How To Install toxcore-utils on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install toxcore-utils on Ubuntu 22.04. toxcore-utils is Distributed, secure messenger - DHT bootstrap tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install toxcore-utils on Ubuntu 22.04.

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 Ubuntu 22.04. 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 update

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

sudo apt-get -y install toxcore-utils

Install toxcore-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install toxcore-utils

Install toxcore-utils 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 toxcore-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install toxcore-utils

How To Uninstall toxcore-utils on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the toxcore-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove toxcore-utils

Uninstall toxcore-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall toxcore-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove toxcore-utils

Remove toxcore-utils Configurations and Data

To remove toxcore-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge toxcore-utils

Remove 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-utils

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install toxcore-utils package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.