Compile Zulip desktop client on Ubuntu xenial

You can install Zulip client on a fresh Ubuntu Xenial installation by the following commands:


sudo apt-get install git cmake qt5-default libqt5svg5-dev libqt5webkit5-dev qtmultimedia5-dev libjson0-dev phonon-backend-gstreamer  phonon4qt5-backend-gstreamer

wget https://github.com/zulip/zulip-desktop/archive/0.5.1.tar.gz
tar -zxf 0.5.1
cd zulip-desktop-0.5.1
mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -DBUILD_WITH_QT5=On
make
sudo make install
cd /usr/share/applications
sudo ln -s /usr/local/share/applications/Zulip.desktop