How can I install ICQ on Ubuntu 14.04?

Question

A lot of people are coming back to ICQ because it was updated and now can compete with WhatsApp.

I'm trying to install the newest ICQ on Ubuntu but I having trouble with that. I access the following adress: http://www.icq.com/download/linux/en ,so I try to click on "Download ICQ" button, however anything happens.

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I didn't found any other link to download ICQ in the official website. Someone can help me?

Edit to Louis Matthijssen answer:

Well, I follow what you said. I downloaded Chromium and go to ICQ For Linux download page. The installation almost works, the page tells me to download and install Adobe Air, I clicked in "Yes" and wait while the Adobe Air was installed. After that I receive the following error:

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it is a beta version right and it might be risky to use beta versions — agha rehan abbas, Jul 08 '14 at 17:54
lol. this seeems to suggest you need empathy: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/amd64/account-plugin-icq — Rinzwind, Jul 08 '14 at 17:58
How about avoid Wine, WebICQ, Empathy and use ICQ For Linux? — Fernando Paladini, Jul 08 '14 at 18:13
There is a web version, I guess it will work on any platform using an internet browser. — renatov, May 20 '15 at 03:44

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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I have got it working in Firefox too:

Open a terminal

Download the latest Adobe AIR:

wget http://airdownload.adobe.com/air/lin/download/2.6/AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

Set the executable bit:
```
chmod +x AdobeAirInstaller.bin
```

Install Adobe AIR:

For 32-bit:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

For 64-bit:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

More information about this here

Important! Change your system time, back to the year 2011. Otherwise it'll fail (probably because the installer file is from 2011 and is only valid for a year or something like that)!
Go to the ICQ for Linux page
Click on Download ICQ
Click on Open
Install ICQ
Don't forget to change your system time back!

Please note that this all indicates that this application is just very old. I've tested it to be working, but I haven't tested if it's still able to connect to the ICQ servers (their protocol may have changed). Also I don't know the security risk of installing all this old software.

System requirements from their website:

Adobe Air 2.5
Fedora Core 13, Ubuntu 10.10, or openSUSE® 11.3
Release date: 22.5.2011

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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answered Jul 08 '14 at 18:08

Louis Matthijssen

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I will try, thanks! And yes, I'm using Firefox. – Fernando Paladini Jul 08 '14 at 18:13
Your answer almost work, I will edit the question and you'll see what happens. – Fernando Paladini Jul 08 '14 at 18:16
Question edited, please, take a look. – Fernando Paladini Jul 08 '14 at 18:20
I updated my answer. – Louis Matthijssen Jul 08 '14 at 18:39
Well, another edit. I got it installed. Apparently you've to change your system time back to the year 2011 for it to install. This is probably because the installer file is from 2011 and is probably valid for only a year or so. – Louis Matthijssen Jul 08 '14 at 18:56
I always receive "bash: ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin: Permission denied" when try to install "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin". If I "sudo", I got sudo: ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin: command not found – Fernando Paladini Jul 08 '14 at 19:00
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Oh, you've to set the executable bit first: sudo chmod +x AdobeAIRInstaller.bin. – Louis Matthijssen Jul 08 '14 at 19:02
Again, thanks. But again, another error: "Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" (when installing) – Fernando Paladini Jul 08 '14 at 19:14
Try sudo apt-get install libcanberra-gtk3-module. – Louis Matthijssen Jul 08 '14 at 20:31

How can I install ICQ on Ubuntu 14.04?

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