How to install Wickr App in Linux

To install Wickr App in Linux

Wickr is free, peer-to-peer encrypted messaging application which is available for Windows, Linux, Android and IOS. This tool is used to send audio/video, text messages, documents and pictures to a single or group of users. There are various features available to retain the ownership of your own messages or media files and to set the expiration time of your messsage. Installation of Wickr App is explained in this manual.

To install Wickr

Download the Wickr installation package from the Wickr official site by using the following command.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Downloads# wget https://dls.wickr.com/Downloads/wickr-me_2.6.0_amd64.deb
--2016-08-08 17:18:29--  https://dls.wickr.com/Downloads/wickr-me_2.6.0_amd64.deb
Resolving dls.wickr.com (dls.wickr.com)... 45.79.157.169
Connecting to dls.wickr.com (dls.wickr.com)|45.79.157.169|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 78890218 (75M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘ wickr-me_2.6.0_amd64.deb’ 

100%[===================================================================================================================================================================> ] 7,88,90,218 67.6KB/s   in 5m 10s 

2016-08-08 17:23:40 (249 KB/s) - ‘ wickr-me_2.6.0_amd64.deb’  saved [78890218/78890218]

Run the following command to install the downloaded package.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Downloads# ll
total 77052
drwxr-xr-x  2 user1 user1     4096 Aug  8 16:06 ./
drwxr-xr-x 14 user1 user1     4096 Aug  8 15:52 ../
-rw-rw-r--  1 user1 user1 78890218 Aug  8 11:01 wickr-me_2.6.0_amd64.deb
root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Downloads# dpkg -i wickr-me_2.6.0_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 168256 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack wickr-me_2.6.0_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking wickr-me (2.6.0-4) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of wickr-me:
 wickr-me depends on libsqlcipher0  however:
  Package libsqlcipher0 is not installed.
 wickr-me depends on libavutil52 | libavutil54  however:

If any dependency error occurs, use the following command to solve the dependency problem.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Downloads# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
.
.
.
Setting up libsqlcipher0:amd64 (2.2.1-2ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libavutil52:amd64 (6:9.18-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
Setting up libx264-142:amd64 (2:0.142.2389+git956c8d8-2) ...

Then again start with the installation process.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Downloads# dpkg -i wickr-me_2.6.0_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 168607 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack wickr-me_2.6.0_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking wickr-me (2.6.0-4) over (2.6.0-4) ...
Setting up wickr-me (2.6.0-4) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ...

To Launch Wickr

Run the following command to open wickr.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Downloads# wickr-me

Sign up using the login credentials.

Create a new account and fill the details.

Now you can start importing your contacts automatically from other sources.

To add new wickr friends, click Add friend icon.

To send files to friends, click attachment icon and start sending.

Go to Settings to Change password click Account and enter the new password.

Add your mobile number and Email to create an ID connections.

To add a notification settings, click Notifications.

To add a auto logout, enter the periods of inactivity.

To block someone, add the person to the block list.

To get out of Wickr, click Logout.