Menu

How to Install Facebook Messenger Client on Ubuntu 18.04 & 16.04 LTS

Written by , Updated on June 18, 2018

The Facebook Messenger Client is also available for MacOS, Linux, and Windows operating system. You can install and use all Facebook messenger features from your Desktops application. This tutorial will help you to download and install Facebook messenger client on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 17.04 & 16.04 LTS systems.

1. Download Facebook Messenger for Ubuntu

You can download the Facebook Messenger application for your Ubuntu system directly from its Github releases pages. Click on below image to open Github page and download the Debian package (.dpkg) file as per your operating systme architecture.

2. Install Facebook Messenger

The downloaded file save under ~/Downloads directory on my system. Change the current directory to Downloads and install Facebook messenger application debian package using dpkg command.

cd ~/Downloads
sudo dpkg -i messengerfordesktop-2.0.9-linux-amd64.deb
sudo apt install -f

The last command is only required to install any unmet dependencies for the application.

3. Use Facebook Messenger

Launch the Facebook messenger application from Applications as shown in below screenshot.

Now use your Facebook login details to log in to messenger application and enjoy its features.

Rahul
Rahul
Connect on Facebook Connect on Twitter

I, Rahul Kumar am the founder and chief editor of TecAdmin.net. I am a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) and working as an IT professional since 2009..

9 Comments

  1. Avatar Balazs Reply to Balazs to Balazs" aria-label=' Reply to Balazs to Balazs'> Reply to Balazs
    January 30, 2020 at 11:01 am

    Hi,
    Working like charm.
    Only one remark: the dark themes does not change the message text input background to black to see what I’m typing with white font color. Under Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS.
    Regards.

  2. Avatar gary Reply to gary to gary" aria-label=' Reply to gary to gary'> Reply to gary
    September 27, 2019 at 1:03 pm

    Thank you. Works for me on Linux Mint 19 x64

  3. Avatar gary Reply to gary to gary" aria-label=' Reply to gary to gary'> Reply to gary
    September 27, 2019 at 12:46 pm

    Just want to say what a neat & friendly site. I love it. well done.

  4. Avatar alex Reply to alex to alex" aria-label=' Reply to alex to alex'> Reply to alex
    May 22, 2019 at 6:07 am

    thank you buddy this version works great …. thanks (DEB/32)

  5. Avatar J Reply to J to J" aria-label=' Reply to J to J'> Reply to J
    February 4, 2019 at 6:30 am

    Hello Rahul,
    Well, am very much thankful for the instructions and links. It worked perfect for me.

    Thanks Bro… Best Wishes…

  6. Avatar Matt Reply to Matt to Matt" aria-label=' Reply to Matt to Matt'> Reply to Matt
    September 24, 2018 at 3:11 am

    The dev has dumped this project. Take a look at Caprine instead.
    https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine

  7. Avatar Elliot Reply to Elliot to Elliot" aria-label=' Reply to Elliot to Elliot'> Reply to Elliot
    June 9, 2018 at 2:49 am

    You may wish to fix a typo: a missing space, in your terminal code.
    At the moment, it is: sudo dpkg -imessengerfordesktop-2.0.9-linux-amd64.deb
    It should instead be: sudo dpkg -i messengerfordesktop-2.0.9-linux-amd64.deb

  8. Avatar Alejandro Espejo Reply to Alejandro to Alejandro Espejo" aria-label=' Reply to Alejandro to Alejandro Espejo'> Reply to Alejandro
    April 25, 2018 at 4:57 am

    Me indica éste error
    dpkg: error: opción -m desconocida

Leave a Reply

© 2013-2020 Tecadmin.net. All Rights Reserved | Terms  | Privacy Policy