How To Install toxcore-utils on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install toxcore-utils on Kali Linux.
What is toxcore-utils
toxcore-utils is:
Tox provides an encrypted, distributed, and extensible peer-to-peer platform that can be used for various forms of communication. Tox is intended to be used as a multimedia messenger, but many people have shown that Tox can be used for a lot more than just instant messaging.
This package contains DHT bootstrap tools, including DHT_bootstrap and tox-bootstrapd.
There are three methods to install toxcore-utils on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install toxcore-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install toxcore-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install toxcore-utilsInstall toxcore-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install toxcore-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install toxcore-utilsInstall toxcore-utils Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install toxcore-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install toxcore-utilsHow To Uninstall toxcore-utils on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the toxcore-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove toxcore-utilsUninstall toxcore-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall toxcore-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove toxcore-utilsRemove toxcore-utils Configurations and Data
To remove toxcore-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge toxcore-utilsRemove toxcore-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove toxcore-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge toxcore-utilsDependencies
toxcore-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install toxcore-utils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
