Error buiding code on ubuntu

[pelcom]

I can see so much work has been done to develop this library.
Thanks so much @wiomoc for sharing.

I am very new to rust and i get the below error when i run "cargo build" am i missing something?

Compiling whatsappweb v0.0.1 (file:///root/whatsappweb-rs)
error: failed to run custom build command for whatsappweb v0.0.1 (file:///root/whatsappweb-rs)
process didn't exit successfully: /root/whatsappweb-rs/target/debug/build/whatsappweb-9448639d0a83eb2e/build-script-build (exit code: 101)
--- stderr
thread 'main' panicked at 'protoc: Custom { kind: NotFound, error: StringError("failed to spawn \"protoc\" \"--version\": No such file or directory (os error 2)") }', libcore/result.rs:945:5
stack backtrace:
0: std::sys::unix::backtrace::tracing::imp::unwind_backtrace
at libstd/sys/unix/backtrace/tracing/gcc_s.rs:49
1: std::sys_common::backtrace::print
at libstd/sys_common/backtrace.rs:71
at libstd/sys_common/backtrace.rs:59
2: std::panicking::default_hook::{{closure}}
at libstd/panicking.rs:211
3: std::panicking::default_hook
at libstd/panicking.rs:227
4: std::panicking::rust_panic_with_hook
at libstd/panicking.rs:463
5: std::panicking::begin_panic_fmt
at libstd/panicking.rs:350
6: rust_begin_unwind
at libstd/panicking.rs:328
7: core::panicking::panic_fmt
at libcore/panicking.rs:71
8: core::result::unwrap_failed
at /checkout/src/libcore/macros.rs:26
9: <core::result::Result<T, E>>::expect
at /checkout/src/libcore/result.rs:809
10: build_script_build::main
at ./build.rs:4
11: std::rt::lang_start::{{closure}}
at /checkout/src/libstd/rt.rs:74
12: std::panicking::try::do_call
at libstd/rt.rs:59
at libstd/panicking.rs:310
13: __rust_maybe_catch_panic
at libpanic_unwind/lib.rs:105
14: std::rt::lang_start_internal
at libstd/panicking.rs:289
at libstd/panic.rs:374
at libstd/rt.rs:58
15: std::rt::lang_start
at /checkout/src/libstd/rt.rs:74
16: main
17: __libc_start_main
18: _start

[wiomoc]

am i missing something?

Yep, you're missing protoc
Just install it with apt-get install protobuf-compiler

[pelcom]

thanks.