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Is there a software which allows me posting to Instagram from Ubuntu? (I don't have a smartphone.)

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Not directly perhaps, but Google Chrome has an app for it, IIRC. – muru Jan 1 '15 at 12:06
    
Is there a link? – empedokles Jan 1 '15 at 12:11
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Sorry, it seems there's none for uploading. Instagram's developer API doesn't allow it. – muru Jan 1 '15 at 12:19
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You can use chromeos-apk

It lets you run most android apps as a chrome browser plugin. Luckily instagram seems to run.

chromeos-apk is a tool developed by Vlad Filippov to run android apps on any platforms such as Windows, Linux, OSX.

On Ubuntu, open a Terminal window. Run the following two commands to install and set up node.js:

sudo apt-get install nodejs npm

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node

Next, install the chromeos-apk tool:

sudo npm install chromeos-apk -g

Make a directory in your home folder

mkdir apks

then download runtime library in this link Archon extract it into apks directory, I used 32bitArchon

Open your chrome or chromium browser version number is higher than 38, then (Chrome > "Hamburger" menu > Tools > Extensions), click Enable developer mode, and use the Load unpacked extension button to load the Archon runtime library.

Finally, download an android app with apk extension, move it to apks folder, open terminal in it and run 

chromeos-apk nameofapp.apk --tablet

and load it as extension like we loaded Archon,

Launch it and enjoy!

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Would you mind adding some more information on, e.g. installation of it? Else, it's an link-only answer, which is rather low quality. – s3lph Jan 1 '15 at 14:06
    
kenn: I'm even suspecting it's so low quality if will be automatically deleted if you don't flesh it out a bit. – Fabby Jan 1 '15 at 14:26
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Overly complicated, seems a marketgap for serious programmers. – empedokles Jan 2 '15 at 13:59
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@v010dya this link is easier apk-dl.com – kenn Nov 12 '16 at 15:21
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@JustWondering gray lines mean commands executed in terminal, mkdir is a commad to create a folder(directory) – kenn Mar 28 '17 at 10:21

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