Welcome to our guide today on how to install Zoom on CentOS 8 & Fedora 33/32/31/30 Linux system. Zoom is a popular, widely used Video Conferencing and Web Conferencing Service. Zoom unifies group messaging, cloud video conferencing, simple online meeting into one easy-to-use platform. The Zoom Client can be installed on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, and H.323/SIP room systems.
An RPM package is provided on the Downloads page for installation on CentOS / RHEL and Fedora System.
Let’s start by downloading the latest release of Zoom Client.
sudo yum -y install wget
wget https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoom_x86_64.rpmThen install Zoom Client on CentOS 8 Linux with yum command:
sudo yum localinstall zoom_x86_64.rpmHit the y key to start the installation:
CentOS-8 - AppStream 3.7 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:01
CentOS-8 - Base 5.0 kB/s | 3.8 kB 00:00
CentOS-8 - Extras 1.8 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS-8 - PowerTools 6.9 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Adobe Systems Incorporated 3.1 kB/s | 2.9 kB 00:00
Apache Cassandra 218 B/s | 833 B 00:03
Docker CE Stable - x86_64 18 kB/s | 3.5 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 21 kB/s | 37 kB 00:01
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 28 kB/s | 48 kB 00:01
google-chrome 5.6 kB/s | 1.3 kB 00:00
Plex 2.8 kB/s | 1.4 kB 00:00
Oracle Linux / RHEL / CentOS-8 / x86_64 - VirtualBox 133 B/s | 181 B 00:01
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
zoom x86_64 3.5.374815.0324-1 @commandline 68 M
Installing dependencies:
ibus-m17n x86_64 1.3.4-26.el8 AppStream 58 k
m17n-db noarch 1.8.0-3.el8 AppStream 581 k
m17n-lib x86_64 1.8.0-2.el8 AppStream 201 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 4 Packages
Total size: 69 M
Total download size: 840 k
Installed size: 259 M
Is this ok [y/N]: yThe dependencies required and Zoom Client will be installed on CentOS 8.
Downloading Packages:
(1/3): ibus-m17n-1.3.4-26.el8.x86_64.rpm 192 kB/s | 58 kB 00:00
(2/3): m17n-lib-1.8.0-2.el8.x86_64.rpm 473 kB/s | 201 kB 00:00
(3/3): m17n-db-1.8.0-3.el8.noarch.rpm 881 kB/s | 581 kB 00:00
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Total 499 kB/s | 840 kB 00:01
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : m17n-db-1.8.0-3.el8.noarch 1/4
Installing : m17n-lib-1.8.0-2.el8.x86_64 2/4
Running scriptlet: m17n-lib-1.8.0-2.el8.x86_64 2/4
Installing : ibus-m17n-1.3.4-26.el8.x86_64 3/4
Installing : zoom-3.5.374815.0324-1.x86_64 [=========================== ] 4/ Installing : zoom-3.5.374815.0324-1.x86_64 [============================ ] 4/ Installing : zoom-3.5.374815.0324-1.x86_64 4/4
Running scriptlet: zoom-3.5.374815.0324-1.x86_64 4/4
run post install script, action is 1...
current home is /root
Verifying : ibus-m17n-1.3.4-26.el8.x86_64 1/4
Verifying : m17n-db-1.8.0-3.el8.noarch 2/4
Verifying : m17n-lib-1.8.0-2.el8.x86_64 3/4
Verifying : zoom-3.5.374815.0324-1.x86_64 4/4
Installed:
zoom-3.5.374815.0324-1.x86_64 ibus-m17n-1.3.4-26.el8.x86_64
m17n-db-1.8.0-3.el8.noarch m17n-lib-1.8.0-2.el8.x86_64
Complete!You can check the version of Zoom Client installed on CentOS 8 / Fedora Desktop with the rpm command:
$ rpm -qi zoom
Name : zoom
Version : 3.5.374815.0324
Release : 1
Architecture: x86_64
Install Date: Sat 04 Apr 2020 06:29:29 PM EAT
Group : default
Size : 269036822
License : see https://www.zoom.us/
Signature : RSA/SHA1, Wed 25 Mar 2020 08:01:53 AM EAT, Key ID b903bf1861a7c71d
Source RPM : zoom-3.5.374815.0324-1.src.rpm
Build Date : Wed 25 Mar 2020 07:58:57 AM EAT
Build Host : localhost
Relocations : /
Packager : Zoom Linux Team <[email protected]>
Vendor : Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
URL : https://www.zoom.us
Summary : Zoom, #1 Video Conferencing and Web Conferencing ServiceUse CLI or your Desktop Launcher to start Zoom Client on CentOS / Fedora Linux machine.
You can then join a meeting using ID or Signin and start creating and Managing conference meetings and chats.
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