Get Microsoft Teams Running On Ubuntu
My workplace is switching to using Micro$oft Teams for communication :(. Luckily you can use either of the following two methods to get Teams running on LInux.
1. "Native" Deb Package
You can download a deb package and install that from teams.microsoft.com/downloads.
Once downloaded, just install it with:
sudo dpkg -i teams_*.deb
2. Snap Package
Someone has made an unofficial "Teams for Linux" snappy package that you can install with:
sudo snap install teams-for-linux
Once installed, you can open it in the CLI by executing :
/snap/teams-for-linux/79/teams-for-linux &
It really does look like the client does on windows, so for now it's panic over, and I can just keep ranting about how shit Microsoft's products and interfaces are.
Uninstall
If you wish to remove the snappy package then run:
sudo snap remove teams-for-linux
Workarounds
Initially when I started using the tool, I was using the command teams-for-linux
to start it up. However after closing and trying to re-open the application, I noticed that it would no longer work.
The solution was to use the /snap/teams-for-linux/79/teams-for-linux &
command to start it up.
Startup Error Message
I'm putting this here in case I need it later. When I first run teams-for-linux from the CLI, I get the following erroneous output:
Gtk-Message: 08:21:32.880: Failed to load module "appmenu-gtk-module"
configPath = /home/stuart/snap/teams-for-linux/79/.config/teams-for-linux
Failed to get the config file, using default values
configFile = {}
Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Failed: cannot use setting "default-url-scheme-handler": not allowed
processArgs [ '/snap/teams-for-linux/79/teams-for-linux' ]
Additional Info
Here are some tutorials/help with using teams
First published: 14th November 2019