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Trying to install the Slack desktop beta on 16.04 LTS, but receiving an error after running apt-get install on the .deb package:



Unpacking slack-desktop (2.1.2) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /home/Me/Downloads/slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite /usr/share/doc/slack/copyright', which is also in package slack 0.15.2-7
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing: /home/Me/Downloads/slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb
N: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/home/Me/Downloads/slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


Looks like it's clashing with the slack 0.15.2-7 package, which I guess is some other, unrelated package that comes as standard with Ubuntu.



Any ideas on how to overcome this and install the slack desktop package?










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    Can you instead try sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb and maybe sudo apt -f install if there are dependency issues?

    – edwinksl
    Sep 10 '16 at 21:01












  • Just tried it, got the following: $ sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb (Reading database ... 224873 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb ... Unpacking slack-desktop (2.1.2) ... dpkg: error processing archive slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb (--install): trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/slack/copyright', which is also in package slack 0.15.2-7 dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb

    – flaminbjuggler
    Sep 12 '16 at 20:41


















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Trying to install the Slack desktop beta on 16.04 LTS, but receiving an error after running apt-get install on the .deb package:



Unpacking slack-desktop (2.1.2) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /home/Me/Downloads/slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite /usr/share/doc/slack/copyright', which is also in package slack 0.15.2-7
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing: /home/Me/Downloads/slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb
N: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/home/Me/Downloads/slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


Looks like it's clashing with the slack 0.15.2-7 package, which I guess is some other, unrelated package that comes as standard with Ubuntu.



Any ideas on how to overcome this and install the slack desktop package?










share|improve this question



















  • 1





    Can you instead try sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb and maybe sudo apt -f install if there are dependency issues?

    – edwinksl
    Sep 10 '16 at 21:01












  • Just tried it, got the following: $ sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb (Reading database ... 224873 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb ... Unpacking slack-desktop (2.1.2) ... dpkg: error processing archive slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb (--install): trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/slack/copyright', which is also in package slack 0.15.2-7 dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb

    – flaminbjuggler
    Sep 12 '16 at 20:41














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Trying to install the Slack desktop beta on 16.04 LTS, but receiving an error after running apt-get install on the .deb package:



Unpacking slack-desktop (2.1.2) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /home/Me/Downloads/slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite /usr/share/doc/slack/copyright', which is also in package slack 0.15.2-7
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing: /home/Me/Downloads/slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb
N: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/home/Me/Downloads/slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


Looks like it's clashing with the slack 0.15.2-7 package, which I guess is some other, unrelated package that comes as standard with Ubuntu.



Any ideas on how to overcome this and install the slack desktop package?










share|improve this question
















Trying to install the Slack desktop beta on 16.04 LTS, but receiving an error after running apt-get install on the .deb package:



Unpacking slack-desktop (2.1.2) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /home/Me/Downloads/slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite /usr/share/doc/slack/copyright', which is also in package slack 0.15.2-7
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing: /home/Me/Downloads/slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb
N: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/home/Me/Downloads/slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


Looks like it's clashing with the slack 0.15.2-7 package, which I guess is some other, unrelated package that comes as standard with Ubuntu.



Any ideas on how to overcome this and install the slack desktop package?







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    Can you instead try sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb and maybe sudo apt -f install if there are dependency issues?

    – edwinksl
    Sep 10 '16 at 21:01












  • Just tried it, got the following: $ sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb (Reading database ... 224873 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb ... Unpacking slack-desktop (2.1.2) ... dpkg: error processing archive slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb (--install): trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/slack/copyright', which is also in package slack 0.15.2-7 dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb

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    Can you instead try sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb and maybe sudo apt -f install if there are dependency issues?

    – edwinksl
    Sep 10 '16 at 21:01












  • Just tried it, got the following: $ sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb (Reading database ... 224873 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb ... Unpacking slack-desktop (2.1.2) ... dpkg: error processing archive slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb (--install): trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/slack/copyright', which is also in package slack 0.15.2-7 dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb

    – flaminbjuggler
    Sep 12 '16 at 20:41








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Can you instead try sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb and maybe sudo apt -f install if there are dependency issues?

– edwinksl
Sep 10 '16 at 21:01






Can you instead try sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb and maybe sudo apt -f install if there are dependency issues?

