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Is it possible to install Viber VoIP client on Ubuntu? So that I can call people through Viber from my PC.

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@Partha the second answer is a DEB . make sure that you are using a 64-bit Ubuntu. – Ten-Coin Oct 3 '13 at 16:20
    
to all users who have been trying to install viber from the source are requested to use DEB method .Thank you. – Ten-Coin Oct 9 '13 at 1:07
    
updated answer for the issue of �: not found – Ten-Coin Oct 28 '13 at 8:12
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Viber has released its official client for Ubuntu/Linux. To install it, open your terminal with CTRL+ALT+T and type:

wget http://download.cdn.viber.com/cdn/desktop/Linux/Viber.zip

Then unzip it and cd to that viber directory. Then do as: 

unzip Viber.zip
cd Viber
~/Viber/Viber.sh

That will install Viber in your Ubuntu.

How to install in .DEB way // Currently only 64-bit available

Open your terminal and type: 

wget -O viber.deb http://download.cdn.viber.com/cdn/desktop/Linux/viber.deb  
sudo dpkg -i viber.deb

That's it. You can access Viber in your Ubuntu.

Update : I came to know that some of the users are getting 

home/xyz/Viber/Viber: 1: /home/xyz/Viber/Viber: �: not found
/home/xyz/Viber/Viber: 1: /home/xyz/Viber/Viber: ELF: not found
/home/xyz/Viber/Viber: 1: /home/xyz/Viber/Viber: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

so that Issue can be fixed by "♦: command not found" in tty after login post.

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I've unpacked it under ~/.Viber and this beta version also works perfectly well this way. – Sadi Sep 3 '13 at 16:18
    
Out of curiosity, what is the difference between ~/Viber/Viber.sh and ./Viber.sh (while in the directory)? Thanks. – JFW Sep 3 '13 at 16:50
    
after cd to Viber you just need to do either ./Viber or ./Viber.sh both are same. If you do not cd to viber then with single command ~/Viber/Viber.sh you can do it. – Ten-Coin Sep 5 '13 at 15:11
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noobslab.com/2013/09/viber-available-for-linux-install-in.ht‌​ml gives description with .deb and installation instructions. – TheKojuEffect Sep 6 '13 at 4:41
    
@TheKojuEffect Thank you I have updated the answer. – Ten-Coin Sep 6 '13 at 8:59
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Download deb package from viber.com

Install the .deb package:

cd /viber_download_location/

sudo dpkg -i viber.deb

If you are running 32bit system use 

sudo dpkg --force-architecture -i viber.deb
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I'm not able to open / run viber. I'm using 14.04 (x86). Is there any other way to fix that ? – Naive Aug 19 '14 at 8:10
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The 32bit system command installs Viber but it cannot be started – AJ Dhaliwal Nov 2 '14 at 14:37
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What's the point in --force-architecture? It'll install an unusable package. – Ruslan May 21 '16 at 14:03

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