install.md

How to install Toxygen

Use precompiled binary (recommended for users):

Check our releases page

Using pip3

Windows

pip install toxygen

Run app using toxygen command.

Linux

1. Install toxcore with toxav support in your system (install in /usr/lib/)
2. Install PortAudio: sudo apt-get install portaudio19-dev
3. For 32-bit Linux install PyQt5: sudo apt-get install python3-pyqt5
4. Install OpenCV or via sudo pip3 install opencv-python
5. Install toxygen: sudo pip3 install toxygen
6. Run toxygen using toxygen command.

Packages

Arch Linux: AUR

Debian/Ubuntu: tox.chat

From source code (recommended for developers)

Windows

Note: 32-bit Python isn't supported due to bug with videocalls. It is strictly recommended to use 64-bit Python.

1. Download and install latest Python 3 64-bit
2. Install PyQt5: pip install pyqt5
3. Install PyAudio: pip install pyaudio
4. Install numpy: pip install numpy
5. Install OpenCV: pip install opencv-python
6. Download toxygen
7. Unpack archive
8. Download latest libtox.dll build, download latest libsodium.a build, put it into \toxygen\libs\
9. Run \toxygen\main.py.

Optional: install toxygen using setup.py: python setup.py install

libtox.dll for 32-bit Python

libtox.dll for 64-bit Python

libsodium.a for 32-bit Python

libsodium.a for 64-bit Python

Linux

1. Install latest Python3: sudo apt-get install python3
2. Install PyQt5: sudo apt-get install python3-pyqt5 or sudo pip3 install pyqt5
3. Install toxcore with toxav support in your system (install in /usr/lib/)
4. Install PyAudio: sudo apt-get install portaudio19-dev and sudo apt-get install python3-pyaudio (or sudo pip3 install pyaudio)
5. Install NumPy: sudo pip3 install numpy
6. Install OpenCV or via sudo pip3 install opencv-python
7. Download toxygen
8. Unpack archive
9. Run app: python3 main.py

Optional: install toxygen using setup.py: python3 setup.py install