WickrMe for Ubuntu - Shell/Bash

WickrMe is a secure messaging app that offers end-to-end encrypted messaging, video calls, file sharing, and more. It is available for various platforms including Ubuntu. In this article, we will go over how to install and use WickrMe on Ubuntu through the command line using Shell/Bash.

Installation

To install WickrMe on Ubuntu, we first need to add the WickrMe repository to our system. Open your terminal and enter the following commands:

wget -qO - https://s3.amazonaws.com/download-wickr/cryptograph_repo.key | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://s3.amazonaws.com/download-wickr-apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/wickrme.list
sudo apt-get update

Once the repository is added and updated, we can install WickrMe by running the following command:

sudo apt-get install WickrMe

Usage

To launch WickrMe on Ubuntu through the command line, simply enter wickrme in the terminal. This will launch the WickrMe GUI interface.

Alternatively, you can use the following command to launch WickrMe in headless mode:

wickrme -nw

This will launch WickrMe in a terminal window where you can interact with it through text commands. You can use the help command to get a list of available commands.

Conclusion

In this article, we went over how to install and use WickrMe on Ubuntu through the command line using Shell/Bash. By using WickrMe, you can communicate with others in a secure and private way without worrying about your messages being intercepted.