- Download Franz for your distribution from MeetFranz.com
- change into the same directory as the downloaded file, then
sudo tar -xf Franz-linux-x64-0.9.10.tgz -C /opt/franz
- (optional)
wget "https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/360/1*v86tTomtFZIdqzMNpvwIZw.png" -O franz-icon.png
thensudo cp franz-icon.png /opt/franz
- (optional)
sudo touch /usr/share/applications/franz.desktop
thensudo vim /usr/share/applications/franz.desktop
paste the following lines into the file, then save the file:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Franz
Comment=
Exec=/opt/franz/Franz
Icon=/opt/franz/franz-icon.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Messaging,Internet
@sandeep246 is it referring to
/opt/franz
orfranz tar
file? In case it is/opt/franz
, you will have to create the directory before running the command.Try below steps:
Open terminal at location where the franz tar file is downloaded or
cd
to that directory.then run following:
sudo mkdir /opt/franz
sudo tar -xvzf <franz-linux-xx-x.x.x.tgz> -C /opt/franz
wget "https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/360/1*v86tTomtFZIdqzMNpvwIZw.png" -O franz-icon.png
sudo cp franz-icon.png /opt/franz/
sudo touch /usr/share/applications/franz.desktop
sudo vim /usr/share/applications/franz.desktop
then paste below, in above franz.desktop file and save it.