How to install Bluejeans on Ubuntu

setup.sh

sudo apt install alien -y
sudo alien --scripts bluejeans_1.28.9-2_amd64.rpm # or whatever is the file you downloaded from the bluejeans website
sudo dpkg -i bluejeans_1.28.9-2_amd64.deb
cd /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
sudo ln -s libudev.so libudev.so.0

# now you can launch bluejeans
/opt/bluejeans/bluejeans-bin

Ubuntu 18.10 also requires
sudo apt-get install libgconf-2-4

Thanks for this. Has anyone been able to get http://bluejeans.com/$meeting_id links to open in the Desktop app? I had this set up in Fedora but don't remember what hack I had to apply to accomplish it.

If you add the --scripts option to alien, then it will also convert the post-install/pre-uninstall scripts, which will automatically set up the libudev symlink and also add a desktop launcher (and remove these automatically if you uninstall the package).

Just adding a 👍 that --scripts works on ubuntu 18.04 as @jefferyto describes

I got no clue guys, I haven't run this script in quite a while now. If you guys updated it in any way please post the whole thing here and I can update the gist 👍 For now I'll just add the --scripts flag @scpike please let me know if there's more.

@fracasula here's what I just did that seems to be working:

sudo apt install alien -y
sudo alien --scripts bluejeans_1.28.9-2_amd64.rpm # or whatever is the file you downloaded from the bluejeans website
sudo dpkg -i bluejeans_1.28.9-2_amd64.deb
/opt/bluejeans/bluejeans

I think we should add libgconf-2-4.
Here my script:

sudo apt install alien -y
sudo alien --scripts bluejeans-1.37.22.x86_64.rpm # or whatever is the file you downloaded from the bluejeans website
sudo dpkg -i bluejeans_1.37.22-2_amd64.deb
sudo apt install libgconf-2-4.
# Run
/opt/bluejeans/bluejeans

For me, under Ubuntu 19.04 additional lib was missing. Final solution:

wget https://swdl.bluejeans.com/desktop/linux/1.37/1.37.22/bluejeans-1.37.22.x86_64.rpm

sudo apt install alien -y
sudo apt install libgconf-2-4 libgtk2.0-0

sudo alien --scripts bluejeans-1.37.22.x86_64.rpm # or whatever is the file you downloaded from the bluejeans website
sudo dpkg -i bluejeans_1.37.22-2_amd64.deb

# Run
/opt/bluejeans/bluejeans

I don't need to link the shared library file. directly works.
ubuntu 16.04

Works on ubuntu 20.04 with no additional links. Thanks! Finally working bluejeans 👍

Something might be missing in my Ubuntu 16.04. I can open the app but when I try to connect it give me a generic error.

The good news is that https://www.bluejeans.com/downloads now has the .deb option for Ubuntu
https://swdl.bluejeans.com/desktop-app/linux/2.5.0/BlueJeans_2.5.0.50.deb