Install BetterDiscord on Linux
This Gist contains simple instructions on how to install, update, and uninstall BetterDiscord on Linux.
For more thorough documentation,
take a look at betterdiscordctl
's README.
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Install dependencies
Git
Install using your package manager
Install betterdiscordctl
$ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bb010g/betterdiscordctl/master/betterdiscordctl
$ chmod +x betterdiscordctl
$ sudo mv betterdiscordctl /usr/local/bin
You can then keep
betterdiscordctl
up to date with this command:$ sudo betterdiscordctl upgrade
Install BetterDiscord
Replace [COMMAND]
with install
to install BD for the first time,
update
to update BD to the latest version,
reinstall
to reinstall BD after a Discord update,
or uninstall
to uninstall an existing installation.
- For Stable
$ betterdiscordctl [COMMAND]
- For PTB
$ betterdiscordctl [COMMAND] -f PTB
- For Canary
$ betterdiscordctl [COMMAND] -f Canary
- For Snap
$ betterdiscordctl [COMMAND] --snap
- For Flatpak
$ betterdiscordctl [COMMAND] --flatpak
Common Issues
Discord intallation not found
Point betterdiscordctl
to the correct path with the --scan
flag.
Discord modules directory not found
or Config directory not found
Discord has to be started at least once to create
the necessary directories before using betterdiscordctl
.
git : command not found
You don't have git
installed. Install it and try again.
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Does this work with the Snap version of Discord?
Edit: any plans on making this work with Snap version of Discord?