O discord.deb

Then run the APT command below to install package.

sudo apt install ./discord.deb

Sample Output

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'discord' instead of './discord.deb'
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gconf-service gconf-service-backend gconf2-common libappindicator1 libc++1 libc++1-10 libc++abi1-10 libdbusmenu-gtk4
  libgconf-2-4
Suggested packages:
  indicator-application clang
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  discord gconf-service gconf-service-backend gconf2-common libappindicator1 libc++1 libc++1-10 libc++abi1-10 libdbusmenu-gtk4
  libgconf-2-4
0 upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 10 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,165 kB/78.2 MB of archives.
After this operation, 198 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe amd64 gconf2-common all 3.2.6-6ubuntu1 [698 kB]
Get:2 /home/kigz/discord.deb discord amd64 0.0.16 [77.1 MB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe amd64 libgconf-2-4 amd64 3.2.6-6ubuntu1 [84.8 kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe amd64 libdbusmenu-gtk4 amd64 16.04.1+18.10.20180917-0ubuntu6 [27.5 kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe amd64 libappindicator1 amd64 12.10.1+20.04.20200408.1-0ubuntu1 [22.8 kB]

Discord can be launched from the application.

Uninstall Discord App on Ubuntu 22.04

To remove discord run the command below

sudo apt remove discord

Install Discord on Ubuntu 22.04 using SNAP

To install Discord on Ubuntu 22.04 using SNAP run the command below

sudo snap install discord

Uninstall Discord on Ubuntu using SNAP

To uninstall discord run the command below

sudo snap remove discord

Install Discord on Ubuntu 22.04 using Flatpak

Discord can also be install on Ubuntu using Flatpak package manager. Ubuntu doesn’t have Flatpak by default. To install Flatpak run the command below.

sudo apt install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak

Then reboot your system using the command below

sudo reboot

After restarting your system enable Flatpak by running the command below.

sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

After all that, run the command below to install Discord

flatpak install flathub com.discordapp.Discord