Silent Install for Linux Desktop App – User Profile (without sudo access)

Step 1: Download the Workstatus Linux App

Download and place the package in your preferred directory.

• For Ubuntu 22: Download Ubuntu 22 App
• For Ubuntu 24: Download Ubuntu 24 App

Disable Wayland, Please follow the article : https://support.workstatus.io/en/article/how-to-disable-wayland-in-linux-1n15x7m/

Step 2: Create User Token File

• In the same directory where the app is downloaded, create a user_token_file.txt using the following command:

• touch user_token_file.txt

Step 3: Paste User Token Into File

Go to the Workstatus Web App and navigate to People > Employees > Member.

Then click on the three dots, select Copy Stealth Token, and paste this token into the user_token_file.txt file.

Approach One:

Please Open Terminal in download directory & Run below Setup Commands in sequence

• chmod +x Workstatus
• nohup ./Workstatus >/dev/null 2>&1 &
• cd
• cd Workstatus/
• source setup.sh

Admin Profile Configuration

• su {{Admin Profile}} (This will make you enter admin terminal)
• cd
• wget -O setup-profile-runner.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Vinove-WorkStatus/desktop-linux-admin/main/setup-profile-runner.sh

OR (if above command is not work then Please try below )

• curl -o setup-profile-runner.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Vinove-WorkStatus/desktop-linux-admin/main/setup-profile-runner.sh

• chmod +x setup-profile-runner.sh (making it executable with this command)

• sudo ./setup-profile-runner.sh {{USERNAME}} ( Run with username parameter)

User Profile Configuration :

• su {{username}}
• cd
• systemctl --user daemon-reload
• systemctl --user enable profile-runner.service
• systemctl --user start profile-runner.service
• Restart the system to run the app

Approach Two:

Open terminal in the downloads section(or section where Linux file + User token file is present) & Execute below commands in sequence:

• chmod +x Workstatus
• nohup ./Workstatus >/dev/null 2>&1 &
• cd
• cd Workstatus/
• su adminname - after this you will be at admin terminal
• sudo ./setup.sh
• open new terminal
• cd
• cd Workstatus/
• source setup.sh
• Now restart the PC

Approach Three

Open terminal in the downloads section(or section where Linux file + User token file is present) & Execute below commands in sequence:

• chmod +x Workstatus
• nohup ./Workstatus >/dev/null 2>&1 &
• cd
• cd Workstatus/
• su adminname - after this you will be at admin terminal
• sudo ./setup.sh

Admin Profile Configuration

Download the setup-profile-runner using below command:

• wget -O setup-profile-runner.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Vinove-WorkStatus/desktop-linux-admin/main/setup-profile-runner.sh

• chmod +x setup-profile-runner.sh

• sudo ./setup-profile-runner.sh {{USERNAME}}

User Profile Configuration

Please run the following command from user profile:

• systemctl --user daemon-reload

• systemctl --user enable profile-runner.service

• systemctl --user start profile-runner.service

Step 4: To Verify app is running successfully

Open System monitor, There will instances of Workstatus running.

Note : if in system monitor there is no instance seen running. Please follow below steps to launch :

• Check token file has token in it and have permissions to access.

• Go to installation directory >> right click on Workstatus and choose Open with App Center

• Open System monitor, There will instances of Workstatus running.

• Desktop application will run if Timezone of both User's PC and Workstatus Web is same.

Updated on: 05/09/2025