How To Install Signal Messenger on CentOS 8

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 the step-by-step installation of Signal Private Messenger on CentOS 8.

Prerequisites

• A server running one of the following operating systems: CentOS 8.
• 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).
• A non-root sudo user or access to the root user. We recommend acting as a non-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.

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.

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.