Tox is a new free, private, and secure messaging platform for chatting, file sharing, and audio & video call. In a Tox Messaging Platform, there is a Tox Network, there is a Tox Protocol, and there are many Tox client programs. qTox is one of many Tox client programs, and it is available in GNU/Linux as free software. It is also available to Ubuntu. This article introduces how to install qTox step-by-step in Ubuntu 16.10 and 16.04.
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Ubuntu 16.04
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/antonbatenev:/tox/xUbuntu_16.04/ /' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/qtox.list"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install qtox
Ubuntu 16.10
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/antonbatenev:/tox/xUbuntu_16.10/ /' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/qtox.list"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install qtox
Installation Progress
Picture below shows what you should type (or copy) in the Terminal. This picture was taken from Ubuntu 16.10.
