Tox is a free and secure instant messaging and video-calling application that enables people to communicate without worrying about their privacy. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to install Tox on Elementary OS.
Before installing Tox, ensure your system has the following:
To install Tox on Elementary OS, follow these steps:
Ctrl + Alt + T simultaneously.echo "deb https://pkg.tox.chat/debian nightly release" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tox.list
wget -qO - https://pkg.tox.chat/debian/pkg.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -yqqq utox
To verify if Tox is installed successfully, launch the application by pressing Super/Windows key or clicking on the Applications in the dock and searching for "uTox". You can also run it from the terminal by typing utox.
In this tutorial, we have installed Tox on Elementary OS by adding the Tox repository and installing utox. By following the above instructions, you should have Tox now running on your system and can communicate securely with your friends and family.
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