How to install Facebook Messenger for Desktop 1.2.2 on Linux Ubuntu Systems. Messenger for Desktop 1.2.2 is the unofficial desktop messenger for Facebook. Messenger for Desktop is a beautiful desktop client for Facebook Messenger. It allows to chat without being distracted by your feed or notifications.
The pp comes with the following features:
- Chat with your friends, or groups of friends
- Send photos, videos and other files
- Make voice and video calls
- Send awesome stickers
- Notifications badge in the dock/taskbar for OS X and Windows
- Native notifications on OS X, provided by Chrome for Windows and Linux
Install Messenger for Facebook 1.2.2 on 32 Bit Linux Systems
Run the following command in Terminal to install Messenger for Facebook 1.2.2 on Linux Systems:
wget https://github.com/Aluxian/Facebook-Messenger-Desktop/releases/download/v1.2.2/Messenger_linux32.run
sudo chmod +x Messenger_linux32.run
sudo ./Messenger_linux32.run
sudo chown $USER:$USER /usr/share/MessengerForDesktop/
sudo chmod +x /usr/share/MessengerForDesktop/Messenger
Install Messenger for Facebook 1.2.2 on 64 Bit Linux Systems
Run the following command in Terminal to install Messenger for Facebook 1.2.2 on Linux Systems:
wget https://github.com/Aluxian/Facebook-Messenger-Desktop/releases/download/v1.2.2/Messenger_linux64.run
sudo chmod +x Messenger_linux64.run
sudo ./Messenger_linux64.run
sudo chown $USER:$USER /usr/share/MessengerForDesktop/
sudo chmod +x /usr/share/MessengerForDesktop/Messenger
Once installed, you can open the app via Ubuntu Dash or run the following command to launch the app:
/usr/share/MessengerForDesktop/Messenger