How to install Slack on Ubuntu 22.04

To Install Slack On Ubuntu 22.04

Introduction:

Slack is a cloud-based team communication platform developed by Slack Technologies, which has been part of Salesforce since 2020. The platform operates on a freemium model and is primarily offered as a business-to-business service. Its user base mainly consists of team-oriented businesses, with features designed to facilitate effective business administration and communication. Slack integrates with a wide range of applications to enhance its functionality. Additionally, the built-in workflow builder allows users to automate messages, checklists, and file sharing with ease.

Procedure:

Step 1: Check the OS version using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Release:	22.04
Codename:	jammy

Step 2: Check for updates using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease [129 kB]
Get:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease [128 kB]
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 Packages [1,684 kB]
Get:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease [127 kB]
Get:6 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main i386 Packages [674 kB]
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main i386 Packages [515 kB]
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main Translation-en [280 kB]      
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 c-n-f Metadata [13.1 kB]
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/restricted amd64 Packages [2,184 kB]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/restricted Translation-en [375 kB] 
Get:25 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports/universe amd64 c-n-f Metadata [672 B]
Fetched 14.8 MB in 6s (2,671 kB/s)                          
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
11 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

Step 3: Upgrade the package list using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# sudo apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libflashrom1 libftdi1-2 libllvm13 libwpe-1.0-1 libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-1
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages have been kept back:
  python3-update-manager update-manager update-manager-core
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libpython3.10 libpython3.10-minimal libpython3.10-stdlib libssl3 openssl python3.10 python3.10-minimal snapd
8 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
8 standard LTS security updates
Need to get 36.3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 28.7 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 libpython3.10 amd64 3.10.12-1~22.04.5 [1,950 kB]
Setting up python3.10 (3.10.12-1~22.04.5) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.35-0ubuntu3.8) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.12.20-2ubuntu4.1) ...
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu3) ...

Step 4: For installing slack , we need to install snap d in our system using the below command

sudo apt install snapd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
snapd is already the newest version (2.63+22.04ubuntu0.1).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libflashrom1 libftdi1-2 libllvm13 libwpe-1.0-1 libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-1 linux-headers-5.15.0-43
  linux-headers-5.15.0-43-generic linux-image-5.15.0-43-generic linux-modules-5.15.0-43-generic
  linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-43-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
root@linuxhelp:~# sudo apt remove snapd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libflashrom1 libftdi1-2 libllvm13 libwpe-1.0-1 libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-1 linux-headers-5.15.0-43
  linux-headers-5.15.0-43-generic linux-image-5.15.0-43-generic linux-modules-5.15.0-43-generic
  linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-43-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  snapd
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
After this operation, 104 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 241972 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing snapd (2.63+22.04ubuntu0.1) ...
Warning: Stopping snapd.service, but it can still be activated by:
  snapd.socket
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.12.20-2ubuntu4.1) ...
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1ubuntu3) ...

Step 5: To install slack application in our system , we use the below command

ot@linuxhelp:~# sudo snap install slack --classic
Warning: flag --classic ignored for strictly confined snap slack

slack 4.39.90 from Slack** installed

Step 6: login or sigup to slack account

Conclusion:

We have reached the end of this article. In this guide, we have walked you through the steps required to install Slack on Ubuntu 22.04.Your feedback is much welcome.