How to get the Microsoft Intune app for Linux

This article describes how to install, update, and remove the Microsoft Intune app for Linux on a personal device.

The Microsoft Intune app package is available at https://packages.microsoft.com/. For more information about how to use, install, and configure Linux software packages for Microsoft products, see Linux Software Repository for Microsoft Products.

Install Intune app

Run the following commands in a command line to manually install the Intune app and its dependencies on your device.

Install Curl

sudo apt install curl gpg

Install the Microsoft package signing key

For Ubuntu 20.04:

curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg
sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 microsoft.gpg /usr/share/keyrings/
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/microsoft.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/20.04/prod focal main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-ubuntu-focal-prod.list'
sudo rm microsoft.gpg

For Ubuntu 22.04:

curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg
sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 microsoft.gpg /usr/share/keyrings/ 
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/microsoft.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/22.04/prod jammy main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-ubuntu-jammy-prod.list' 
sudo rm microsoft.gpg

Install the Microsoft Intune app

sudo apt update
sudo apt install intune-portal

Reboot your device

Update Intune app

The Microsoft Intune app automatically updates when updates become available in Software Updater.

Run these commands to update the Microsoft Intune app manually:

Update the package repo

Update the package repo and metadata, which includes intune-portal, msft-broker, and msft edge:

sudo apt update

Upgrade the packages and clean up dependencies

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Uninstall Intune app

Remove the Intune app from your system

sudo apt remove intune-portal

Remove the local registration data

This command removes the local configuration data that contains your device registration:

sudo apt purge intune-portal