whatsapp-tui-git

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PKGBUILD

1# Maintainer: Aneesh Sambu <sambu.aneesh@research.iiit.ac.in>
2pkgname=whatsapp-tui-git
3_pkgname=whatsapp-tui
4pkgver=r57.dbcf006
5pkgrel=1
6pkgdesc="WhatsApp in the terminal, vim-style: fast, runs in the background, with a VS Code palette, lists, notes and local AI"
7arch=('x86_64' 'aarch64')
8url="https://sambuaneesh.github.io/whatsapp-tui/"
9license=('MIT')
10depends=('glibc')
11makedepends=('go' 'git')
12optdepends=(
13 'kitty: sharp pictures, animations and profile pictures'
14 'mpv: voice notes and videos'
15 'ffmpeg: GIFs and making stickers'
16 'yazi: picking files to attach'
17 'wl-clipboard: copy and paste on Wayland'
18 'xclip: copy and paste on X11'
19 'libnotify: desktop notifications'
20 'ollama: search by meaning and the local AI (embeddinggemma, qwen3:4b)'
21)
22provides=('whatsapp-tui')
23conflicts=('whatsapp-tui')
24source=("$_pkgname::git+https://github.com/sambuaneesh/whatsapp-tui.git")
25sha256sums=('SKIP')
26
27pkgver() {
28 cd "$_pkgname"
29 printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD)"
30}
31
32prepare() {
33 cd "$_pkgname"
34 export GOPATH="$srcdir/gopath"
35 go mod download
36}
37
38build() {
39 cd "$_pkgname"
40 export CGO_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS" CGO_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" CGO_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS" CGO_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
41 export GOPATH="$srcdir/gopath"
42 export GOFLAGS="-buildmode=pie -trimpath -mod=readonly -modcacherw"
43 # sqlite_fts5: full-text search (the app falls back to slower search without it)
44 go build -tags sqlite_fts5 -o "$_pkgname" .
45}
46
47package() {
48 cd "$_pkgname"
49 install -Dm755 "$_pkgname" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/$_pkgname"
50 install -Dm644 LICENSE "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE"
51 install -Dm644 assets/whatsapp-tui.svg "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/whatsapp-tui.svg"
52 install -Dm644 README.md USAGE.md -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$_pkgname"
53 install -Dm644 docs/API.md "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$_pkgname/API.md"
54 install -Dm644 /dev/stdin "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/whatsapp-tui.desktop" <<DESKTOP
55[Desktop Entry]
56Type=Application
57Name=WhatsApp TUI
58Comment=WhatsApp in the terminal, vim-style
59Exec=whatsapp-tui
60Icon=whatsapp-tui
61Terminal=true
62Categories=Network;InstantMessaging;Chat;
63Keywords=whatsapp;chat;messaging;terminal;tui;
64DESKTOP
65}
66

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