– edwinksl
Sep 10 '16 at 21:01














Just tried it, got the following: $ sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb (Reading database ... 224873 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb ... Unpacking slack-desktop (2.1.2) ... dpkg: error processing archive slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb (--install): trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/slack/copyright', which is also in package slack 0.15.2-7 dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb

– flaminbjuggler
Sep 12 '16 at 20:41






Just tried it, got the following: $ sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb (Reading database ... 224873 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb ... Unpacking slack-desktop (2.1.2) ... dpkg: error processing archive slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb (--install): trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/slack/copyright', which is also in package slack 0.15.2-7 dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb

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I have found myself with the same problem. I solved by removing by hand the slack package, which is just some admin tool.



If your are on the directory you downloaded the package, this should do the work:



sudo apt-get remove slack && sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb


Have below my full log:



xino@xinopc:~/Descargas$ sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb 
[sudo] password for xino:
(Leyendo la base de datos ... 255115 ficheros o directorios instalados actualmente.)
Preparando para desempaquetar slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb ...
Desempaquetando slack-desktop (2.1.2) ...
dpkg: error al procesar el archivo slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb (--install):
intentando sobreescribir `/usr/share/doc/slack/copyright', que está también en el paquete slack 0.15.2-7
dpkg-deb: error: el subproceso copiado fue terminado por la señal (Tubería rota)
Se encontraron errores al procesar:
slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb
xino@xinopc:~/Descargas$ sudo apt-get remove slack
Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho
Creando árbol de dependencias
Leyendo la información de estado... Hecho
Los paquetes indicados a continuación se instalaron de forma automática y ya no son necesarios.
libappindicator1 libindicator7
Utilice «sudo apt autoremove» para eliminarlos.
Los siguientes paquetes se ELIMINARÁN:
slack
0 actualizados, 0 nuevos se instalarán, 1 para eliminar y 0 no actualizados.
Se liberarán 174 kB después de esta operación.
¿Desea continuar? [S/n] s
(Leyendo la base de datos ... 255114 ficheros o directorios instalados actualmente.)
Desinstalando slack (0.15.2-7) ...
Procesando disparadores para man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
xino@xinopc:~/Descargas$ sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb
[sudo] password for xino:
(Leyendo la base de datos ... 255091 ficheros o directorios instalados actualmente.)
Preparando para desempaquetar slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb ...
Desempaquetando slack-desktop (2.1.2) ...
Configurando slack-desktop (2.1.2) ...
Procesando disparadores para gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Procesando disparadores para desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Procesando disparadores para mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...





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    I also had the same problem. I dig little deeper into the problem and found that I had slack installed from Ubuntu Software Center.



    Then I removed slack from Software Center, and reinstalled slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb. It installed properly.



    Steps:



    1. Open Ubuntu Software Center

    2. Search for slack, and if found uninstall it

    3. Reinstall slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb.





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    • Whenever I reinstall Slack, I get the same problem - so I'm just going to use the web app.

      – Sharan Duggirala
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    I was having a problem with this as well and none of the answers I've seen yet have worked for me until I tried the following:



    Download the file from the Slack download page. Instead of opening it in the Software Center, open it in the folder it downloaded to and right click and "Extract here". After extracting, in the terminal enter sudo dpkg -i ./Downloads/slack-desktop-2.8.1-amd64.deb. Make sure that you check your slack-desktop version number (i.e. 2.8.1) and that you put the exact path to the file (mine was in Home/Downloads).
    After entering the code above, I saw Slack in my applications, ready to go.






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    • If you got the .deb package from their website and you're installing via dpkg why "extract here" at the first place? I don't think there's a need for that.

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    If these answers still do not work for you, check that ~/.config/Slack belongs to you and not to root:



    sudo chown -R username:groupname .config/Slack





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      Run the following command



      apt install --fix-broken install





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        I have found myself with the same problem. I solved by removing by hand the slack package, which is just some admin tool.



        If your are on the directory you downloaded the package, this should do the work:



        sudo apt-get remove slack && sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb


        Have below my full log:



