Dependency package names

Debian / Ubuntu

sudo apt install cmake ninja-build valac gettext libgee-0.8-dev libsqlite3-dev libgtk-3-dev libgpgme-dev libsoup2.4-dev libgcrypt20-dev libqrencode-dev libgspell-1-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libwebrtc-audio-processing-dev libsrtp2-dev libnice-dev glib-networking gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-gtk3 libsignal-protocol-c-dev

Fedora

sudo dnf install cmake gcc-c++ gpgme-devel libnotify-devel libgcrypt-devel pkgconfig vala libsignal-protocol-c-devel "pkgconfig(gee-0.8)" "pkgconfig(gio-2.0)" "pkgconfig(glib-2.0)" "pkgconfig(gthread-2.0)" "pkgconfig(gtk+-3.0)" "pkgconfig(libsoup-2.4)" "pkgconfig(sqlite3)" "pkgconfig(libqrencode)" "pkgconfig(gspell-1)" "pkgconfig(gstreamer-1.0)" "pkgconfig(gstreamer-app-1.0)" "pkgconfig(gstreamer-audio-1.0)" "pkgconfig(gstreamer-rtp-1.0)" "pkgconfig(gstreamer-video-1.0)" "pkgconfig(nice)" "pkgconfig(libsrtp2)" "pkgconfig(webrtc-audio-processing)"

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed

sudo zypper install cmake gcc-c++ gpgme-devel libnotify-devel libgcrypt-devel pkgconfig vala "pkgconfig(gee-0.8)" "pkgconfig(gio-2.0)" "pkgconfig(glib-2.0)" "pkgconfig(gthread-2.0)" "pkgconfig(gtk+-3.0)" "pkgconfig(libsoup-2.4)" "pkgconfig(sqlite3)" "pkgconfig(libqrencode)" "pkgconfig(gspell-1)" "pkgconfig(gstreamer-1.0)" "pkgconfig(gstreamer-app-1.0)" "pkgconfig(gstreamer-audio-1.0)" "pkgconfig(gstreamer-rtp-1.0)" "pkgconfig(gstreamer-video-1.0)" "pkgconfig(nice)" "pkgconfig(libsrtp2)" "pkgconfig(webrtc-audio-processing)" openssl-devel libsignal-protocol-c-devel

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S cmake vala ninja glib2 glib-networking gtk3 gpgme libgee>=0.10 libgcrypt libsoup sqlite qrencode gspell gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-plugin-gtk webrtc-audio-processing libnice libsrtp

libsignal-protocol-c

If build complains about missing or incompatible libsignal-protocol-c and it is not provided by your distribution, you can fetch and build it in tree by using ./configure --with-libsignal-in-tree.

Dependencies

Basics

• C compiler
• CMake
• Emoji font (recommend)
• gettext
• GLib (≥ 2.38)
• GTK (≥ 3.22)
• libgee-0.8 (≥ 0.10)
• libgspell
• libqrencode3 (For the OMEMO plugin)
• ninja(-build) (recommend)
• SQLite3 (≥ 3.24)
• valac (≥ 0.34)

Encryption

• GPGME (For the OpenPGP plugin)
• libgcrypt (For the OMEMO plugin)
• libsignal-protocol-c (≥ 2.3.2, for the OMEMO plugin)
• libsrtp2 (For calls)

Connection establishment

• glib-networking
• libnice (≥ 0.1.15)
• libsoup (For the HTTP files plugin)

Audio/video processing

• GStreamer
• webrtc-audio-processing

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Basic instructions:

• ./configure
• make
• sudo make install
• sudo ldconfig