Install on Linux

Install Element Desktop on Linux

We recommend using the package manager of your System to install Element Desktop. The following commands will install element desktop. You can enter them on the command line.

Debian/Ubuntu

sudo apt install -y wget apt-transport-https

sudo wget -O /usr/share/keyrings/element-io-archive-keyring.gpg https://packages.element.io/debian/element-io-archive-keyring.gpg

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/element-io-archive-keyring.gpg] https://packages.element.io/debian/ default main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/element-io.list

sudo apt update

sudo apt install element-desktop

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -Sy element-desktop

NixOS

nix-env -iA nixos.element-desktop

Flatpak

If your distribution supports flatpaks you can install element also from flathub

flatpak install flathub im.riot.Riot