X-Git-Url: https://git.nmode.ca/signal-cli/blobdiff_plain/8c2cd57a4fa4b42980513d4457c5c014c5518a68..9d836414f0a1f2ade2957cfc2abb0791a092f691:/README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3beb9572..b4bed3b8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ wget https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/releases/download/v"${VERSION}"/signal- sudo tar xf signal-cli-"${VERSION}".tar.gz -C /opt sudo ln -sf /opt/signal-cli-"${VERSION}"/bin/signal-cli /usr/local/bin/ ``` -[Install on Ubuntu](https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/HowToUbuntu) -[Use DBus Service](https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/DBus-service) +You can find further instructions on the Wiki: +- [Install on Ubuntu](https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/HowToUbuntu) +- [DBus Service](https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/DBus-service) ## Usage @@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ Important: The USERNAME (your phone number) must include the country calling cod * Register a number (with SMS verification) signal-cli -u USERNAME register + + You can register Signal using a land line number. In this case you can skip SMS verification process and jump directly to the voice call verification by adding the --voice switch at the end of above register command. * Verify the number using the code received via SMS or voice @@ -50,9 +53,11 @@ For more information read the [man page](https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/blo The password and cryptographic keys are created when registering and stored in the current users home directory: - $HOME/.config/signal/data/ +`$XDG_DATA_HOME/signal-cli/data/` (`$HOME/.local/share/signal-cli/data/`) -For legacy users, the old config directory is used as a fallback: +For legacy users, the old config directories are used as a fallback: + + $HOME/.config/signal/data/ $HOME/.config/textsecure/data/