Updated: 05-30-2020
People who use superb secure multi-media messenger qTox (Qtox), a great alternative to Skype, or are Interested in installing this, may have noticed that within the past year the previous software repositories and or installation instructions may not be working. I have been on their developers GitHub website to find out when a new fully functioning working repository (software source) will be up and running, and when I know, I will post that here. In the meantime, read the quote box below to install qTox for Linux Mint 18.x and 19.x.
"qTox" is my favorite secure multi-media messenger (text, voice, video) and Skype alternative. It is light on system resources and just works great. One of the problems is that "OBS" Open Build System which held wonderful options for this, like the Ubuntu (Linux Mint) deb files and a repository has closed. They are looking for a new repository maintainer, once they have one up and running, it will provide deb files again.
========================================================================================================Phd21_05-30-2020 wrote:
Here are 3 easy options for installing "qTox" (Qtox) in your Linux Mint 18.x or 19.x systems. The last option the script provides the most current version.
1.) "qTox" is in the Software Manager as a "FlatPak".
Alternate Download link to qTox flatpak file
https://github.com/qTox/qTox/releases/d ... 64.flatpak
qTox—Linux Apps on Flathub
https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.github.qtox.qTox
OR
2.) "qTox" AppImage download link, save the file, give yourself permission to run it, double-click it to run it. Or install the AppImage Launcher helper app below, then double-click the qTox AppImage file.
https://github.com/qTox/qTox/releases/d ... 4.AppImage
ORAppImage Helper App wrote:An Application to make using AppImages even easier
Easily Run And Integrate AppImage Files With AppImageLauncher
https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/04/e ... files.html
Click the link below, click the 64-bit deb file (amd64.deb) or 32-bit (i386.deb) for your system, use Bionic deb files for Linux Mint 19. Double-click the deb file to install it, restart your computer, then double-click an AppImage file to install and or run that.
https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImage ... r/releases
3.) For people who want to fully install "qTox" into their Linux Mint 18.x or 19.x systems,
05-30-2020
Updated script for Linux Mint 19.x (and 18.x?) with current qTox (Qtox) v1.17.2, ToxCore v0.2.12, and SqlCipher v4.4.0.
Download link for archive file with script "qtox-install-lm19_with_sqlcipher_2020-05-28.sh.7z".
-- Save the file into your Home folder and right-click it select extract here, open a console terminal window, and run the script, enter password, afterward restart computer, to run qTox (Qtox).Previous information:Code: Select all
bash qtox-install-lm19_with_sqlcipher_2020-05-28.sh
click the link below to download an archive file "qtox-install-lm.tar.gz" which contains 2 bash installation script programs, one for Linux Mint 18.x and another for Linux Mint 19.x, that will download current versions of qTox source code, compile it, and install qTox.
Download Link. Save the "qtox-install-lm.tar.gz" file, right-click it and extract it, copy the script file for your system to your home folder, and then open a console terminal and type in or copy and paste the commands below:
For Linux Mint 19.xCode: Select all
chmod a+x qtox-install-lm19.sh
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bash qtox-install-lm19.sh
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For Linux Mint 18.xCode: Select all
chmod a+x qtox-install-lm18.sh
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bash qtox-install-lm18.sh
Previous older instructions
First install these packages...
1.) Install this for various applications
To install this open a console terminal, type in, or copy & paste, each line below one by one: Click "Select All" above command, right-click the highlighted command, select Copy (or Ctrl+Insert), click in the console terminal window, and right click paste (or Shift+Insert).
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sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
To install this using the PPA method, open a console terminal, type in, or copy & paste, each line below one by one: Click "Select All" above command, right click the highlighted command, select Copy (or Ctrl+Insert), click in the console terminal window, and right click paste (or Shift+Insert), repeat for each command.
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/ffmpeg-3
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sudo apt update && sudo apt install ffmpeg libav-tools x264 x265
3.) Now easily install "qTox" (Qtox) using the Linux deb file for your system, just click one of the links below for your Linux Mint system, save the ".deb" file to your system, and double click the deb file to install it.
phd21 wrote:These are copies of the qTox Ubuntu / Linux Mint installation files which I uploaded to my "mega.nz" cloud provider until the qTox developers have a repository that is up and running again. I ran these qTox installation files through the "VirusTotal" website which uses over 50 anti-virus and anti-malware scanners, and "Linux Malware Detect" (LMD) and ClamAV scanners that I have installed on my systems, and there were no viruses or malware detected. Feel free to check the files yourselves.
Phd21 wrote:These qTox installation binary "deb" files came directly from my Linux Mint systems, are 64-bit only, but are newer from 08-29-2017.
Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux Mint 18.x - 64-bit only
https://mega.nz/#!mgYVhR6S!Po4vv_hLhApJ ... dLySATJL3I
Ubuntu 14.04 - Linux Mint 17.x - 64-bit only
https://mega.nz/#!vpZzAaZJ!IZhFQX4PAEPy ... v1HwkGfFhk
Hope this helps ...Phd21 wrote:These qTox Ubuntu installation "deb" files (binaries) below came directly from the OpenSUSE qTox repo before it shutdown, they might be a little older, but they should work well until the new qTox repository is up and running properly.
For Linux Mint 17.x based on Ubuntu 14.04 (08-05-2016)
64-bit
https://mega.nz/#!O1hHFARB!I2FRte4_KmsV ... BX57kBOPiE
32-bit
https://mega.nz/#!3oRwRIjb!OBY7nEsGfvUg ... A8DP4_GZCk
For Linux Mint 18.x based on Ubuntu 16.04 (08-05-2016)
64-bit
https://mega.nz/#!f9Rkma7D!gXWUmjfrLomo ... w3RpY2zcHg
32-bit
https://mega.nz/#!ms5TyYaZ!ol46DenvQkHs ... _z0Wyhod0M