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When I tried to install Mattermost desktop app in Ubuntu, I've downloaded and extracted .tar.gz file.

I didn't find any file named configure inside that.

How to install the app?

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    A config file contains configuration. It's not supposed to be executed. What exactly did you do so far? What did you download and where from? What commands have you run?
    – muru
    Jul 25, 2018 at 11:57
  • i've downloaded a tar.gz file and extracted it. i didn't find any file named configure to do ./configure . there is a directory named configue. .json file located inside that. i'm not getting how to install that app.
    – venkat sai
    Jul 25, 2018 at 12:10
  • i couldn't find .deb file for this version
    – venkat sai
    Jul 25, 2018 at 12:18
  • when i tried to install .deb files, "dependency problems - leaving unconfigured" occured
    – venkat sai
    Jul 25, 2018 at 12:20

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Unofficial, community-driven .deb packages are available for Ubuntu and Debian-based systems.

  1. Download the latest version of the Mattermost desktop app:

    mattermost-desktop-4.1.2-linux-amd64.deb # 64-bit systems
    

    or

    mattermost-desktop-4.1.2-linux-i386.deb # 32-bit systems  
    
  2. At the command line, execute one of the following commands depending on the package that you downloaded:

    sudo apt-get install -y ./mattermost-desktop-4.1.2-linux-amd64.deb # 64-bit systems
    

    or

    sudo apt-get install -y ./mattermost-desktop-4.1.2-linux-i386.deb # 32-bit systems
    

    The following NEW packages will be installed: mattermost-desktop

  3. To run Mattermost, open the Dash and type mattermost, then click the Mattermost icon.

Source: Desktop Appllication Install Guides – Mattermost 5.1 documentation

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  • when i tried to install .deb files, "dependency problems - leaving unconfigured" occured
    – venkat sai
    Jul 25, 2018 at 12:28
  • try this apt-get install filename.deb this command will install your dependency automaticly Jul 25, 2018 at 12:35
  • @venkatsai Edited my answer with updated commands in Step 2.
    – karel
    Jul 25, 2018 at 12:36
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There is a .deb installer for Mattermost desktop application, although the website authors seem to prefer tar.gz for an unclear reason. Instead of downloading the tar.gz file, proceed to the Ubuntu and Debian-based systems section of the Install guide.

From this page, download the file appropriate for your architecture and run it, e.g.:

sudo dpkg -i mattermost-desktop-4.1.2-linux-amd64.deb

You can also use APT to solve potential dependency problems automatically. In the folder with the downloaded file, run:

sudo apt install ./mattermost-desktop-4.1.2-linux-amd64.deb

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