Discordchatexporter: Linux usage instructions

[naturallymitchell]

How do I use this on Linux?

[Tyrrrz]

Hi,
I don't believe you can.

EDIT: read comments below.

[Atagait]

If you install Mono you can run the CLI version just fine. I have yet to see if the GUI version works.

[Yudi]

You can with CLI and Mono. It isn't that user friendly, but it works.

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Installing Mono
To get mono on Ubuntu (other distros and more info here):
Open Terminal and type

1. sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 3FA7E0328081BFF6A14DA29AA6A19B38D3D831EF
2. echo "deb https://download.mono-project.com/repo/ubuntu stable-bionic main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mono-official-stable.list
3. sudo apt update
4. sudo apt install mono-devel
   (Edited at 09/12/2018 with correct installation instructions)

You can check if mono was installed successfully using mono -V, it should output its version. If it didn't work, try the link above for more info.

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Downloading and using DiscordChatExporter

1. Download the latest DiscordChatExporter CLI release here and extract its contents on your Desktop to a folder called DiscordChatExporter.

2. Open terminal and type to change Terminal directory:
   cd ~/Desktop/DiscordChatExporter

3. Replace TOKEN and CHANNEL, and execute the command to run DiscordChatExporter.Cli.exe:

   mono DiscordChatExporter.Cli.exe -t TOKEN -c CHANNEL

It's also possible to run the CLI on macOS, but installing mono is a little bit different, since you'd be using brew or macports instead of apt. I have a simple terminal script for the CLI on macOS here if @Tyrrrz wants to take a look.

The GUI might work with Wine or Wineskin, but I'm not sure, since I haven't tried it.

[Yudi]

Oh lol, sorry. I just finished writing this, didn't see your reply, Atagait.

[Yudi]

I wasn't able to run the GUI with Mono, nor with a fresh installation of Wine on both Ubuntu and macOS.
Mono outputs:

The entry point method could not be loaded due to Could not load file or assembly 'PresentationFramework, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. assembly:PresentationFramework, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 type: member:(null) signature:

Wine on Ubuntu gives me this
And a more or less configured Wineskin on macOS still gives me this even after applying some fixes I've found on the internet:

[Yudi]

Yeah... No way I could make the GUI work.

Should we include these instructions on somewhere more visible, @Tyrrrz? I had the same question when I first saw this tool on Reddit.
The instructions would be too large for the Readme, so maybe a Wiki page? Then we could include Mac and Linux instructions, and also the "workaround" way to get the token.

[Tyrrrz]

I'm on vacation currently but I'll look into it later

[strafe]

Until the documentation is up you'll also probably want to define a different output format using the -f, --format parameter. Ex:

mono DiscordChatExporter.Cli.exe -t <token> -c <channel> -f PlainText

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Is there any hope for the CLI to be .NET Core compatible?

[Tyrrrz]

There is currently only one dependency, I believe, that forces CLI to be on .NET fx. I will look into moving it to .NET core when I have time.

[Tyrrrz]

I've created a wiki page meanwhile, thanks @RenanYudi!
https://github.com/Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter/wiki/Linux-usage-instructions

[Kentoseth]

I tried running this on Ubuntu 18.04 and got the following error:

Unhandled Exception:
System.MissingMethodException: Method 'System.Net.Logging.get_Http' not found.
  at System.Net.Http.HttpMessageInvoker.SendAsync (System.Net.Http.HttpRequestMessage request, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken) [0x00027] in <27bbdd4ceaf04a95b172ee502d76a725>:0 
  at System.Net.Http.HttpClient.SendAsync (System.Net.Http.HttpRequestMessage request, System.Net.Http.HttpCompletionOption completionOption, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken) [0x0007a] in <27bbdd4ceaf04a95b172ee502d76a725>:0 
  at System.Net.Http.HttpClient.SendAsync (System.Net.Http.HttpRequestMessage request) [0x00008] in <27bbdd4ceaf04a95b172ee502d76a725>:0
... (lots of other content)

Does anybody have a fix for this?

[Kentoseth]

Solution found.

If you don't follow the instructions here: https://www.mono-project.com/download/stable/#download-lin-ubuntu

It won't run properly. This is because the distro version (even 18.04) is very outdated. I think it is 4.6.2 while the version above is 5.14.0 (at time of writing this).

If you are on 18.04, run these commands first:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 3FA7E0328081BFF6A14DA29AA6A19B38D3D831EF
echo "deb https://download.mono-project.com/repo/ubuntu stable-bionic main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mono-official-stable.list
sudo apt update

Then run: sudo apt-get install mono-devel

Tested and worked for me.

[Yudi]

Well that’s weird… It worked fine for me on a fresh 18.04 install without needing to edit anything.

I’m also working on a more detailed wiki page, I’ll include the full instructions there and open an “Issue” once it’s done so Tyrrrz can replace the current wiki.

[jman005]

Hey, I've got the GUI version running fine with Wine (give or take some cosmetic issues), mind if I add the instructions to the wiki page?

In the meantime, here's the lowdown: First, install wine-staging via the instructions here (for Ubuntu). Then, install winetricks using these instructions. Now run these commands:

sudo apt-get install binutils cabextract p7zip zenity unrar unzip wget p11-kit-modules:i386 libp11-kit-gnome-keyring:i386

env WINEPREFIX="$HOME/wine" WINEARCH=win32 wine wineboot

env WINEPREFIX="$HOME/wine" WINEARCH=win32 ./winetricks dotnet46

You'll need to go through a few prompts for each installer, don't stop the terminal until it's finished. When you want to run the exporter, use this command:
env WINEPREFIX="$HOME/wine" WINEARCH=win32 wine DiscordChatExporter.exe
(or just set the default wineprefix/winearch and run it through wine as you would normally).

Hope this helps someone

[Yudi]

It works and it's great :-)! You can add a GUI section here after Tyrrrz's approval.

The winehq-staging and development branches aren't working on 18.04, though. They have libfaudio0 as a dependency, but apt is not installing it. Stable is working.

And I think you forgot wine in the last command.

[Tyrrrz]

Add it to wiki :)

[jman005]

Added, thanks.