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How to install Anatine Twitter App on ParrrotOs 3.9

To install Anatine Twitter App on ParrrotOs 3.9

Anatine is a free, open source desktop twitter application and is considered to be the easiest way to have mobile view of Twitter on your desktop. It is built with electron framework thus it emulates the mobile twitter website on your desktop with all the features such as share, retweet and manage account. You can easily install Anatine Twitter App on ParrrotOs 3.9, and this article covers the ground on the same process.

Installing Anatine Twitter App

Before you begin with the installation of Anatine, you need to create a new directory in /opt/. You can perform that action by making use of the following command.

┌─[root@linuxhelp]─[~]
└──╼ #mkdir /opt/Anatine

And move inside that directory by running the following command.

┌─[root@linuxhelp]─[~]
└──╼ #cd /opt/Anatine

Once it is done, you need to download the latest and stable Anatine installation package as follows.

┌─[root@linuxhelp]─[/opt/Anatine]
└──╼ #wget https://github.com/sindresorhus/anatine/releases/download/0.5.1/Anatine-linux-0.5.1.zip
--2018-01-03 18:26:21--  https://github.com/sindresorhus/anatine/releases/download/0.5.1/Anatine-linux-0.5.1.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.253.112, 192.30.253.113
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.253.112|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com/58088954/21ee96dc-3e10-11e6-826c-283f84e7ae9f?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256& X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20180103%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request& X-Amz-Date=20180103T125618Z& X-Amz-Expires=300& X-Amz-Signature=77d663351c35e1507d607ad13ca491590b001b92165fed1bec4ef5485d3c658a& X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host& actor_id=0& response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3DAnatine-linux-0.5.1.zip& response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream [following]
--2018-01-03 18:26:28--  https://github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com/58088954/21ee96dc-3e10-11e6-826c-283f84e7ae9f?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256& X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20180103%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request& X-Amz-Date=20180103T125618Z& X-Amz-Expires=300& X-Amz-Signature=77d663351c35e1507d607ad13ca491590b001b92165fed1bec4ef5485d3c658a& X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host& actor_id=0& response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3DAnatine-linux-0.5.1.zip& response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream
resolving github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com (github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com)... 52.216.162.75
Connecting to github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com (github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com)|52.216.162.75|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 42902971 (41M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘ Anatine-linux-0.5.1.zip’ 

Anatine-linux-0.5.1.zip                            100%[=============================================================================================================> ]  40.92M   308KB/s    in 1m 40s 

2018-01-03 18:28:10 (419 KB/s) - ‘ Anatine-linux-0.5.1.zip’  saved [42902971/42902971]

And then extract the package by running the following command.

┌─[root@linuxhelp]─[/opt/Anatine]
└──╼ #unzip Anatine-linux-0.5.1.zip
Archive:  Anatine-linux-0.5.1.zip
  inflating: Anatine                
  inflating: LICENSE                
  inflating: LICENSES.chromium.html 
  inflating: content_shell.pak      
  inflating: icudtl.dat             
  inflating: libffmpeg.so           
  inflating: libnode.so             
   creating: locales/
  inflating: locales/am.pak         
  inflating: locales/ar.pak         
.
.
.
.
inflating: resources/app/tray.js  
   creating: resources/app/vendor/
  inflating: resources/app/vendor/hide-promoted-tweets.js 
  inflating: resources/app/vendor/mousetrap-global-bind.js 
  inflating: resources/app/vendor/mousetrap.js 
  inflating: resources/app/vendor/scroll-to-tweet.js 
  inflating: resources/electron.asar 
  inflating: snapshot_blob.bin      
 extracting: version

Now, you need to download the icon, which can be done by making use of the following action.

┌─[root@linuxhelp]─[/opt/Anatine]
└──╼ #wget https://github.com/sindresorhus/anatine/blob/master/static/Icon.png
--2018-01-03 18:30:30--  https://github.com/sindresorhus/anatine/blob/master/static/Icon.png
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.253.112, 192.30.253.113
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.253.112|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]
Saving to: ‘ Icon.png’ 

Icon.png                                               [ < =>                                                                                                           ]   9.11K  --.-KB/s    in 0.007s 

2018-01-03 18:30:31 (1.21 MB/s) - ‘ Icon.png’  saved [35809]


Next, create desktop launcher for anatine by running the following command. Add the below modifications in the file. 

┌─[root@linuxhelp]─[/opt/Anatine]
└──╼ #nano /usr/share/applications/anatine.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Anatine
Exec=/opt/Anatine/Anatine
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=/opt/Anatine/Icon.png

Once it is done, you need to save and exit the file.

Your application has been installed. Launch your Anatine Twitter application.

You can now login with your twitter ID through this application.

You will taken to the homepage of Twitter, but through the Anatine application.

With this, the installation of Anatine Twitter App on ParrrotOs 3.9 comes to an end.

Tag : Parrot OS
FAQ
Q
Can you take a suspended accounts username?
A
Usernames containing the words Twitter or Admin cannot be claimed. No account names can contain Twitter or Admin unless they are official Twitter accounts. Your username cannot be longer than 15 characters. .
Q
How long do twitter accounts get suspended for?
A
Don't panic: your account has been suspended not banned. You just have to contact Twitter support, explain your problem clearly, provide a short explanation of your problem and have patience.
Q
Why isn't my timeline automatically updated when I open the app?
A
your timeline if the app is open or running in the background.
If you leave the app and reopen, just pull down to refresh the timeline.
Q
What are the latest release Anatine Twitter App?
A
You can get Anatine Twitter App updayes in "https://github.com/sindresorhus/anatine/releases/download/"
Q
Is paid/enterprise application?
A
Anatine is a free, open source desktop twitter application and is considered to be the easiest way to have mobile view of Twitter on your desktop. It is built with electron framework thus i