On Mon Jun22'26 12:43:39PM, Todd Zullinger wrote: > From: Todd Zullinger <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:43:39 -0400 > To: [email protected] > Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Preferred Signal-Desktop version for FC44 > > Max Pyziur wrote: > > Per the subject line, what's the preferred version of > > Signal-Desktop for FC44? I seem to be using one that was > > built for FC29. > > > > It works, but ... > > I think many folks prefer the Flatpak install. > > Outside of that, you can use dpkg on Fedora to install the > offical binary packages from Signal. I do that with a few > scripts to install and update the package. Feel free to > review and use/adapt them. > > They're attached.
I use the unofficial rep on github: https://github.com/BarbossHack/Signal-Desktop-Fedora BarbossHack maintains it very well, and it works great. HTH! Ranjan > -- > Todd > #!/bin/bash > > # Install signal on fedora using apt/dpkg (thanks to Sergio B) > > # Sources: > # https://www.signal.org/download/linux/ > # > https://ask.fedoraproject.org/t/has-anyone-installed-signal-apps-desktop-version-in-fedora/11997/6 > > expected_fprs=( > DBA36B5181D0C816F630E889D980A17457F6FB06 > 16762A2603D5B6EEA51B0CB378BAECFF0E46390F > ) > > die() { > [[ -n $1 ]] && echo "ERROR: $*" >&2 > exit 1 > } > > # install debian package tools > sudo dnf install apt dpkg keyrings-filesystem > > # configure dpkg (it tries to run the non-existant `pager` command by default) > cat <<'EOF' >~/.profile.d/dpkg.sh > # Options for dpkg > # > DPKG_PAGER="less -FRSXMQ" > export DPKG_PAGER > EOF > source ~/.profile.d/dpkg.sh > > # add signal keyring and repo > tempdir=$(mktemp -t -d signal-keys.XXXXXX) > [[ -d $tempdir ]] || die "key temp dir ($tempdir) does not exist" > curl --output-dir $tempdir -sSO > https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/keys.asc > keys=$tempdir/keys.asc > [[ -f $keys ]] || die "key file ($keys) does not exist or is not a file" > fprs=( $(gpg --with-colons --fingerprint --show-keys $keys | awk -F: '/^fpr:/ > {print $10}') ) > if [[ $fprs != $expected_fprs ]]; then > die "fingerprint mismatch; exptected='${expected_fprs[@]}' > received='${fprs[@]}'" > fi > keyring_dir=/usr/share/keyrings > if ! [[ -d $keyring_dir ]]; then > sudo mkdir -p $keyring_dir || die "unable to create $keyring_dir" > fi > keyring=$keyring_dir/signal-desktop-keyring.gpg > gpg --dearmor <$keys | sudo tee -a $keyring >/dev/null > url="https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt"; > dist="xenial" > sources="deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=$keyring] $url $dist main" > sources_list="/etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-$dist.list" > if ! grep -Fqx "$sources" "$sources_list"; then > echo "$sources" | sudo tee -a "$sources_list" >/dev/null > fi > > # download and install signal package > shopt -s nullglob > pushd /tmp >/dev/null > sudo apt update && sudo apt-get download signal-desktop > deb=$(echo signal-desktop_*_amd64.deb) > if ! [[ -f $deb ]]; then > exit 'No updated signal-desktop package found.' > fi > sudo setenforce 0 > sudo dpkg --force-depends -i "$deb" > sudo setenforce 1 > sudo desktop-file-install /usr/share/applications/signal-desktop.desktop > sudo update-mime-database /usr/share/mime > sudo update-desktop-database /usr/share/applications > sudo gtk-update-icon-cache /usr/share/icons/hicolor > sudo rm -f "$deb" > #!/bin/bash > > shopt -s nullglob > pushd /tmp >/dev/null > sudo apt-get -qq update > if dpkg -l signal-desktop &>/dev/null; then > sudo apt list --upgradable |& grep -q signal-desktop || exit > fi > sudo apt-get download signal-desktop > deb=$(echo signal-desktop_*_amd64.deb) > if ! [[ -f $deb ]]; then > exit 'No updated signal-desktop package found.' > fi > # neuter update-alternatives from postrm; it fails and blocks the upgrade > postrm=/var/lib/dpkg/info/signal-desktop.postrm > sudo sed -E -i.dist~ 's/^if (type update-alt)/if false \&\& \1/' $postrm > sudo setenforce 0 > sudo dpkg --force-depends -i "$deb" > sudo setenforce 1 > sudo desktop-file-install /usr/share/applications/signal-desktop.desktop > sudo update-mime-database /usr/share/mime > sudo update-desktop-database /usr/share/applications > sudo gtk-update-icon-cache /usr/share/icons/hicolor > sudo rm -f "$deb" > -- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
