install hipchat in ubuntu 16.04

Upgraded to ubuntu 16.04? chances are high that you have already faced problem while trying to install hipchat as steps listed in official site is of no help.

The script below will help you install older version of hipchat(i.e 2.2.1).

sudo su
echo "deb http://downloads.hipchat.com/linux/apt stable main" > \
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/atlassian-hipchat.list
wget -O - https://www.hipchat.com/keys/hipchat-linux.key | apt-key add -
apt-get update
apt-get install hipchat

In case you want to install latest version, you may install hipchat4 but it won’t even remember your credentials once you quit. To install hipchat4 you need to run following script:

wget https://atlassian.artifactoryonline.com/atlassian/hipchat-apt-client/pool/HipChat4-4.0.1517-Linux.deb
sudo dpkg -i HipChat4-4.0.1517-Linux.deb

References:

• <a href=https://gist.github.com/stephou0104/4a4f83d6d973a1999a76 rel=“nofollow” target=“_blank”>https://gist.github.com/stephou0104/4a4f83d6d973a1999a76
• <a href=http://askubuntu.com/questions/763391/how-do-i-install-hipchat-on-ubuntu-16-04 rel=“nofollow” target=“_blank”>http://askubuntu.com/questions/763391/how-do-i-install-hipchat-on-ubuntu-16-04