Install Facebook Messenger

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Hello Everyone,

Earlier I tried to search for install Facebook Messenger on the main forum. This results in no hits. Hopefully, I am not asking a question that has already been answered. However, if it has, then please just include a link to the answer in this topic.

I wish to install the Facebook Messenger software on Linux Lite. How may I accomplish this goal?

Thank you.

There is no "official" messenger desktop client for Linux. There was a "non-official" one https://github.com/Aluxian/Messenger-for...p/releases but it's not maintained anymore, you can still download it and try it, but you'll be on your own. An alternative, which is currently being maintained is caprine https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine/releases download the .deb file and install it or the appimage which is a portable format, meaning you don't have to install it to use it; download, make executable and run. Speaking of appimages, there are another couple of apps too: Franz  https://meetfranz.com/ and it's clone Ferdi https://getferdi.com/, both apps work pretty much the same as they offer the possibility to manage different several services; gmail, whatsapp, telegram, messenger and others. You can simply use messenger's  web app https://www.messenger.com/. If you use Chrome or Chromium, there's one app which works like Franz and Ferdi; https://multimessenger.cc/ which

Allows you to combines chat and messaging services into one simple extension!

Those are the options you have in Linux, at least that I'm aware of. Pick the one you find meets your needs and expectations the best and enjoy.

Hope this helps!