How To Install ChatGPT Desktop App on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install ChatGPT Desktop App on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, The ChatGPT Desktop App is a graphical user interface that allows you to interact with the GPT language model, which is known for its impressive natural language processing capabilities. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) language model developed by OpenAI, one of the leading organizations in the field of AI research. It is designed to have human-like conversations with users by processing natural language inputs and generating appropriate responses.
This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo
‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the ChatGPT desktop app on Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish). You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 22.04 and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Pop!_OS, and more as well.
Prerequisites
- A server running one of the following operating systems: Ubuntu 22.04, 20.04, and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint.
- It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
- SSH access to the server (or just open Terminal if you’re on a desktop).
- An active internet connection. You’ll need an internet connection to download the necessary packages and dependencies for the ChatGPT desktop app.
- A
non-root sudo user
or access to theroot user
. We recommend acting as anon-root sudo user
, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.
Install ChatGPT Desktop App on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish
Step 1. First, make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date by running the following apt
commands in the terminal.
sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade
Step 2. Installing ChatGPT Desktop App on Ubuntu 22.04.
- Install ChatGPT Desktop App from the official source.
By default, ChatGPT is not available on Ubuntu 22.04 base repository. Now run the following command below to download the latest ChatGPT desktop package from the GitHub repository to your Ubuntu system:
wget https://github.com/lencx/ChatGPT/releases/download/v0.11.0/ChatGPT_0.11.0_linux_x86_64.deb
Next, install the ChatGPT package using the following command below:
sudo apt install -f ./ChatGPT_0.11.0_linux_x86_64.deb
Install any missing dependencies by running the following command:
sudo apt --fix-broken install
- Install ChatGPT Desktop App using Snap.
Snap Store is an app store with an audience of millions that provides a place to upload your snaps, and for users to browse and install:
sudo apt install snapd
After installation, run the following command to install ChatGPT desktop:
sudo snap install chatgpt-desktop
Step 3. Accessing ChatGPT Desktop App on Ubuntu 22.04.
Once you have successfully installed the ChatGPT Desktop App on your Ubuntu 22.04 system, you can launch it by searching for “ChatGPT” in your application menu.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed ChatGPT. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing the ChatGPT desktop on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official ChatGPT website.