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.
Do NOT submit issues here as I don't check the comments. You should submit them here instead.
Install using your package manager
$ 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 self-upgrade
Replace [COMMAND]
with install
to install BD for the first time,
reinstall
to reinstall BD after a Discord update,
or uninstall
to uninstall an existing installation.
- For Stable
$ betterdiscordctl [COMMAND]
- For PTB
$ betterdiscordctl --flavor PTB [COMMAND]
- For Canary
$ betterdiscordctl --flavor Canary [COMMAND]
- For Snap
$ betterdiscordctl --d-install snap [COMMAND]
- For Flatpak
$ betterdiscordctl --d-install flatpak [COMMAND]
I am having the exact same problem on Kubuntu - betterdiscordctl reports it is installed but the settings just don't show up in the discord client. Already tried restarting discord and rebooting, hasn't fixed anything.
I am on Kubuntu 20.04 LTS using the latest .deb version of Discord.