Does any of you use a Whatsapp Linux client?

Linux for blind general discussion blinux-list at redhat.com
Tue Nov 9 16:26:12 UTC 2021


Thanks Didier,

I tried to install with both methods but I got a message that reads:

failed to open slackbuilds-data for reading. Unable to find all 
specified slackbuilds.


May be I need to download packages from somewhere? Cheers,

Ibrahim

On 11/9/21 6:07 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Hi, in addition:
>
> dance[~]$ LANG=C spi whatsapp
> Available packages:
> None
>
> Available SlackBuilds:
> pidgin-whatsapp [Not installed]: pidgin-whatsapp (WhatsApp Plugin for 
> Pidgin)
> purple-gowhatsapp [Not installed]: purple-gowhatsapp (libpurple/Pidgin 
> plugin for WhatsApp Web)
> dance[~]$
>
> To build and install, as root:
> slapt-src -i pidgin-whatsapp
> or
> slapt-src -i purple-gowhatsapp
>
> Caveat I didn't use these apps, not using Whatsapp so not having an 
> account.
>
> Cheers,
> Didier
>
>
> Le 09/11/2021 à 01:28, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
>> Hi Ibrahim,
>>
>> Off topic but still...
>> I Slint we ship:
>> ncTelegram https://github.com/Nanoseb/ncTelegram
>> Telegram Desktop (I just realized that we have two menu entries ???)
>> telegram-cli https://github.com/vysheng/tg
>> telegram-purple (plug-in for pidgin) 
>> https://github.com/majn/telegram-purple (maybe switch to tdlib-purple)
>>
>> All this in addition to Telegram WEB and Telegram on your phone.
>>
>> Juts saying...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Didier
>>
>> Le 08/11/2021 à 19:35, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
>>> Hello folks,
>>>
>>> I am wondering if any of you use an accessible Linux client for 
>>> Whatsapp. What is the best way of using Whatsapp on Linux if no 
>>> accessible client is available?
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Ibrahim
>>
>>
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