

Once the Zoom deb file has downloaded you can install Zoom using apt: sudo apt install. Download the deb file using this command: wget If you decided not to use the snap install you can also install Zoom by downloading the Zoom deb file. Note that the snap package benefits from automatic updates, on-demand rollback and data snapshots. Once done we are ready to test the Zoom client install. This takes a little while to run, a minute or two, as it downloads the Zoom client then runs through the install. This has helpfully told us the command we need to use to install Zoom – snap install zoom-client: $ sudo snap install zoom-client Now, if you try to install the Zoom client using apt you will see the following message: No apt package "zoom-client", but there is a snap with that name.

You can upgrade them with the apt upgrade command if you choose to do so. It may be, like on my system, that you have packages that could be updated. Install ZOOM on Ubuntu using Snapīefore installing Zoom using snap, its a good idea to update the list of available packages by running the apt update command: $ apt updateĢ96 packages can be upgraded. This article covers a couple of ways in which you can install Zoom on Ubuntu using the Linux terminal / bash. It’s available on many platforms – typically I use it on a Mac but recently had a need to install Zoom on my Ubuntu 20.04 system. Over the last couple of years Zoom has become extremely popular, either as a tool to use whilst working from home, or to keep in touch with friends and family.