        xino@xinopc:~/Descargas$ sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb 
        [sudo] password for xino:
        (Leyendo la base de datos ... 255115 ficheros o directorios instalados actualmente.)
        Preparando para desempaquetar slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb ...
        Desempaquetando slack-desktop (2.1.2) ...
        dpkg: error al procesar el archivo slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb (--install):
        intentando sobreescribir `/usr/share/doc/slack/copyright', que está también en el paquete slack 0.15.2-7
        dpkg-deb: error: el subproceso copiado fue terminado por la señal (Tubería rota)
        Se encontraron errores al procesar:
        slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb
        xino@xinopc:~/Descargas$ sudo apt-get remove slack
        Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho
        Creando árbol de dependencias
        Leyendo la información de estado... Hecho
        Los paquetes indicados a continuación se instalaron de forma automática y ya no son necesarios.
        libappindicator1 libindicator7
        Utilice «sudo apt autoremove» para eliminarlos.
        Los siguientes paquetes se ELIMINARÁN:
        slack
        0 actualizados, 0 nuevos se instalarán, 1 para eliminar y 0 no actualizados.
        Se liberarán 174 kB después de esta operación.
        ¿Desea continuar? [S/n] s
        (Leyendo la base de datos ... 255114 ficheros o directorios instalados actualmente.)
        Desinstalando slack (0.15.2-7) ...
        Procesando disparadores para man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
        xino@xinopc:~/Descargas$ sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb
        [sudo] password for xino:
        (Leyendo la base de datos ... 255091 ficheros o directorios instalados actualmente.)
        Preparando para desempaquetar slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb ...
        Desempaquetando slack-desktop (2.1.2) ...
        Configurando slack-desktop (2.1.2) ...
        Procesando disparadores para gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
        Procesando disparadores para desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
        Procesando disparadores para mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...





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          I have found myself with the same problem. I solved by removing by hand the slack package, which is just some admin tool.



          If your are on the directory you downloaded the package, this should do the work:



          sudo apt-get remove slack && sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb


          Have below my full log:



          xino@xinopc:~/Descargas$ sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb 
          [sudo] password for xino:
          (Leyendo la base de datos ... 255115 ficheros o directorios instalados actualmente.)
          Preparando para desempaquetar slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb ...
          Desempaquetando slack-desktop (2.1.2) ...
          dpkg: error al procesar el archivo slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb (--install):
          intentando sobreescribir `/usr/share/doc/slack/copyright', que está también en el paquete slack 0.15.2-7
          dpkg-deb: error: el subproceso copiado fue terminado por la señal (Tubería rota)
          Se encontraron errores al procesar:
          slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb
          xino@xinopc:~/Descargas$ sudo apt-get remove slack
          Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho
          Creando árbol de dependencias
          Leyendo la información de estado... Hecho
          Los paquetes indicados a continuación se instalaron de forma automática y ya no son necesarios.
          libappindicator1 libindicator7
          Utilice «sudo apt autoremove» para eliminarlos.
          Los siguientes paquetes se ELIMINARÁN:
          slack
          0 actualizados, 0 nuevos se instalarán, 1 para eliminar y 0 no actualizados.
          Se liberarán 174 kB después de esta operación.
          ¿Desea continuar? [S/n] s
          (Leyendo la base de datos ... 255114 ficheros o directorios instalados actualmente.)
          Desinstalando slack (0.15.2-7) ...
          Procesando disparadores para man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
          xino@xinopc:~/Descargas$ sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb
          [sudo] password for xino:
          (Leyendo la base de datos ... 255091 ficheros o directorios instalados actualmente.)
          Preparando para desempaquetar slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb ...
          Desempaquetando slack-desktop (2.1.2) ...
          Configurando slack-desktop (2.1.2) ...
          Procesando disparadores para gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
          Procesando disparadores para desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
          Procesando disparadores para mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...





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            I have found myself with the same problem. I solved by removing by hand the slack package, which is just some admin tool.



            If your are on the directory you downloaded the package, this should do the work:



            sudo apt-get remove slack && sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb


            Have below my full log:



            xino@xinopc:~/Descargas$ sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb 
            [sudo] password for xino:
            (Leyendo la base de datos ... 255115 ficheros o directorios instalados actualmente.)
            Preparando para desempaquetar slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb ...
            Desempaquetando slack-desktop (2.1.2) ...
            dpkg: error al procesar el archivo slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb (--install):
            intentando sobreescribir `/usr/share/doc/slack/copyright', que está también en el paquete slack 0.15.2-7
            dpkg-deb: error: el subproceso copiado fue terminado por la señal (Tubería rota)
            Se encontraron errores al procesar:
            slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb
            xino@xinopc:~/Descargas$ sudo apt-get remove slack
            Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho
            Creando árbol de dependencias
            Leyendo la información de estado... Hecho
            Los paquetes indicados a continuación se instalaron de forma automática y ya no son necesarios.
            libappindicator1 libindicator7
            Utilice «sudo apt autoremove» para eliminarlos.
            Los siguientes paquetes se ELIMINARÁN:
            slack
            0 actualizados, 0 nuevos se instalarán, 1 para eliminar y 0 no actualizados.
            Se liberarán 174 kB después de esta operación.
            ¿Desea continuar? [S/n] s
            (Leyendo la base de datos ... 255114 ficheros o directorios instalados actualmente.)
            Desinstalando slack (0.15.2-7) ...
            Procesando disparadores para man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
            xino@xinopc:~/Descargas$ sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb
            [sudo] password for xino:
            (Leyendo la base de datos ... 255091 ficheros o directorios instalados actualmente.)
            Preparando para desempaquetar slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb ...
            Desempaquetando slack-desktop (2.1.2) ...
            Configurando slack-desktop (2.1.2) ...
            Procesando disparadores para gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
            Procesando disparadores para desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
            Procesando disparadores para mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...





