Install and configure Wine.

First, install Wine.

sudo apt install wine64

After installing, open winecfg.

winecfg

Ajust the dpi to a higher value. I'm using 192 for 4K display.

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Download and configure fonts

Download and configure fonts. Run the following commands:

sudo apt install cabextract

sudo apt install winetricks

winetricks corefonts gdiplus riched20 riched30

Download and install WeChat

Download wechat.

wget https://dldir1.qq.com/weixin/Windows/WeChatSetup.exe

Start WeChat installer with Wine.

wine ./WeChatSetup.exe

Now finish the installer like you done in Windows before.

Edit the language settings.

Hopefully, you will see WeChat logo in your program list.

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Edit that with:

vim ~/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/WeChat/WeChat.desktop

And modify the Exec part.

Append the following to the beginning:

env LC_ALL="zh_CN.UTF8"

It finally looks like this:

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Now start WeChat!

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Issues

  • WeChat is running in a Chinese environment. So when WeChat is starting other things like browser, the browser might be Chinese edition.
  • WeChat may crash when opening miniprograms.

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Other solutions - Kylin WeChat

https://www.ubuntukylin.com/applications/106-cn.html

This is also an available WeChat solution, and native Linux solution, not webview nor wine.

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However, it lacks of a lot of features:

  • Running in background.
  • Auto sign in
  • Mini program
  • Sync chat history
  • Voice call
  • Moments
  • Search chat

It's just able to do minimum features like chating.

wget http://archive.ubuntukylin.com/software/pool/partner/weixin_2.1.1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i ./weixin_2.1.1_amd64.deb

Other solutions - Deepin Wine WeChat

https://github.com/zq1997/deepin-wine

THis is also an available WeChat solution, but also wine.

However, it lacks of a lot of features:

  • Pick photo to sync.
  • Auto sign in
  • Mini program
  • Run as background

It's simple to install:

wget -O- https://deepin-wine.i-m.dev/setup.sh | sh
sudo apt install com.qq.weixin.deepin

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