https://github.com/beangreen247/discord.sh

script for installing discord from tarball (tar.gz), can be used for updating as well
https://github.com/beangreen247/discord.sh

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script for installing discord from tarball (tar.gz), can be used for updating as well

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/beangreen247/discord.sh
• Owner: BeanGreen247
• Created: 2023-05-19T12:12:22.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-05-19T12:15:19.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-01-26T09:17:51.648Z (10 months ago)
• Topics: 247, bash, bean, beangreen, beangreen247, chat, discord, games, green, gz, install, script, tar, tarball
• Language: Shell
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• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# discord.sh

script for installing discord from tarball (tar.gz), can be used for updating as well

how to use?

```bash

bash discord.sh

```

discord.sh

```bash

#!/bin/bash

#vars

echo -n "Enter root password: "

read -s password

pass="$password"

discordLatestVer="$(curl -I --silent 'https://discord.com/api/download?platform=linux&format=tar.gz' | grep "location" | cut -d '/' -f 6)"

cd $HOME/Downloads/

rm -rf discord.tar.gz 2> /dev/null

echo "Latest version: "$discordLatestVer;

echo "Downloading..."

curl -# -L -o discord.tar.gz https://dl.discordapp.net/apps/linux/$discordLatestVer/discord-$discordLatestVer.tar.gz

echo "Installing..."

echo $pass | sudo -S tar -xvzf discord.tar.gz -C /opt

echo $pass | sudo -S ln -sf /opt/Discord/Discord /usr/bin/Discord

echo "[Desktop Entry]

Name=Discord

Comment=Free voice and text chat for gamers

StartupWMClass=discord

Version=1.0

Icon=/opt/Discord/discord.png

Exec=/usr/bin/Discord --enable-accelerated-mjpeg-decode --enable-accelerated-video --ignore-gpu-blacklist --enable-native-gpu-memory-buffers --enable-gpu-rasterization 

Type=Application

Terminal=false

StartupNotify=true

Categories=Network;InstantMessaging;" | tee -a temp.discord.desktop

echo $pass | sudo -S mv temp.discord.desktop /opt/Discord/discord.desktop

echo $pass | sudo -S cp -r /opt/Discord/discord.desktop /usr/share/applications

echo "Cleanup..."

rm -rf discord.tar.gz

cd $HOME

```