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#### How to Install Signal Using Official PPA

To install the latest Signal on Debian based distros, such as Ubuntu and Linux Mint, go to this 👉 [page](https://signal.org/download/#) for installation instructions.

Click the "Download for Linux" button and these instructions will pop up. See the copy and paste video example above.

### Linux (Debian-based) Install Instructions

>NOTE: These instructions only work for 64 bit Debian-based Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Mint etc.

1. Install the official public software signing key

```
wget -O- https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/keys.asc | gpg --dearmor > signal-desktop-keyring.gpg

cat signal-desktop-keyring.gpg | sudo tee -a /usr/share/keyrings/signal-desktop-keyring.gpg > /dev/null
```

2. Add our repository to your list of repositories:

```
echo 'deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/signal-desktop-keyring.gpg] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main' |\

  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list
```

3. Update your package database and install Signal:

```
sudo apt update && sudo apt install signal-desktop
```

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 I've been using Obtainium to get Signal on my Android phone, so far it's been good, though Signal has not had an update yet, so we'll see how it goes at that point