Installing and Upgrading Zoom desktop client on Linux

[MerricksMan]

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.

[jerryb8]

Thanks very much for this!

[ArthurTyde]

Running perfectly on Rocky Linux 9.2 using a brand new Logitech HD pro webcam.  Impressive work, well done.