How to Install FBMessenger on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Fedora and OpenSUSE

Hello Linux Geeksters.

In this article I will show you how to install FBMessenger on the most popular Linux operating systems. FBMessenger is not an official facebook messenger, but it was created by a facebook developer.

If you turn on the chat in Facebook and them log in using FBMessenger, the app does not make you online/visible, like Pidgin or Emphaty do.

• python3
• PyQt4
• phonon

This is how you install FBMessenger on Linux Operating Systems:

Step 1. Install the dependencies:

On Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian:

$ sudo apt-get install python-setuptools, python3-setuptools, python-qt4-phonon, python-qt4-phonon, python3-pyqt4.phonon

On Fedora, and CentOS:

$ sudo yum install python-setuptools, python3-setuptools, python-qt4-phonon, python-qt4-phonon, python3-pyqt4.phonon

On OpenSUSE:

$ sudo zypper install python-setuptools, python3-setuptools, python-qt4-phonon, python-qt4-phonon, python3-pyqt4.phonon

Step 2. Download the archive:

$ wget -c https://github.com/oconnor663/linuxmessenger/archive/master.zip

Step 3. Unzip the archive and cd into it:

$ unzip master.zip
$ cd linuxmessenger-master

Step 4. Install FBMessenger:

$ ./fbmessenger
$ sudo ./setup.py install

This is it. Enjoy your chatting.