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title: Install WALC - unofficial WhatsApp Linux Client on Fedora using the Snap Store
  | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of WALC - unofficial WhatsApp Linux Client for
  on Fedora - WALC - unofficial WhatsApp Linux Client
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/walc/fedora
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# Install WALC - unofficial WhatsApp Linux Client on **Fedora**

# WALC - unofficial WhatsApp Linux Client (walc)

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/walc/fedora#install)

#### WALC - unofficial WhatsApp Linux Client

A WhatsApp Desktop client for Linux systems. This is an unofficial client. Use <https://web.whatsapp.com> for official web client as official desktop client for Linux does not exist.

**Source Code:** <https://github.com/cstayyab/WALC>

**AppImage(All Linux Distributions):** <https://github.com/cstayyab/WALC/releases/latest>

### Package name

* walc

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### License

* GPL-3.0+

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### Last updated

* 4 May 2021 - latest/stable
* 4 May 2021 - latest/candidate

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [cstayyab.com](https://cstayyab.com "https://cstayyab.com")

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### Contact

* [walc@cstayyab.com](mailto:walc@cstayyab.com "mailto:walc@cstayyab.com")

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### Donations

* [buymeacoffee.com](https://buymeacoffee.com/cstayyab "https://buymeacoffee.com/cstayyab")

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### Source code

* [github.com/cstayyab/WALC](https://github.com/cstayyab/WALC "https://github.com/cstayyab/WALC")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/cstayyab/WALC/issues](https://github.com/cstayyab/WALC/issues "https://github.com/cstayyab/WALC/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/walc/fedora#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on Fedora and install WALC - unofficial WhatsApp Linux Client

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap can be installed on Fedora from the command line:

```
sudo dnf install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`:

```
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
```

### Install WALC - unofficial WhatsApp Linux Client

To install WALC - unofficial WhatsApp Linux Client, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install walc
```

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