How to install Franz Messenger in Solus 3

To install Franz Messenger in Solus 3

Franz Messenger app is useful for those peoples who love to play with different messengers. Over years messengers are become a mandatory part of our life to communicate with our friends, relatives across the world. Peoples wake up early morning and watch toward their preferred messengers if there are some new messages before going to any other work.

Features

• Facebook Messenger
• Whatsapp
• Telegram
• WeChat
• Skype and so many others&hellip ..

It is so simple to install Franz Messanger in Solus 3 and this tutorial covers the method in the same process.

Installing Franz Messenger

First, make sure you update the system by making use of the following command.

root@linuxhelp1 ~ # eopkg update-repo 
Updating repository: Solus
eopkg-index.xml.xz.sha1sum     (40.0  B)100%    642.51 KB/s [00:00:00] [complete]
Solus repository information is up-to-date.

Once it is done, you need to download the installation package by making use of the following command.

root@linuxhelp1 ~ # eopkg bi --ignore-safety https://raw.githubusercontent.com/solus-project/3rd-party/master/network/im/franz/pspec.xml
pspec.xml                      (3.0 KB)100%     33.28 MB/s [00:00:00] [complete]
actions.py                     (576.0  B)100%      7.94 MB/s [00:00:00] [complete]
DEBUG: InstallDB initialized in 0.00652408599854.
  DEBUG: RepoDB initialized in 0.000243902206421.
Unsatisfied Build Dependencies: binutils 
DEBUG: PackageDB initialized in 0.0734977722168.
Do you want to install the unsatisfied build dependencies (yes/no)y
Installing build dependencies.
DEBUG: HistoryDB initialized in 0.000298023223877.
DEBUG: PackageDB initialized in 0.426196098328.
DEBUG: RepoDB initialized in 0.000217914581299.
DEBUG: checking binutils-libs release 30
DEBUG: InstallDB initialized in 0.0309219360352.
DEBUG: checking glibc release > = 47
digraph G {
binutils[ label = " binutils(2.29.1,30)"  ] 

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Setting up source...
/var/eopkg/franz-5.0.0-8/work
DEBUG: return value for " pwd"  is 0
DEBUG: return value for " ar xf franz_5.0.0-beta.14_amd64.deb"  is 0
DEBUG: return value for " tar xf data.tar.xz"  is 0
Building source...
Testing package...
Installing...
DEBUG: return value for " LC_ALL=C /usr/bin/readelf -d /var/eopkg/franz-5.0.0-8/install/opt/Franz/libnode.so"  is 0
DEBUG: return value for " LC_ALL=C /usr/bin/readelf -d /var/eopkg/franz-5.0.0-8/install/opt/Franz/libffmpeg.so"  is 0
Including external link ' /var/eopkg/franz-5.0.0-8/install/usr/bin/franz' 
Including external link ' /var/eopkg/franz-5.0.0-8/install/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/franz.png' 
Building package: franz
Creating franz-5.0.0-8-1-x86_64.eopkg...
Keeping build directory

root@linuxhelp1 ~ # eopkg it franz*.eopkg
The following packages will be installed in order to satisfy dependencies:
gconf
Do you want to continue? (yes/no)y
Total size of package(s): 839.00 KB
Downloading 1 / 1
Package gconf found in repository Solus
gconf-3.2.6-9-1-x86_64.eopkg   (839.0 KB)100%    724.40 KB/s [00:00:00] [complete]
Installing 1 / 1
gconf-3.2.6-9-1-x86_64.eopkg [cached]
Installing gconf, version 3.2.6, release 9
Extracting the files of gconf
Installed gconf
 [✓] Syncing filesystems                                                success
 [✓] Updating dynamic library cache                                     success
 [✓] Updating manpages database                                         success
Installation order: franz 
Installing franz, version 5.0.0, release 8
Extracting the files of franz
Installed franz
 [✓] Syncing filesystems                                                success
 [✓] Updating icon theme cache: hicolor                                 success
 [✓] Updating desktop database                                          success