How to Install Tox on OpenBSD

Tox is a free and open-source peer-to-peer instant messenger application. It provides secure and encrypted communication, making it an ideal alternative to traditional instant messaging apps. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Tox on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following:

  • An OpenBSD system with root privileges
  • A non-root user with sudo privileges

Step 1 - Install Dependencies

Before we can install Tox, we need to install its dependencies. These dependencies include the libconfig, libsodium, and opus libraries.

Open up the terminal on your OpenBSD system and run the following command to install the dependencies:

sudo pkg_add libconfig libsodium opus

Step 2 - Download and Install Tox

Now that we have the dependencies installed, we can download and install Tox.

  1. Visit the Tox website at https://tox.chat/.
  2. Click on the "Download" button.
  3. Select "OpenBSD" from the list of operating systems.
  4. Copy the download link for the latest stable release.

Next, open up the terminal and use the fetch command to download the Tox package:

sudo fetch <download_link>

Replace <download_link> with the link you copied above.

Once the download is complete, use the pkg_add command to install Tox:

sudo pkg_add tox-<version>.tgz

Replace <version> with the version number of the package you downloaded.

That's it! Tox should now be installed on your OpenBSD system.

Step 3 - Launch Tox

To launch Tox, simply open up the terminal and run the following command:

tox

This will launch the Tox client and allow you to start using it.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Tox on OpenBSD. Tox provides secure and encrypted communication, making it an ideal alternative to traditional instant messaging apps. We hope this tutorial was helpful and that you can now enjoy the benefits of Tox on your OpenBSD system.