Slack is a collaboration tool developed by Slack Technologies and was released in 2013. With the help of Slack, users can audio and chat, and share files and media in private spaces as well in individual chats. Slack is cross-platform therefore you can install it on Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android.
Slack is a useful application for teams, particularly for remote teams. It allows you to organize your team conversation. What slack does is? It replaces email messaging. Some of your team members may be using Gmail, some may be using Hotmail, some may be using Facebook Messenger, and we may lose an important email while searching. This is where Slack comes in. Slack provides a neat and clean interface for team communication. Messaging can be organized in threads, channels, or private chat.
There are several methods of Installing Slack on your RHEL 9 but in this article, we are focusing on installation from snap store.
Prerequisites
- RHEL 9 instance
- Root account or user with sudo privileges
Install Slack on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 from snap store
Add Epel Repository
Open the terminal and run the below command to add EPEL repository.
sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
Upgrade Repository
After you have added the repository, it is now time to upgrade them. You should run:
sudo dnf upgrade
This can take 10-15 minutes depending on your internet speed.
Install Snapd
You can install snapd with the help of below command.
sudo yum install snapd
Enable Socket
After you have installed snapd, enable the socket communication with the help of following command.
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
Install Slack
You have done all the prerequisite steps, you can now install Slack. Run the below command.
sudo snap install slack
Launch Slack
You can launch the Slack from activities menu by searching ‘slack’.
Uninstall or Remove Slack from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
If you wish to remove Slack and no longer keep it in your system, run:
sudo snap remove slack
Conclusion
As you have read, Slack can be installed with a few steps. If your installation has failed in any step, ping us through comments. Happy Linux Administration.
