X-Git-Url: https://git.nmode.ca/signal-cli/blobdiff_plain/a7094475369a56afe1845a35cd1d20b166f00f33..95678354347faf961f912204479b0aefaf2162db:/README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 26e9bc95..4bd49c17 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,11 +3,17 @@ signal-cli is a commandline interface for [libsignal-service-java](https://github.com/WhisperSystems/libsignal-service-java). It supports registering, verifying, sending and receiving messages. To be able to link to an existing Signal-Android/signal-cli instance, signal-cli uses a [patched libsignal-service-java](https://github.com/AsamK/libsignal-service-java), because libsignal-service-java does not yet support [provisioning as a slave device](https://github.com/WhisperSystems/libsignal-service-java/pull/21). For registering you need a phone number where you can receive SMS or incoming calls. -signal-cli is primarily intended to be used on servers to notify admins of important events. For this use-case, it has a dbus interface, that can be used to send messages from any programming language that has dbus bindings. +signal-cli is primarily intended to be used on servers to notify admins of important events. For this use-case, it has a dbus interface ([man page](https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/blob/master/man/signal-cli-dbus.5.adoc)), that can be used to send messages from any programming language that has dbus bindings. ## Installation -You can [build signal-cli](#building) yourself, or use the [provided binary files](https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/releases/latest), which should work on Linux, macOS and Windows. For Arch Linux there is also a [package in AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/signal-cli/) and there is a [FreeBSD port](https://www.freshports.org/net-im/signal-cli) available as well. You need to have at least JRE 11 installed, to run signal-cli. +You can [build signal-cli](#building) yourself, or use the [provided binary files](https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/releases/latest), which should work on Linux, macOS and Windows. For Arch Linux there is also a [package in AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/signal-cli/) and there is a [FreeBSD port](https://www.freshports.org/net-im/signal-cli) available as well. + +System requirements: +- at least Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 11 +- native libraries: libzkgroup, libsignal-client + + Those are bundled for x86_64 Linux, for other systems/architectures see: [Provide native lib for libsignal](https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Provide-native-lib-for-libsignal) ### Install system-wide on Linux See [latest version](https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/releases). @@ -31,7 +37,9 @@ Important: The USERNAME is your phone number in international format and must in 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. + 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. + + Registering may require solving a CAPTCHA challenge: [Registration with captcha](https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Registration-with-captcha) * Verify the number using the code received via SMS or voice, optionally add `--pin PIN_CODE` if you've added a pin code to your account @@ -83,22 +91,21 @@ dependencies. If you have a recent gradle version installed, you can replace `./ ./gradlew distTar -### Building a native binary with GraalVM +### Building a native binary with GraalVM (EXPERIMENTAL) It is possible to build a native binary with [GraalVM](https://www.graalvm.org). +This is still experimental and will not work in all situations. 1. [Install GraalVM and setup the enviroment](https://www.graalvm.org/docs/getting-started/#install-graalvm) 2. [Install prerequisites](https://www.graalvm.org/reference-manual/native-image/#prerequisites) -2. Execute Gradle: +3. Execute Gradle: - ./gradle nativeImage + ./gradlew assembleNativeImage - The binary is available at - - build/native-image/signal-cli + The binary is available at *build/native-image/signal-cli* -## Troubleshooting -If you use a version of the Oracle JRE and get an InvalidKeyException you need to enable unlimited strength crypto. See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6481627/java-security-illegal-key-size-or-default-parameters for instructions. +## FAQ and Troubleshooting +For frequently asked questions and issues have a look at the [wiki](https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/FAQ) ## License