Ubuntu 20.04 mattermost & (base) v@v:~$ Error: failed to load configuration: open /opt/mattermost/config/config.json: permission denied why?

If you just want to use the Mattermost desktop application on your Ubuntu client and the server is hosted somewhere else, you can remove the /opt/mattermost directory again on your client. If you followed the desktop app installation instructions, you can then just start the mattermost-desktop app …

MM on Ubuntu 20.04; sudo?

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agriesser (Alexander Griesser) September 28, 2022, 1:43pm 12

Awesome, thanks - I’m marking this issue as resolved now.

Cannot launch MM desktop Ubuntu 20.04

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MM on Ubuntu 20.04; sudo?

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