Learn how to – Install Zoom Client on Ubuntu 22.04/20.04/18.04

Learn how to – Install Zoom Client on Ubuntu 22.04/20.04/18.04.

This guide will cover the installation of Zoom Client on Ubuntu 22.04/20.04/18.04. Zoom is a powerful, secure and easy to use communication software used for Chats, video conferencing, mobile collaboration, online meetings, and for holding webinars. Zoom can be installed on both Windows and Linux desktops and on mobile devices.

Install Zoom Client on Ubuntu 22.04/20.04/18.04

We will download Zoom package for Debian based systems from the Zoom Download Centre and install it with the apt package manager.

If you don’t have the wget command line tool, install it using the command.

sudo apt -y install wget

Once wget is installed, pull the latest release of Zoom package.

 wget https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoom_amd64.deb

Install Zoom client on Ubuntu / Debian using apt command.

sudo apt install ./zoom_amd64.deb

Install package and any dependency package required:

...
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libegl1-mesa libgl1-mesa-glx libxcb-xinerama0 libxcb-xtest0
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libegl1-mesa libgl1-mesa-glx libxcb-xinerama0 libxcb-xtest0 zoom
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
Need to get 22.2 kB/54.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 228 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y

The version of package installed can be confirmed using the following command.

$ apt policy zoom
zoom:
  Installed: 5.8.3.145
  Candidate: 5.8.3.145
  Version table:
 *** 5.8.3.145 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Launch Zoom onUbuntu 22.04/20.04/18.04

Launch Zoom client from command line or from Desktop Launcher.

$ zoom

You can then join a meeting with invitation ID or login to Zoom and create meetings, have chats and make Video calls with Zoom.

You now have Zoom client installed on Ubuntu / Desktop Workstation. Enjoy using Zoom for your day-to-day communication with Colleagues and customers.

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