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

Alpine Linux

sudo apk add git make cmake gcc g++ vala libgee-dev sqlite-dev gst-plugins-good gtk4.0-dev libadwaita-dev libgcrypt-dev libsrtp-dev libsoup-dev libnice-dev musl-utils libqrencode-dev libsignal-protocol-c-dev gpgme-dev gstreamer-dev gst-plugins-base-dev

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

Basic instructions:

./configure
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig