Hello there !
I was trying to install wickrme on whonix for some time now
What i do :
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install snapd
sudo snap install vlc
sudo apt update
sudo snap install wickrme
And what i get 
snap install âwickrmeâ not found"
Do people still manage to install wickr on whonix 16? Thank you in advance for your precious help
Confirmed - but it should be available according to this:
This page also shows it installed on recent OS like Debian 11:
Might be a temporary website issue? You could always do an unsafe download here:
Followed by âsnap install wickrmeâ.
(Unrecommended - youâd be better off raising this issue in the snapcraft.io forum: https://forum.snapcraft.io/)
Also note that Amazon has acquired wickrme. On that basis alone I wouldnât trust it - far better alternatives are available - see the Chat section of the wiki.
I confirm that the possibility of installing wickr from snap seems to have disappeared. The error, like many âsnap âwickrmeâ not foundâ and the advice from the wiki does not help.
There might be two issues here which combined are a huge usability mess:
snap is responsible: At the same time, snap in these cases does now show a proper error message in case of geographic IP blocking.source:
This is a similar case for a similar application which can be seen in snap web store but when attempting to download it will fail.
Exactly same instructions How-to: Use Wickr Me in Whonix ⢠work when using a different IP. I am now certain that this is a IP geo blocking issue.
Iâve submitted a support request to wickrme. Ideally, they stop blocking the install over tor (which is what I think is happening). Their response will help me if a workaround is needed.
Is there a way to download the package from that page? It takes me to https://snapcraft.io/wickrme and I donât see a âmanual downloadâ.
wickrme replied with:
Apologies, we do not block installing other than for certain locations: https://support.wickr.com/hc/en-us/articles/115007397508-Where-can-I-download-client-applications-
Wickr Software is subject to the export laws of the U.S. and other countries, which may affect your ability to download and/or install our software from our site or various app stores. See Wickr | Terms of Service for more information.
My exit node was Norway. I donât think norway is on the list of US export restrictions. I responded and hopefully that elevate the issue and get a tech person in.
Meanwhile Iâm working wiki instructions for manual snap install:
A big annoyance in the need to download from non-whonix and file transfer. I wish there were a (trustyworthy) mirror or something that could be done from within whonix. The snap webpage doesnt seem to allow direct downloads.
Wickr can now be installed. A workaround has been added to documentation.
Hi @Patrick and all the community,
Would you (or anybody who wants) please support? I followed the Wiki but I am stucked.
Is there something wrong with snap? Should I reinstall it? Is it possible?
Thank you very much in advance.
Edit : I do believe I have an issue because I also have Snap Store installed.
I donât know how to solve that, I definitely have a snap issue⌠Icons in Snap Store have disappeared.
Also posted here.
Did you use workaround
as documented?
Yes. snap implements geographic restrictions / are blocking Tor users and at the same time donât even implement a proper error message pointing that out instead show snap "wickrme" not found.
And whatâs wrong with Wickr Me is that it is only available over snap store.
Thank you for your reply @Patrick
I used the A) documentation.
EDIT : correct it was B)
Enough for today I thinkâŚ
From the screenshot I cannot see that workaround A) has been used. I suspected that it might have been done in Whonix, over Tor, which wouldnât work. (Why? See documentation.)
I assume a non-Tor IP was attempted to download Wickr Me.
In that case, your geographic location could be censored by snap as ordered by Wickr. If that is the case, probably only workaround B) might work.
You are correct, tried to install it on Tor.
A lot of things have changed I see 
I must read (again) the documentation as you propose.
I hope Iâll find out how the reinstall WickrMe or is it at this time not possible anymore?
So If I understand you correctly, Snap Store wonât work on Whonix anymore?
Again thanks for your help.
I have just had this post come through. I may be able to add something. I run Zorin (debian based) on another pc. For some reason wickr stopped working on that machine telling me that it needed to be updated but I couldnât update it, there was no method. Anyway after research it turned out that this was a debian problem. The solution was to install, via terminal the âback channelâ version of wickr. This worked on a couple of my pcs. I donât have the commands for this handy, and I have no idea if it will work on whonix, but it was a terminal installation that works fine for me.
Later on today I will find the commands and try it on whonix. It may or may not help and what I talk about could probably be searched for anyway.
Would be kind of you Brad 
Yes.
Documentation already explains it as good as I can.
My goal is always to keep the wiki as helpful as possible. Users shouldnât be required to read long forum threads to find out things.
Cumbersome yes, but possible as documented.
Wrong.
Only applications such as Wickr that instructed Snap Store to implement geographic restrictions / ban connections from the Tor network are affected.
Sorry, because of a lake of time I was hoping for a quick solution and didnât read all the wiki.
Thanks for having answered.
Hi Brad
Would you please share your command lines on how you installed Wickr Me on Whonix?
Thanks
