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Libsignal-Client Error while using "Signal-Cli" on Linux

When trying to register in Signal-Desktop app via signal-cli-0.8.4.1, I get the following error message in Linux Mint 19.1 terminal:

Missing required native library dependency: libsignal-client

Unfortunately I am not a pro Linux user, so I would be very grateful, if someone can provide a robust instruction to overcome this issue?

What I have done so far:

  1. Download and unpack signal-cli-0.8.4.1.tar.gz from GitHub.
  2. Open the terminal and open the respective directory via $ cd Downloads/signal-cli-0.8.4.1/
  3. Enter command to register: $ bin/signal-cli -u MY_NUMBER register (which results in the error message above).
Solution

  • The changelog mentions that with version 0.8.0 of the signal-cli there is a native library of libsignal-client required. See e.g. https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/blob/v0.8.2/CHANGELOG.md which provides a link to https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal to solve this.