howto:several_signal_desktop_instances
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Run Signal Desktop instances in parallel
In order to run several Signal desktop instances in parallel, you can pass a –user-data-dir=<path>
commandline option to signal-desktop.
With Signal Desktop flatpak
When Signal Desktop is installed via flatpak, do the following:
$ cp /var/lib/flatpak/app/org.signal.Signal/current/stable/active/files/share/applications/org.signal.Signal.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/Signal2.desktop
Then edit ~/.local/share/applications/Signal2.desktop
and change lines 2-3 as follows (replace <user>
with your username):
Name=Signal 2 Exec=flatpak run org.signal.Signal --user-data-dir=/home/<user>/.var/app/org.signal.Signal/config/Signal2 %U
Afterwards, you should find the second instance of Signal Desktop as „Signal 2“ in your application launcher.
howto/several_signal_desktop_instances.1645742700.txt.gz · Zuletzt geändert: 2022/02/24 23:45 von doobry