How To Install toxcore-utils on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install toxcore-utils on Debian 12.
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 Debian 12. 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 Debian. 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 Debian 12
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 Debian 12, 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 Debian 12 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
Dependencies
toxcore-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install toxcore-utils package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.