Install on Linux
We recommend using the package manager of your system or Flathub to install Element Desktop. The following commands will install element desktop. You can enter them on the command line. Afterwards follow the steps on Element Desktop.
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-desktopFedora
sudo dnf install -y dnf-plugins-core distribution-gpg-keys
sudo dnf copr enable taw/element
sudo dnf install -y element --refreshArch Linux
sudo pacman -Sy element-desktopNixOS
nix-env -iA nixos.element-desktopFlatpak
If your distribution supports flatpaks you can install element also from flathub
flatpak install flathub im.riot.Riot