{"id":7310,"date":"2017-11-18T15:32:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T15:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7310"},"modified":"2017-11-18T15:33:18","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T15:33:18","slug":"install-google-hangouts-client-yakyak-via-snap-in-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/11\/install-google-hangouts-client-yakyak-via-snap-in-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Google Hangouts client &#8216;YakYak&#8217; via Snap in Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/yakyak-icon245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7311\" \/><\/p>\n<p>YakYak, an open-source desktop chat client for Google Hangouts, now can be easily installed in Ubuntu via Snap package.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/yakyak\/yakyak\" target=\"_blank\">YakYak<\/a> features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Send\/receive chat messages<\/li>\n<li>Create\/change conversations (rename, add people)<\/li>\n<li>Leave\/delete conversation<\/li>\n<li>Notifications (using native OS notifications)<\/li>\n<li>Drag-drop, copy-paste or attach-button for image upload.<\/li>\n<li>Hangupsbot sync room aware (no bot name, proper user pics)<\/li>\n<li>Show inline images<\/li>\n<li>Send presence\/focus\/typing\/activeclient to behave like a proper client<\/li>\n<li>History scrollback<\/li>\n<li>Video\/audio integration (open in chrome)<\/li>\n<li>Focus\/typing indications (mainly a design issue. keep it clean)<\/li>\n<li>Offer alternative color schemes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/yakyak.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/yakyak-600x448.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"448\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/yakyak-600x448.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/yakyak-450x336.png 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/yakyak-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/yakyak.png 856w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>YakYak now is available as Snap, simply search for and install &#8216;yakyak&#8217; in Ubuntu Software (need login with Ubuntu One account).<\/p>\n<p>Or open terminal via <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> and run command instead to install the snap:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo snap install yakyak<\/pre>\n<p><i>Input your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/yakyak-snap-600x87.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"87\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/yakyak-snap-600x87.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/yakyak-snap-450x65.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/yakyak-snap.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To remove the software, either use Ubuntu Software or run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo snap remove yakyak<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YakYak, an open-source desktop chat client for Google Hangouts, now can be easily installed in Ubuntu via Snap package. YakYak features: Send\/receive chat messages Create\/change conversations (rename, add people) Leave\/delete conversation Notifications (using native OS notifications) Drag-drop, copy-paste or attach-button for image upload. Hangupsbot sync room aware (no bot name, proper user pics) Show inline [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1509,1510],"class_list":["post-7310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-google-hangouts","tag-yakyak"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}