mattermost-desktop/resources/linux

Mattermost Desktop for Linux

Table of Contents

• Install
• User Guide
• Contributing
• License

Install

If you installed the application via a package manager, it's ready to use in your system. Please follow the User Guide for further information.

Otherwise, first locate the extracted directory in your desired directory (e.g. /opt/mattermost-desktop-<VERSION>) and follow the steps below.

Desktop launcher

Execute the script file to create a Mattermost.desktop file.

/opt/mattermost-desktop-<VERSION>/create_desktop_file.sh

Then move it to the appropriate directory of your desktop environment. For example, on Ubuntu Unity it's ~/.local/share/applications/ for the current user.

mv Mattermost.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/

Terminal command

Set a PATH environment variable to enable launching from the terminal. For example, you can append the following line into ~/.bashrc.

# assuming that /opt/mattermost-desktop-<VERSION>/mattermost-desktop is the executable file.
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/mattermost-desktop-<VERSION>

Alternatively, you can also create a symbolic link for the application.

sudo ln -s /opt/mattermost-desktop-<VERSION>/mattermost-desktop /usr/local/bin/

You're now all set! See the User Guide below for instructions.

User Guide

After launching, you need to configure the application to interact with your team.

1. If you don't see a page titled "Settings", select File > Settings... from the menu bar.
2. Click Add new team next to the right of Team Management section.
3. Enter Name and a valid URL, which begins with either http:// or https://.
4. Click Add.
5. Click Save.

More guides are available at Mattermost Documentation.

Contributing

See contributing guidelines for reporting bugs, features or submitting pull requests.

License

Apache License, Version 2.0