Connecting over a billion people around the world, WeChat is a free messaging and calling app available on iOS, Android, Windows, and MacOS.
Currently there is no official Linux version. This article will introduce how to use WeChat.
Virtual machine
You can install Windows system in virtual machines such as VMware or VirtualBox to use WeChat.
Wine
Installation
The compatibility layer Wine can be used to run WeChat within Linux.
In addition, it is also provided by deepin-wine-wechatAUR (without patch), which is a Wine container configured for Arch. The WeChat version is the latest official version.
From archlinuxcn repository
If the WeChat shadow window is displayed on top of other windows during use, you can try to use wine-for-wechat in the archlinuxcn repository. This version of Wine uses a patch for WeChat shadow windows.
Besides, it is recommended to install, run, and configure WeChat using wine-wechat-setup. Note that WeChat installer needs to be downloaded manually.
Deepin-wine WeChat
Install the com.qq.weixin.deepinAUR package, or com.qq.weixin.sparkAUR from Spark Store. There are other deepin wine related packages such as com.qq.weixin.work.deepin-x11AUR for Weixin Work. See Deepin-wine for detail.
Run in a container
docker-wechat run WeChat wine application in a Docker container.
Configuration
HiDpi configuration
The font is very small on high dpi screen. To set wine dpi configuration:
- Open winecfg. Take deepin-wine-wechatAUR as an example, change
WINEPREFIX
anddeepin-wine6-stable
accordingly:$ WINEPREFIX=~/.deepinwine/Deepin-WeChat/ deepin-wine6-stable winecfg
- Click on the Graphics tab, change Screen resolution to your actual dpi.
- Start Wechat, enable Adapt to system scale (设置-->通用设置-->适配系统缩放比例).
Electron version for UOS
wechat-uosAUR provide official electron for UOS.
os-release
and lsb-release
through bubblewrap.Native Linux version
Wechat Universal is a native Linux version for UOS, which supports Mini Program. It is provided by wechat-universal-bwrapAUR. XIM is required for this package. If you have noticed that you can't use your IMEs inside wechat, enable Fcitx5#XIM or check IBus#Integration