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Asked: 2020-06-06 04:18:21 +0800 CST

Can't install latest Zoom version

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I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and have Zoom in version 5.04084598.0517. Zoom shows an update to be available, so I downloaded it from the web page, and opened the deb file with the software installer. What then shows up is the following:

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So there is no "install" or "update" button. How do I install this latest version of Zoom?

Here is the output of apt-cache policy zoom 

zoom:
  Installed: 5.0.408598.0517
  Candidate: 5.0.408598.0517
  Version table:
 *** 5.0.408598.0517 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
software-installation zoom-meeting 20.04

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I had the same issues, in Ubuntu 20.04. This is what worked for me:

    Using the terminal

    1. Download the DEB installer file from our Download Center
    2. Open the download location using a file manager.
    3. Right click in the file manager and click Terminal or Open in Terminal to open the terminal in the current location.
    4. Type in the following command and press Enter to run it.

    sudo apt install ./zoom_amd64.deb

    Source: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/204206269-Installing-or-updating-Zoom-on-Linux#h_89c268b4-2a68-4e4c-882f-441e374b87cb

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  2. If you want to install latest Zoom version, you should prefer installing Zoom using Snap. Latest version listed are:

    latest/stable 5.0.413237.0524
latest/edge   5.0.418682.0603

    To do so, you need to remove the Zoom installed on your system.

    sudo dpkg -r zoom_amd64

    Then install Zoom using Snap.

    sudo snap install zoom-client

    That will install latest Zoom from stable channel.

    If you prefer to install latest Zoom from edge channel, add --channel=latest/edge.

    sudo snap install zoom-client --channel=latest/edge

    Visit https://snapcraft.io/install/zoom-client/ubuntu#install for more information about the zoom-client package on Snap website.

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  3. Another option that worked in my case Linux Ubutnu 20.04.

    I saw the answer in official docs:

    https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/204206269-Installing-or-updating-Zoom-on-Linux

    1. Download the latest Zoom version here: https://zoom.us/download?os=linux
    2. Install GDebi (if it was not installed yet) 
      sudo apt install gdebi
    3. Go to a folder where zoom_amd64.deb was downloaded
    4. Right click ⇢ Open with Other application
    5. Select GDebi Package Installer. Click Select. enter image description here
    6. In Package Installer click to Install. (In my case Reinstall because it was already updated) enter image description here

    Done.

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