Signal
| About this Signal Page | |
|---|---|
| Support Status | good enough |
| Difficulty | medium |
| Maintainer | Patrick |
| Support | Professional Support |
sudo apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/signal.gpg adv --keyserver hkp://qdigse2yzvuglcix.onion --recv-keys DBA36B5181D0C816F630E889D980A17457F6FB06
Create a signal starter script ~/signal-start.
Open ~/signal-start in an editor (without root rights, as regular user).
If you are using a graphical Whonix or Qubes-Whonix ™ with KDE, run.
kwrite ~/signal-start
If you are using a graphical Whonix or Qubes-Whonix ™ with XFCE, run.
mousepad ~/signal-start
If you are using a terminal-only Whonix, run.
nano ~/signal-start
Paste the following text.
#!/bin/bash set -x set -e echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --yes signal-desktop signal-desktop
Make executable.
chmod +x ~/signal-start
Install and start Signal from command line.
~/signal-start
Done.
To start signal.
signal-desktop
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