{"id":8973,"date":"2019-05-22T15:45:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T15:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=8973"},"modified":"2019-05-22T15:45:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T15:45:29","slug":"icq-install-snap-ubuntu-18-04-higher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/05\/icq-install-snap-ubuntu-18-04-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"ICQ Messenger Available to Install via Snap in Ubuntu 18.04\/Higher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/icq-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8974\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ICQ, the popular chat application, is available for Linux as an official Snap package.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/snapcraft.io\/icq-im\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ICQ<\/a> is a cross-platform instant messaging and VoIP client that features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>securely encrypted calls<\/li>\n<li>high-quality video calls<\/li>\n<li>speech-to-text for voice messages<\/li>\n<li>ability to create your own stickers<\/li>\n<li>animated 3D masks and video calls<\/li>\n<li>groups and channels<\/li>\n<li>chat synchronization across all devices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_8975\" style=\"width: 332px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8975\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/icqimage.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"310\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8975\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via twitter.com\/snapcraftio<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>To install ICQ Snap in Ubuntu 18.04 and higher:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Simply open Ubuntu Software, search for and install the ICQ package (it&#8217;s beta at the moment):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/icq-softwarecenter-600x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"390\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/icq-softwarecenter-600x390.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/icq-softwarecenter-450x292.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/icq-softwarecenter-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/icq-softwarecenter.jpg 830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>To install ICQ snap in Ubuntu 16.04:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu 16.04 can install the snap package after installed the <code>snapd<\/code> daemon.<\/p>\n<p>Open terminal either via <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> keyboard shortcut or by searching for &#8216;terminal&#8217; from application menu. When it opens, run command to install <code>snapd<\/code>:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get install snapd<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/install-snapd-xenial-600x103.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"103\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/install-snapd-xenial-600x103.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/install-snapd-xenial-450x77.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/install-snapd-xenial.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then install ICQ snap package via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo snap install icq-im --beta<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/icq-beta-snap-600x101.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"101\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/icq-beta-snap-600x101.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/icq-beta-snap-450x75.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/icq-beta-snap.jpg 764w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(<b>Optional<\/b>) To uninstall the snap package, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo snap remove icq-im<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICQ, the popular chat application, is available for Linux as an official Snap package. ICQ is a cross-platform instant messaging and VoIP client that features: securely encrypted calls high-quality video calls speech-to-text for voice messages ability to create your own stickers animated 3D masks and video calls groups and channels chat synchronization across all devices [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1715,1716],"class_list":["post-8973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-icq-snap","tag-install-icq-in-ubuntu-18-04"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8973","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=8973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}