Whatsapp Enable flag not working

[pavan-intelops]

Description: After following the enabling WhatsApp steps provided in Readme, I can not see it in the nchat -s command result How to reproduce it:

Environment:

• Version: 18
• OS / distro: Ubuntu

[hollysheep]

Same here.

[d99kris]

Hi @pavan-intelops - can I check what go version you're using, perhaps sharing the output from the following command: go version Also, when building nchat, do you get any warning message like:

$ ./make.sh build
-- Using -j2 (4 cores, 3000 MB phys mem, 1500 MB mem per core needed)
-- The CXX compiler identification is Clang 11.0.1
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ - skipped
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- Using build type 'Release' (default).
-- Dummy: ON
-- Telegram: ON
-- WhatsApp: ON
-- Dynamic Load: ON
CMake Warning at CMakeLists.txt:58 (message):
  Go version 1.15.15 (need v1.18 to build WhatsApp).

If yes, it means you will need a newer go version (at least 1.18 for WhatsApp support).

[tomasmueller]

I try installing on Ubuntu 20.04 with go version 1.13. I updated to go version 1.20 using this howto: https://tecadmin.net/how-to-install-go-on-ubuntu-20-04/

go version
go version go1.20.2 linux/amd64

Now i have the error:

cmake -DHAS_WHATSAPP=ON .. && make -s
CMake Error: The source directory "/home/user" does not appear to contain CMakeLists.txt.
Specify --help for usage, or press the help button on the CMake GUI.

When i copy the CMakeLists.txt from the build subdir to my home dir and run cmake again i have this errors:

cmake -DHAS_WHATSAPP=ON .. && make -s
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 9.4.0
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- Using build type 'Release' (default).
-- Dummy: ON
-- Telegram: ON
-- WhatsApp: ON
-- Dynamic Load: ON
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:129 (add_subdirectory):
  add_subdirectory given source "lib/ncutil" which is not an existing
  directory.

CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:131 (add_subdirectory):
  add_subdirectory given source "lib/duchat" which is not an existing
  directory.
 ...

[d99kris]

Hi, it looks like cmake was being run from the wrong directory. Also, whatsapp is enabled by default (if go >= v1.18 is present) so no need to specify the flag. So when you're in the cloned folder nchat you can just run:

mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake .. && make -s

And if you want to install:

sudo make install

[d99kris]

Alternatively, for simpler commands you can use the build-script used for nchat CI. While in the cloned folder nchat:

./build.sh make

And to install:

./build install

[d99kris]

One final note is that I would maybe recommend removing the build folder if your environment changed (like installing a new go version) to make sure the build script picks up the latest information. If you're unsure about this step, the easiest way to ensure a clean build is to simply remove the entire nchat directory and do a fresh git clone.

[tomasmueller]

OK, works on Ubuntu 20.04.

I want to run the command line from time to time and save messages, attachments and status images. But there isn't a command line option for that.

[d99kris]

OK, works on Ubuntu 20.04.

Great to hear, thanks for sharing.

I want to run the command line from time to time and save messages, attachments and status images. But there isn't a command line option for that.

Right, nchat is primarily an interactive application, so there's not much support for automation. Automation is basically out of scope for this project. There might be other WhatsApp clients that supports such things, I don't keep track of that though.

I will proceed to close this bug, as the basic issue is resolved. Feel free to re-open if you have follow-up questions/issues.