In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Signal Messenger on CentOS 8. For those of you who didn’t know, The Signal messenger is a popular and safe person to person internet messaging that is used for both information superhighway and phone-based purposes communications globally. Signal has fashionable as a result of the privacy it offers such as a number of custom encryption techniques.
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 through the step by step install of Signal Private Messenger on CentOS 8.
Install Signal Messenger on CentOS 8
Step 1. First, let’s start by ensuring your system is up-to-date.
sudo dnf clean all sudo dnf install epel-release sudo dnf update
Step 2. Installing Snap.
Run the following command to install Snap packages on the CentOS system:
sudo dnf install snapd sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
Step 3. Installing Signal Messenger on CentOS 8.
To install Signal Messenger Desktop, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install signal-desktop
Step 3. Accessing Signal Messenger on CentOS Dekstop.
Finally, Launch and Enjoy Signal Messenger. Over the first, start you’ll be Prompted to Link your Mobile Device by the QR code.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Signal. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing Signal Private Messenger on CentOS 8 systems. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official Signal website.