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Social Apps ​

Telegram ​

Official Telegram client

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sudo pacman -S telegram-desktop
sudo pacman -S telegram-desktop
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sh
sudo dnf install telegram-desktop
sudo dnf install telegram-desktop
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sh
sudo xbps-install telegram-desktop
sudo xbps-install telegram-desktop

Discord ​

Official Discord client

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sudo pacman -S discord
sudo pacman -S discord
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sudo dnf install discord
sudo dnf install discord
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sh
sudo xbps-install discord
sudo xbps-install discord

BetterDiscord ​

To install themes and customize discord's interface according your liking.

Steps

To install BetterDiscord ​

For more thorough documentation, take a look at betterdiscordctl's README.

Install dependencies ​

Curl ​

Install using your package manager

Install betterdiscordctl ​

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curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bb010g/betterdiscordctl/master/betterdiscordctl
chmod +x betterdiscordctl
sudo mv betterdiscordctl /usr/local/bin
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bb010g/betterdiscordctl/master/betterdiscordctl
chmod +x betterdiscordctl
sudo mv betterdiscordctl /usr/local/bin

You can then keep betterdiscordctl up to date with this command:

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sudo betterdiscordctl self-upgrade
sudo betterdiscordctl self-upgrade

Install BetterDiscord ​

Replace [COMMAND] with install to install BD for the first time, reinstall to reinstall BD after a Discord update, or uninstall to uninstall an existing installation.

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betterdiscordctl [COMMAND]
betterdiscordctl [COMMAND]
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betterdiscordctl --flavor PTB [COMMAND]
betterdiscordctl --flavor PTB [COMMAND]
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betterdiscordctl --flavor Canary [COMMAND]
betterdiscordctl --flavor Canary [COMMAND]
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betterdiscordctl --d-install snap [COMMAND]
betterdiscordctl --d-install snap [COMMAND]
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betterdiscordctl --d-install flatpak [COMMAND]
betterdiscordctl --d-install flatpak [COMMAND]

Facebook Messenger (Caprine) ​

Unofficial Facebook messenger

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sudo pacman -S caprine
sudo pacman -S caprine
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# Download the latest release package from the Caprine website: https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine/releases/latest
sudo dpkg -i caprine_*.deb
# Download the latest release package from the Caprine website: https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine/releases/latest
sudo dpkg -i caprine_*.deb
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# Download the latest release package from the Caprine website: https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine/releases/latest
sudo dnf install ./caprine-*.rpm
# Download the latest release package from the Caprine website: https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine/releases/latest
sudo dnf install ./caprine-*.rpm
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# Download the latest release package from the Caprine website: https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine/releases/latest
sudo dpkg -i caprine_*.deb
# Download the latest release package from the Caprine website: https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine/releases/latest
sudo dpkg -i caprine_*.deb
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sudo xbps-install caprine
sudo xbps-install caprine

Signal ​

Official Signal client

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sudo pacman -S signal-desktop
sudo pacman -S signal-desktop
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curl -s https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/keys.asc | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt install signal-desktop
curl -s https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/keys.asc | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt install signal-desktop
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sudo dnf install signal-desktop
sudo dnf install signal-desktop
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curl -s https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/keys.asc | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt install signal-desktop
curl -s https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/keys.asc | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt install signal-desktop
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sudo xbps-install signal-desktop
sudo xbps-install signal-desktop

Whatsapp (WhatsappQT) ​

Unofficial Whatsapp client

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yay -S whatsapp-nativefier
yay -S whatsapp-nativefier
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sudo apt install nodejs npm
sudo npm install nativefier -g
nativefier "https://web.whatsapp.com/" --name "WhatsAppQT"
sudo apt install nodejs npm
sudo npm install nativefier -g
nativefier "https://web.whatsapp.com/" --name "WhatsAppQT"
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sudo dnf install nodejs npm
sudo npm install nativefier -g
nativefier "https://web.whatsapp.com/" --name "WhatsAppQT"
sudo dnf install nodejs npm
sudo npm install nativefier -g
nativefier "https://web.whatsapp.com/" --name "WhatsAppQT"
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sudo npm install nativefier -g
nativefier "https://web.whatsapp.com/" --name "WhatsAppQT"
sudo npm install nativefier -g
nativefier "https://web.whatsapp.com/" --name "WhatsAppQT"
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sudo xbps-install nodejs npm
sudo npm install nativefier -g
nativefier "https://web.whatsapp.com/" --name "WhatsAppQT"
sudo xbps-install nodejs npm
sudo npm install nativefier -g
nativefier "https://web.whatsapp.com/" --name "WhatsAppQT"

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