            share|improve this answer















            I have found myself with the same problem. I solved by removing by hand the slack package, which is just some admin tool.



            If your are on the directory you downloaded the package, this should do the work:



            sudo apt-get remove slack && sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb


            Have below my full log:



            xino@xinopc:~/Descargas$ sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb 
            [sudo] password for xino:
            (Leyendo la base de datos ... 255115 ficheros o directorios instalados actualmente.)
            Preparando para desempaquetar slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb ...
            Desempaquetando slack-desktop (2.1.2) ...
            dpkg: error al procesar el archivo slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb (--install):
            intentando sobreescribir `/usr/share/doc/slack/copyright', que está también en el paquete slack 0.15.2-7
            dpkg-deb: error: el subproceso copiado fue terminado por la señal (Tubería rota)
            Se encontraron errores al procesar:
            slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb
            xino@xinopc:~/Descargas$ sudo apt-get remove slack
            Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho
            Creando árbol de dependencias
            Leyendo la información de estado... Hecho
            Los paquetes indicados a continuación se instalaron de forma automática y ya no son necesarios.
            libappindicator1 libindicator7
            Utilice «sudo apt autoremove» para eliminarlos.
            Los siguientes paquetes se ELIMINARÁN:
            slack
            0 actualizados, 0 nuevos se instalarán, 1 para eliminar y 0 no actualizados.
            Se liberarán 174 kB después de esta operación.
            ¿Desea continuar? [S/n] s
            (Leyendo la base de datos ... 255114 ficheros o directorios instalados actualmente.)
            Desinstalando slack (0.15.2-7) ...
            Procesando disparadores para man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
            xino@xinopc:~/Descargas$ sudo dpkg -i slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb
            [sudo] password for xino:
            (Leyendo la base de datos ... 255091 ficheros o directorios instalados actualmente.)
            Preparando para desempaquetar slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb ...
            Desempaquetando slack-desktop (2.1.2) ...
            Configurando slack-desktop (2.1.2) ...
            Procesando disparadores para gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
            Procesando disparadores para desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
            Procesando disparadores para mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...






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                I also had the same problem. I dig little deeper into the problem and found that I had slack installed from Ubuntu Software Center.



                Then I removed slack from Software Center, and reinstalled slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb. It installed properly.



                Steps:



                1. Open Ubuntu Software Center

                2. Search for slack, and if found uninstall it

                3. Reinstall slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb.





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                • Whenever I reinstall Slack, I get the same problem - so I'm just going to use the web app.

                  – Sharan Duggirala
                  Aug 2 '18 at 18:38















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                I also had the same problem. I dig little deeper into the problem and found that I had slack installed from Ubuntu Software Center.



                Then I removed slack from Software Center, and reinstalled slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb. It installed properly.



                Steps:



                1. Open Ubuntu Software Center

                2. Search for slack, and if found uninstall it

                3. Reinstall slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb.





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                • Whenever I reinstall Slack, I get the same problem - so I'm just going to use the web app.

                  – Sharan Duggirala
                  Aug 2 '18 at 18:38













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                I also had the same problem. I dig little deeper into the problem and found that I had slack installed from Ubuntu Software Center.



                Then I removed slack from Software Center, and reinstalled slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb. It installed properly.



                Steps:



                1. Open Ubuntu Software Center

                2. Search for slack, and if found uninstall it

                3. Reinstall slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb.





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                I also had the same problem. I dig little deeper into the problem and found that I had slack installed from Ubuntu Software Center.



                Then I removed slack from Software Center, and reinstalled slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb. It installed properly.



                Steps:



                1. Open Ubuntu Software Center

                2. Search for slack, and if found uninstall it

                3. Reinstall slack-desktop-2.1.2-amd64.deb.






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                answered Nov 22 '16 at 19:53









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                • Whenever I reinstall Slack, I get the same problem - so I'm just going to use the web app.

