How to install Discord on CentOS 8
- Download .tar.gz
- Extract and copy the
Discordfolder inside the i.e.discord-0.0.13folder to/usr/share/discord, PRESERVING permission modes (maybe chown to root tho). - Copy
discord.desktopto/usr/share/applications - Copy
discord.pngto/usr/share/pixmaps - Install dependencies:
sudo dnf install libXScrnSaver libatomic - Run Discord from your application menu
- If nothing happens (which'll happen if libXScrnSaver is missing), try running
/usr/share/discord/Discordin a terminal to see what's going on.
- If nothing happens (which'll happen if libXScrnSaver is missing), try running
- If Discord still says it's installation is corrupt (which it does if libatomic is missing), open the web console (ctrl shift I) to see any errors of missing libraries, then use
dnf whatprovidesto find the package you need to install. Then relaunch Discord.