mattermost-desktop/resources/linux/README.md

Mattermost Desktop for Linux

Table of Contents

• Install
• Usage
• Contributing
• License

Install

If you were installed the application via package managers, you don't have to do anymore. It's ready to use in your system, so please follow usage instruction.

First, locate the extracted directory into your desired directory (e.g. /opt/mattermost-desktop-<VERSION>).

Desktop launcher

Execute the script file to create Mattermost.desktop file.

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

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

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

Terminal command

Set PATH environment variable to enable launching from terminal. For example, you can append 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/

Usage

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

1. If you don't see "Settings" page, 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.

More guides

Available at Mattermost Documentation.

Contributing

See the contribute file.

License

Apache Lisence, Version 2.0