How To Install toxcore on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install toxcore in Fedora 36. toxcore is Peer to peer instant messenger

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install toxcore on Fedora 36.

What is toxcore

Tox is a peer to peer (serverless) instant messenger aimed at making security and privacy easy to obtain for regular users. It uses NaCl for its encryption and authentication.

We can use yum or dnf to install toxcore on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install toxcore.

Install toxcore on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install toxcore using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install toxcore

Install toxcore on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install toxcore using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install toxcore

How To Uninstall toxcore on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove toxcore

toxcore Package Contents on Fedora 36

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## Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install `toxcore` on Fedora 36.

### What is `toxcore`

> Tox is a peer to peer (serverless) instant messenger aimed at making security and privacy easy to obtain for regular users. It uses NaCl for its encryption and authentication.  

We can use `yum` or `dnf` to install `toxcore` on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install toxcore.

## Install toxcore on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with `dnf` using the following command.

```bash
sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install toxcore using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install toxcore

Install toxcore on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install toxcore using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install toxcore

How To Uninstall toxcore on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove toxcore

toxcore Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/DHT_bootstrap
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/f14cae16ffb0fdb5481e5f57259835aebc7399
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/02beea44735e5cc684fbe33929650bd871aa31
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/9d8d5b60bbd6a54656a36ae568a04e6548ee73
/usr/lib64/libmisc_tools.so
/usr/lib64/libtoxcore.so.2
/usr/lib64/libtoxcore.so.2.13.0
/usr/share/doc/toxcore
/usr/share/doc/toxcore/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/toxcore/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/toxcore
/usr/share/licenses/toxcore/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install toxcore on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).

/usr/bin/DHT_bootstrap /usr/lib/.build-id /usr/lib/.build-id/80 /usr/lib/.build-id/80/38bb0c79459150f09467ebb26e6c96fef58c6a /usr/lib/.build-id/a1 /usr/lib/.build-id/a1/bc99087192e8dcf2f172d46970e902b02731c3 /usr/lib/.build-id/a7 /usr/lib/.build-id/a7/67b7cfea8b1db7eaaf4b8868bd06c8b6e08024 /usr/lib/libmisc_tools.so /usr/lib/libtoxcore.so.2 /usr/lib/libtoxcore.so.2.13.0 /usr/share/doc/toxcore /usr/share/doc/toxcore/CHANGELOG.md /usr/share/doc/toxcore/README.md /usr/share/licenses/toxcore /usr/share/licenses/toxcore/LICENSE


## References

* [toxcore website](https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore)

## Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install `toxcore` on [Fedora 36](/fedora/36/) using [yum](/fedora/36/yum/) and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).