Set up Franz for Ubuntu

setup.md

• 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 then sudo cp franz-icon.png /opt/franz
• (optional) sudo touch /usr/share/applications/franz.desktop then sudo 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

Thank you!

Why there are no repos for major Linux distributions?

Please, let me know, how can i completely remove Franz from my Ubuntu 16.04?

This is what I did to uninstall franz from my Ubuntu.

• cd /opt To set current directory as opt
• sudo rm -r franz To remove franz folder

I'm having problems signing in to Skype. The first page is showing, but when it's time for page two to enter my password Franz goes completely blank and nothing happens. Anyone else had this problem and found a solution? I'm using Ubuntu 17.04.

On my RHEL 7.4, the franz.desktop likes...
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Franz
Comment=
Exec=/opt/franz/Franz
Icon=/opt/franz/franz-icon.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;InstantMessaging;

Just fixing categories for my dist.

tks a lot

I found this great application from Youtube video that talks about cool applications in Linux.
Would be great a lot if there is a script file that ships with Franz that install itself to the system.

I installed via this method but I appear to be having a problem with restoring from the tray. When I close the app with the close window button. If i go to the tray and select "Show Franz" nothing happens. I can close the app from there, but I am unable to show it. Zorin OS 12.2

Deleting the directory under /opt does not uninstall the program.
Use:
sudo apt-get --purge remove franz

Thank you, for this.

https://gist.github.com/denizssch/b5e264d44900d511bd505888f70b38a3

I've wrote a script for install franz4-bin in Ubuntu and derivates (Debian), this not require to signup/in. :)