how to install viber in Ubuntu?

Question

is it possible to install Viber VoIP client in Ubuntu ? So that I can call people from my Ubuntu system. I am using Ubuntu 12.04. I followed these many steps :

Downloaded :

wget http://download.cdn.viber.com/cdn/desktop/Linux/Viber.zip

Then unzipped it :

unzip Viber.zip
cd Viber
~/Viber/Viber.sh

But still it is not working. Giving error like "word unexpected" & "invalid encoding". If someone has installed, please suggest me.

Thank you.

Answer 1

You have to use wine to get the Viber working with wizard on ubuntu.

sudo apt-get install wine
wget http://download.cdn.viber.com/cdn/desktop/windows/ViberSetup.exe
wine ViberSetup.exe

You can see the steps with screenshots on: http://www.unixmen.com/install-viber-in-linux-using-wine/

Answer 2

Well, you dont need to install viber through Wine anymore. Viber now released Debian binary: www.viber.com/products/linux/‎

You must have 64bit version of Ubuntu, Debian, Mint or ZorinOS to be able to install this though.

Answer 3

Installing Viber on Ubuntu:(without wine)

For 64-bit Systems Only:

Open terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T then run the following commands,

wget http://download.cdn.viber.com/cdn/desktop/Linux/Viber.zip  
unzip Viber.zip   
cd Viber   
./Viber.sh   

In .deb method

wget http://download.cdn.viber.com/cdn/desktop/Linux/viber.deb  
sudo apt-get install gdebi
sudo gdebi viber.deb

Or

wget -O viber64-NoobsLab.com.deb http://download.cdn.viber.com/cdn/desktop/Linux/viber.deb  
sudo dpkg -i viber64-NoobsLab.com.deb

Direct download of .deb

Download from Viber.com

cd /viber_download_location/

sudo dpkg -i viber.deb

For 32-bit Systems:

You can use sudo dpkg --force-architecture -i viber.deb command, but use of wine is advisable.

Answer 4

For anyone else looking, go to Viber's official page and download the latest version of the distro you are running. Currently, only Ubuntu and Fedora are supported.

Installation can be easily completed through a Software installer or manually.