Install Jitsi Instant Messenger in Ubuntu

Jitsi is an open source and multi platform audio/video Internet phone and instant messenger written in Java. It supports some of the most popular instant messaging and telephony protocols such as SIP, Jabber/XMPP (and hence Facebook and Google Talk), AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo! Messenger.

Jitsi is also considered a good alternative to Skype.

Installing Jitsi

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below command to download it:

32 Bit:

$ wget https://download.jitsi.org/jitsi/debian/jitsi_2.2-latest_i386.deb

64 Bit:

$ wget https://download.jitsi.org/jitsi/debian/jitsi_2.2-latest_amd64.deb

Run the command below for both 32 and 64 bit systems:

$ sudo dpkg -i jitsi_2.2-latest_*.deb

The above command installs Jitsi 2.2 on your system and add its repository to your system, making it easy for updates.

Some Features of Jitsi are:

Supported Protocols/Networks

– SIP XMPP (Jabber)
– GoogleTalk (via XMPP) Facebook (via XMPP)
– .NET Messenger Service (commonly known as MSN or Windows Live Messenger), Yahoo! Messenger,
AIM ICQ

Calls

– SIP XMPP MSN
– Audio calls not planned due to EOL
– Video Calls not planned due to EOL
– Desktop streaming not planned due to EOL
– Desktop sharing not planned due to EOL
– Audio conference calls not planned due to EOL
– Audio level display not planned due to EOL
– Call recording not planned due to EOL
– Attended transfer not planned due to EOL
– Blind transfer not planned due to EOL
– Call encryption with SDES/SRTP and ZRTP not planned due to EOL
– Mute not planned due to EOL
– Hold not planned due to EOL
– Support for ICE work in progress not planned due to EOL
– Support for TURN work in progress not planned due to EOL
– Wideband audio with SILK, G.722 and Speex not planned due to EOL
– Noise suppression not planned due to EOL
– Echo cancellation not planned due to EOL

Instant Messaging

– XMPP MSN Yahoo! ICQ/AIM SIP
– Presence
– One-to-one chats
– Multi-user chats
– File transfer
– OTR encryption

More features here

Using Jitsi

Jitsi can be launched from the terminal by typing:

$ jitsi

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