                  – Sharan Duggirala
                  Aug 2 '18 at 18:38

















                • Whenever I reinstall Slack, I get the same problem - so I'm just going to use the web app.

                  – Sharan Duggirala
                  Aug 2 '18 at 18:38
















                Whenever I reinstall Slack, I get the same problem - so I'm just going to use the web app.

                – Sharan Duggirala
                Aug 2 '18 at 18:38





                Whenever I reinstall Slack, I get the same problem - so I'm just going to use the web app.

                – Sharan Duggirala
                Aug 2 '18 at 18:38











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                I was having a problem with this as well and none of the answers I've seen yet have worked for me until I tried the following:



                Download the file from the Slack download page. Instead of opening it in the Software Center, open it in the folder it downloaded to and right click and "Extract here". After extracting, in the terminal enter sudo dpkg -i ./Downloads/slack-desktop-2.8.1-amd64.deb. Make sure that you check your slack-desktop version number (i.e. 2.8.1) and that you put the exact path to the file (mine was in Home/Downloads).
                After entering the code above, I saw Slack in my applications, ready to go.






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                • If you got the .deb package from their website and you're installing via dpkg why "extract here" at the first place? I don't think there's a need for that.

                  – pomsky
                  Oct 11 '17 at 17:01















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                I was having a problem with this as well and none of the answers I've seen yet have worked for me until I tried the following:



                Download the file from the Slack download page. Instead of opening it in the Software Center, open it in the folder it downloaded to and right click and "Extract here". After extracting, in the terminal enter sudo dpkg -i ./Downloads/slack-desktop-2.8.1-amd64.deb. Make sure that you check your slack-desktop version number (i.e. 2.8.1) and that you put the exact path to the file (mine was in Home/Downloads).
                After entering the code above, I saw Slack in my applications, ready to go.






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                • If you got the .deb package from their website and you're installing via dpkg why "extract here" at the first place? I don't think there's a need for that.

                  – pomsky
                  Oct 11 '17 at 17:01













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                I was having a problem with this as well and none of the answers I've seen yet have worked for me until I tried the following:



                Download the file from the Slack download page. Instead of opening it in the Software Center, open it in the folder it downloaded to and right click and "Extract here". After extracting, in the terminal enter sudo dpkg -i ./Downloads/slack-desktop-2.8.1-amd64.deb. Make sure that you check your slack-desktop version number (i.e. 2.8.1) and that you put the exact path to the file (mine was in Home/Downloads).
                After entering the code above, I saw Slack in my applications, ready to go.






                share|improve this answer













                I was having a problem with this as well and none of the answers I've seen yet have worked for me until I tried the following:



                Download the file from the Slack download page. Instead of opening it in the Software Center, open it in the folder it downloaded to and right click and "Extract here". After extracting, in the terminal enter sudo dpkg -i ./Downloads/slack-desktop-2.8.1-amd64.deb. Make sure that you check your slack-desktop version number (i.e. 2.8.1) and that you put the exact path to the file (mine was in Home/Downloads).
                After entering the code above, I saw Slack in my applications, ready to go.







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                • If you got the .deb package from their website and you're installing via dpkg why "extract here" at the first place? I don't think there's a need for that.

                  – pomsky
                  Oct 11 '17 at 17:01

















                • If you got the .deb package from their website and you're installing via dpkg why "extract here" at the first place? I don't think there's a need for that.

                  – pomsky
                  Oct 11 '17 at 17:01
















                If you got the .deb package from their website and you're installing via dpkg why "extract here" at the first place? I don't think there's a need for that.

                – pomsky
                Oct 11 '17 at 17:01





                If you got the .deb package from their website and you're installing via dpkg why "extract here" at the first place? I don't think there's a need for that.

                – pomsky
                Oct 11 '17 at 17:01











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                If these answers still do not work for you, check that ~/.config/Slack belongs to you and not to root:



                sudo chown -R username:groupname .config/Slack





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                  If these answers still do not work for you, check that ~/.config/Slack belongs to you and not to root:



                  sudo chown -R username:groupname .config/Slack





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                    If these answers still do not work for you, check that ~/.config/Slack belongs to you and not to root:



                    sudo chown -R username:groupname .config/Slack





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                    If these answers still do not work for you, check that ~/.config/Slack belongs to you and not to root:



                    sudo chown -R username:groupname .config/Slack






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                        Run the following command



                        apt install --fix-broken install





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                          apt install --fix-broken install





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                            apt install --fix-broken install





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                            Run the following command



                            apt install --fix-broken install






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