Error buiding code on ubuntu

[pelcom]

I can see so much work has been done to develop this library. Thanks so much @wiomoc for sharing.

I am very new to rust and i get the below error when i run "cargo build" am i missing something?

Compiling whatsappweb v0.0.1 (file:///root/whatsappweb-rs) error: failed to run custom build command for whatsappweb v0.0.1 (file:///root/whatsappweb-rs) process didn't exit successfully: /root/whatsappweb-rs/target/debug/build/whatsappweb-9448639d0a83eb2e/build-script-build (exit code: 101) --- stderr thread 'main' panicked at 'protoc: Custom { kind: NotFound, error: StringError("failed to spawn \"protoc\" \"--version\": No such file or directory (os error 2)") }', libcore/result.rs:945:5 stack backtrace: 0: std::sys::unix::backtrace::tracing::imp::unwind_backtrace at libstd/sys/unix/backtrace/tracing/gcc_s.rs:49 1: std::sys_common::backtrace::print at libstd/sys_common/backtrace.rs:71 at libstd/sys_common/backtrace.rs:59 2: std::panicking::default_hook::{{closure}} at libstd/panicking.rs:211 3: std::panicking::default_hook at libstd/panicking.rs:227 4: std::panicking::rust_panic_with_hook at libstd/panicking.rs:463 5: std::panicking::begin_panic_fmt at libstd/panicking.rs:350 6: rust_begin_unwind at libstd/panicking.rs:328 7: core::panicking::panic_fmt at libcore/panicking.rs:71 8: core::result::unwrap_failed at /checkout/src/libcore/macros.rs:26 9: <core::result::Result<T, E>>::expect at /checkout/src/libcore/result.rs:809 10: build_script_build::main at ./build.rs:4 11: std::rt::lang_start::{{closure}} at /checkout/src/libstd/rt.rs:74 12: std::panicking::try::do_call at libstd/rt.rs:59 at libstd/panicking.rs:310 13: __rust_maybe_catch_panic at libpanic_unwind/lib.rs:105 14: std::rt::lang_start_internal at libstd/panicking.rs:289 at libstd/panic.rs:374 at libstd/rt.rs:58 15: std::rt::lang_start at /checkout/src/libstd/rt.rs:74 16: main 17: __libc_start_main 18: _start

[wiomoc]

am i missing something?

Yep, you're missing protoc Just install it with apt-get install protobuf-compiler

[pelcom]

thanks.