/whatsapp-for-linux

An unofficial WhatsApp linux client desktop application.

Primary LanguageC++GNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

whatsapp-for-linux

An unofficial WhatsApp linux client written in C++ with the help of gtkmm-3.0 and webkit2.

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App Window

Using whatsapp-for-linux

Check out releases for available packages.

Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md.

Dependencies

  • cmake >= 3.8
  • gtkmm-3.0
  • webkit2gtk-4.0
  • appindicator3-0.1

Build & Run

Development

  1. Create a debug build directory and go into it. mkdir -p build/debug && cd build/debug
  2. Build cmake. cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ../..
  3. Build makefile. make
  4. Run. ./whatsapp-for-linux

Local installation

If you want to install it locally, use make install inside the build directory after building (You'll probably need administrator privileges for this).

Packaging

In order for the packages to get the version information, build cmake before generating any package.

Debian

Run dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -ui.

Snap

Run snapcraft.