How to use gtalk/hangout on ubuntu terminal?

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Kedar Dixit picture Kedar Dixit · Apr 5, 2015 · Viewed 17.7k times · Source

I want to use gtalk/hangout on ubuntu terminal ? I dont want to use ui application for the same. Can anyone please help ? Thanks!

Answer

NullPointer picture NullPointer · Aug 8, 2015

I've started using hangups https://github.com/tdryer/hangups

It's a google hangouts (not gtalk, but actual hangouts) terminal app written in python.

You can install it in Ubuntu with

#Ensure you have python pips installed
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install python-pip

pip3 install hangups

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