Now you can send and receive messages from Ubuntu desktop itself.
Once the QR code is matched, the WhatsApp between Ubuntu Desktop and your mobile phone would be in sync. Scan the QR code showing in Ubuntu desktop from your phone. Open WhatsApp on your phone and go to WhatsApp Web menu option from home screen. Once launched for the first time, you can see a popup showing the QR code. This setup connects the desktop app with your mobile phone via QR code. Once installed, there is a one time setup you need to do before using the app. Sudo dpkg -i UnofficialWhatsApp_linu圆4.deb
Or, you can install via terminal by typing below command (change the fine name as per your download):
Once downloaded, double click the deb files/open with software center for installations.
How to install WhatsApp Desktop Client in Ubuntu Please note, this is unofficial desktop app developed by a developer and not affiliated to WhatsApp in an way. The desktop app works as a wrapper to the WhatsApp web with notifications, unity integration and many more features. One developer named Alexandru Rosianu developed a Ubuntu desktop app for WhatsApp recently. If you are looking for WhatsApp for Laptop, Desktop – visit official page: The website of this app redirects to an unknown site. However there was no desktop client available until now. Recently the company behind WhatsApp released a web version of it named WhatsApp Web which can be used by users via browser. This is the first version of the application, expect many updates and new features in near future.WhatsApp is a popular mobile messaging client which is used by billions of users every month.
But we can use Whatsapp web in Linux using Whatsie, a free & open source project. It allows users to use WhatsApp from web browser by synchronizing the mobile device connection. WhatsApp introduced web-based version of Whatsapp called WhatsApp Web. WhatsApp is a popular chat messenger used by 1 billion people around the globe.