Installing and Upgrading Zoom desktop client on Linux
Preface
I just stumble across a non-legit signing cert the other day while wanting to update the Zoom client on Debian and Red Hat like distros. I was wondering if Zoom Inc. is to lazy to provide their Linux User base a valid public signing key for their packages (deb and rpm). Nevertheless, the key just arrived today and with a little tweaking the install should run through smoothly. So for all those people who want to upgrade or install the Zoom desktop client onto lots of Linux desktop machines feel free to follow the below steps. Any Feedback is always appreciated.
A. For Debian, Ubuntu, Mint like distros
1. Change to a Download directory
cd ~/Downloads
2. Get the new public signing key
wget -O package-signing-key.pub https://zoom.us/linux/download/pubkey?version=5-12-6
3. Check the public signing key
gpg --show-keys package-signing-key.pub
4. Import the key
sudo gpg --import package-signing-key.pub
5. Get the latest, newest and upgraded Zoom DEB-Package
wget https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoom_amd64.deb
6. Install the Zoom DEB-Package
sudo apt install ./zoom_amd64.deb
7. Check if the Client starts and closes properly
zoom &
8. Happy Zooming
Removal (will purge the depending packages too)
sudo apt autoremove zoom --purge
Side Note:
I had an old client which was removed properly during the install. So there is no need to remove it in the first place. But it wouldn't matter if you do, so no worries.
Of course is it possible to automate and schedule things with a nice script for goodness sake. Alternatives might be snap packages and flatpaks. But I am to old school. I stick with debs and rpms and old rotting repositories for now 😉
B. For Red Hat, Fedora, RHEL, Oracle Linux, Alma, Rocky, Centos like distros
1. Change to a Download directory
cd ~/Downloads
2. Get the new public signing key
wget -O package-signing-key.pub https://zoom.us/linux/download/pubkey?version=5-12-6
3. Check the public signing key
gpg --show-keys package-signing-key.pub
4. Import the key
sudo rpm --import package-signing-key.pub
5. Get the latest, newest and upgraded Zoom RPM-Package
wget https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoom_x86_64.rpm
6. Install the Zoom RPM-Package
sudo dnf localinstall zoom_x86_64.rpm
7. Check if the Client starts and closes properly
zoom &
8. Happy Zooming
Removal (will purge the depending packages too)
sudo dnf erase zoom
C. For Snap package enthusiasts
Install the latest Zoom Client with snapd under Ubuntu 22.04 or Distribution who are supporting SNAP Packages
sudo snap install zoom-client
Upgrade Zoom Client (Snap Package)
sudo snap refresh zoom-client
Remove Zoom Client (Snap Package)
sudo snap remove zoom-client
No guarantees for the above commands. If you find typos or errors let me know. The above links might change too over time.