How To Install qtox on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023  (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qtox on Ubuntu.

What is qtox

qtox is:

qTox is a powerful Tox client that follows the Tox design guidelines while running on all major platforms.

Features:

• One to one chat with friends
• Group chats
• File transfers, with previewing of images
• Audio calls, including group calls
• Video calls
• Tox DNS and Tox URI support
• Translations in various languages
• Avatars
• Faux offline messages
• History
• Screenshots
• Emoticons
• Auto-updates on Windows and Mac, packages on Linux
• And many more options!

There are three methods to install qtox on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install qtox Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install qtox using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install qtox

Install qtox Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install qtox using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qtox

Install qtox Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install qtox using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qtox

How To Uninstall qtox on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the qtox package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qtox

Uninstall qtox And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qtox and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qtox

Remove qtox Configurations and Data

To remove qtox configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qtox

Remove qtox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove qtox configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qtox

Dependencies

qtox have the following dependencies:

• libavcodec58

References

• qtox website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qtox package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.