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steps i use to install / uninstall discord app from the tar archive in fedora
# download discord archive file with the below command,
curl -L "https://discord.com/api/download?platform=linux&format=tar.gz" --output discord.tar.gz
# Extract the archive to /opt directory, with the below command,
sudo tar -xvzf discord.tar.gz -C /opt
# Create a link to discord binary in system path with the below command,
sudo ln -sf /opt/Discord/Discord /usr/bin/Discord
# Copy Icon file to the correct path with the below command,
sudo ln -sf /opt/Discord/discord.png /usr/share/icons/discord.png
# modify the menu icon defenition file, to modify the path to binary and install to correct location,
sudo sed -i 's|^Exec|#Exec|g' /opt/Discord/discord.desktop
echo 'Exec=/usr/bin/Discord' | sudo tee -a /opt/Discord/discord.desktop
sudo cp /opt/Discord/discord.desktop /usr/share/applications/discord.desktop
# Delete the discord menu definition file,
sudo rm /usr/share/applications/discord.desktop
# delete the discord icon file,
sudo rm /usr/share/icons/discord.png
# remove the discord binary link file,
sudo unlink /usr/bin/Discord
# delete the discord file from the system,
sudo rm -rf /opt/Discord
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