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SyntheticHuman
Asked: 2020-11-23 13:19:20 +0800 CST

Troubles with Zoom on Ubuntu 20.04

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I'm using Ubuntu 20.04, and I installed Zoom client with sudo apt install zoom-client. Ever since, I've been having troubles with zoom every once in a while. Meetings will sometimes not load, or take forever to load. I'm not sure what's going on. Is anyone else having a similar problem, or does anyone know how to help?

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2 Answers

  1. This problem is coming as you are using older version of zoom. Now let me tell you how to make this problem alright. Download latest zoom client from this website. Then open the folder/directory that has this zoom file and then follow and of the two steps:

    NOTE - type sudo apt remove zoom-client in terminal to remove the old Zoom from your PC before installing the new one.

    1. Easy way

      Double left click the downloaded file and install from Ubuntu Software

    2. Difficult way

      Open terminal in the directory of zoom_amd64.deb. Then type sudo dpkg -i zoom_amd64.deb

      Then you will encounter an error; fix it by typing sudo apt install --fix-broken.

      Then after the process finishes, type sudo dpkg -i zoom_amd64.deb and you will successfully installed Zoom on your system. Now open Zoom and see if you have any problem now.

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  2. I can confirm that Zoom works with success using the browser web client instead. It works with both cam and audio. You may use that instead of the Zoom installed client and even save some disk space. I use Firefox under 20.04.1 with no problems. Using the web client removes these install and update issues from the end user. You always have the latest working version.

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