How to install discord to .config

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Hello, and Thanks for your time.

I installed discord using SOFTWARE, but it doesn't create any directory in .config, instead, it make it in flatpak apps.
Then I installed the .deb installer from discord official website, still when i run it, it opens SOFTWARE and asks me to install from there. Or when i click on 'Run anyway' , it does install it from .deb but still it doesn't create any directory in .config. So either way, it goes to flatpak/apps and that's what I don't want it to do cuz I want to install BETTERDISCORD.
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If anyone can help, i would really appreciate.
Thanks!

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Not a Tutorial, so moved this to General Help.

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I also use Better Discord.
You cannot use the Flatpak or Snap.
Instead to install:

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bb010g/betterdiscordctl/master/betterdiscordctl

You can use wget if you prefer.

Give it executable permission:

chmod +x betterdiscordctl

Assign it to its root directory:

sudo mv betterdiscordctl /usr/local/bin

Launch:

betterdiscordctl

Should work just fine.

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Ok, So I followed the steps and now i have this file in usr/local/bin

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But I don't know how it works. When I try to open it, it shows up:

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from terminal

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Your terminal is opened to Desktop instead of Home Directory.

cd ~

betterdiscordctl

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Try

betterdiscordctl install

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Have you installed the standard Discord .deb file first?

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well, i have it in my downloads directory.
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Go ahead and install it... It may need to be installed first before "upgrading" it to BetterDiscord.
I honestly do not remember if that must be installed first.
I installed BetterDiscord by the method outlined above - after I had standard discord installed already.

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It's installed. but it gets installed to this directory(shown bellow).
I cant select it from there, cuz BetterDiscord needs it to be installed in .config i guess.
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.config is just the configuration directory where your personal settings are saved.

You installed the Discord.deb?

Now try again with

betterdiscordctl install

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OK, so installed the discord and still it throws the same error. It searches for discord in .config directory. while its installed in .var

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It is looking for the Configuration Files - not trying to install the app to config.
Maybe launch Discord and configure it before installing BetterDiscord...

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Wow!
After opening Discord and running the command, it was installed and now works perfectly!
Thank you so much Mate.

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Sorry for the confusion. I had installed it recently and still forgot that it needed the "install" command...
I had installed it as an afterthought after I had installed Discord from the .deb package.
I had not realized that it was required for the Discord.deb to be installed and launched first.
Now, we know...

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