As the title says, does Franz work on elementary os freya?
If so, how to install it?
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Never used myself. It can be useful reading this link to install it. edivaldobrito.com.br/…– Jorge R. MarínCommented Oct 26, 2016 at 20:53
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Franz works perfect in Loki, should't be a Problem in Freya. Do the following in terminal:
sudo mkdir -p /opt/franz
wget -qO- https://github.com/meetfranz/franz-app/releases/download/4.0.4/Franz-linux-x64-4.0.4.tgz | sudo tar xvz -C /opt/franz/
sudo wget "https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/360/1*v86tTomtFZIdqzMNpvwIZw.png" -O /opt/franz/franz-icon.png
sudo bash -c "cat <<EOF > /usr/share/applications/franz.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Franz
Comment=
Exec=/opt/franz/Franz
Icon=/opt/franz/franz-icon.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Messaging,Internet
EOF"
Everything should work fine now.
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1As some background, Franz is distributed as standalone files, rather than a .deb package. This block of commands downloads Franz to /opt, where third-party binaries are typically kept. It then downloads the Franz icon and creates a .desktop file, which is what allows the application to show up in your launcher. Commented Oct 27, 2016 at 16:54
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It can be unpacked anywhere and run as 'portable'– user170Commented Dec 1, 2016 at 1:01
I'm no totally sure, but I think that you should install libgcrypt11 to make it work properly.
You can do it here:
32 bits: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/libgcrypt11_1.5.3-2ubuntu4.2_i386.deb
64 bits: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/libgcrypt11_1.5.3-2ubuntu4.2_amd64.deb
Try it after GDog solution if it doesn't work.
