To install Whatsie in Ubuntu

Whatsie is an desktop client for whatsapp Messenger. Installation of Whatstie is explained in this manual.

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To install Whatsie

To download whatsie package, visit the following link,
https://github.com/Aluxian/Whatsie/releases/tag/v2.0.19
Run the following command to download whatsie.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# wget https://bintray.com/aluxian/rpm/rpm -O /etc/yum.repos.d/bintray-aluxian-rpm.repo

For 32 bit

[root@linuxhelp ~]# yum install whatsie.i386

for 64 bit

[root@linuxhelp ~]# yum install whatsie.x86_64

For fedora replace dnf instead of yum.
Run the following command to add the PPA repository.

root@linuxhelp:~# gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 1537994D
gpg: directory `/home/user1/.gnupg'  created
gpg: new configuration file `/home/user1/.gnupg/gpg.conf'  created
gpg: WARNING: options in `/home/user1/.gnupg/gpg.conf'  are not yet active during this run
gpg: keyring `/home/user1/.gnupg/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/home/user1/.gnupg/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key 1537994D from hkp server pool.sks-keyservers.net
gpg: /home/user1/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 1537994D: public key " Alexandru Rosianu Bintray < me@aluxian.com> "  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)

root@linuxhelp:~# gpg --export --armor 1537994D | sudo apt-key add -
OK

Run the following command to add the below line in sources.list file.

root@linuxhelp:~# echo " deb https://dl.bintray.com/aluxian/deb stable main"  | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
deb https://dl.bintray.com/aluxian/deb stable main

Use the following command to update the repositories.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security InRelease [65.9 kB]
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily InRelease          
Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates InRelease [65.9 kB]                
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Sources [55.3 kB]
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports InRelease                           
Get:4 https://dl.bintray.com stable InRelease
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Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe i386 Packages                                                                                                          
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse i386 Packages                                                                                                        
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main Translation-en                                                                                                             
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse Translation-en                                                                                                       
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted Translation-en                                                                                                       
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Translation-en                                                                                                         
Fetched 1,891 kB in 36s (52.3 kB/s)                                                                                                                                             
Reading package lists... Done

Now install the whatsie by using the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install whatsie -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  git git-man hunspell libappindicator1 liberror-perl libindicator7
Suggested packages:
  git-daemon-run git-daemon-sysvinit git-doc git-el git-email git-gui gitk gitweb git-arch git-cvs git-mediawiki git-svn
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  git git-man hunspell libappindicator1 liberror-perl libindicator7 whatsie
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Setting up libindicator7 (12.10.2+14.10.20140922-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libappindicator1 (12.10.1+15.04.20141110-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up liberror-perl (0.17-1.1) ...
Setting up git-man (1:2.5.0-1ubuntu0.2) ...
Setting up git (1:2.5.0-1ubuntu0.2) ...
Setting up hunspell (1.3.3-3ubuntu3) ...
Setting up whatsie (2.0.14-353) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...

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Search and Open the whatsie application from the dashboard.
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After opening the application, the QR code appears.

Open Whatsapp application from your android mobile . choose the “ whatsapp web” option and start scanning the Whatsie code.
Make sure you are connected to internet on both PC and mobile.

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