About this tutorial
A Tutorial on how to join the Matrix network and get to know it's features.
This tutorial is written, foremost with the intention to get more users interested in joining the Matrix network. Although Matrix is often compared to legacy chat applications such as the IRC network, it is a modern, top of the line communication network, and available for almost any device. It is not just suitable to build a robust community, it can be used like any other Messaging application to communicate with friends and family.
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To be able to follow the tutorial make sure, to have either the Element client installed on your device or use the web app. In this tutorial we will use the Element web application hosted on element.io , as seen in the first tab below.
Please choose your operating system to install the application on your device, or use the web app.
The Element web application is the simplest way to get started, without the need to install element on your device.
Please use the package manager, provided by your distribution or the one of your choice or download and install the Element Desktop app.
Arch Linux
pacman -Syu
pacman -S element-desktop
Debian / Ubuntu
sudo apt install -y wget apt-transport-https
sudo wget -O /usr/share/keyrings/element-io-archive-keyring.gpg https://packages.element.io/debian/element-io-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/element-io-archive-keyring.gpg] https://packages.element.io/debian/ default main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/element-io.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install element-desktop
Fedora / Rocky Linux / CentOS
sudo dnf install -y dnf-plugins-core distribution-gpg-keys
sudo dnf copr enable taw/element
sudo dnf install -y element --refresh
Nix
# On NixOS
nix-env -iA nixos.element-desktop
# On non-NixOS
nix-env -iA nixpkgs.element-desktop
# On NixOS (Wayland)
nix-env -iA nixos.element-desktop-wayland
# On non-NixOS (Wayland)
nix-env -iA nixpkgs.element-desktop-wayland
You can either use the package manager of your choice or download the Element Desktop installer from the download page.
Chocolatey
choco install element-desktop
Scoop
scoop bucket add extras
scoop install extras/element
You can either use Homebrew or download the Element Desktop as Apple Disk Image from the download page.
Homebrew
brew install --cask element
Please use the app store of your choice to download and install the Element Android app on your Android smartphone.
Please use the Apple™ App Store™ to download and install the Element iOS® app on your Apple™ iPhone™.
IOS is a trademark or registered trademark of Cisco in the U.S. and other countries and is used under license.Launching the Application
When you clicked on the Launch Element Web button, you are already done and you should now see the same screen as shown in the image below.
If you installed Element on your device you will find a freshly installed
application called Element on your device. If you are a fan of virtual
terminals, you can run Element with element-desktop.
