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Set up Franz for Ubuntu
  • 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
@chrisl300
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Deleting the directory under /opt does not uninstall the program.
Use:
sudo apt-get --purge remove franz

@1outres
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1outres commented Feb 18, 2018

Thank you, for this.

@denizssch
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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. :)

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